Mobile Adopts New Stormwater Rules Under State Consent Decree
Mobile's City Council approved revised stormwater rules days after a consent decree with state environmental regulators.
Mobile City Council Approves $18,500 for Fourth of July Fireworks in 6-1 Vote
The Mobile City Council voted 6-1 on Wednesday to spend $18,500 on the city's Independence Day fireworks, even as officials signaled they may seek private help to fund future displays.
Mobile Finance Chief Touts Budget Surplus as Councilman Defends Prior Year’s Numbers
Mobile's finance director reported a budget surplus for 2014 as a councilman pushed back on claims about the prior year's deficit.
A Greased-Pig Chase: Making Sense of Mobile’s Slippery Budget Fight
As dueling committees, a $29 million disputed deficit and shifting council alliances collided, Mobile's budget saga looked to many residents like a greased-pig chase with the numbers impossible to pin…
Mobile City Council Weighs Rewrite of Downtown Panhandling Rules
Mobile city officials are moving forward with a rewrite of the ordinance governing panhandling in the downtown business district, following a Tuesday meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.…
Hudson Captures GOP Nod for County Commission, Rivals Fall in Line
Connie Hudson secured the Republican nomination for the open District 2 seat on the Mobile County Commission and quickly won the backing of her former runoff opponent and the county…
Council Votes 5-2 for Sales Tax Increase, Ending Six Weeks of Political Theater
Mobile's council approved a one-cent sales tax increase on a 5-2 vote. An analysis of how Mayor Sam Jones got what he wanted, what Gina Gregory extracted in return, and…
Sales Tax Hike Falls 3-3-1 as Mobile Council Rejects Jones, and Layoffs Loom
Buried under hundreds of angry emails and calls, Mayor Sam Jones's penny sales tax died in a 3-3-1 vote on Tax Day. As many as 300 city jobs are now…
Counting to Five: The Sales Tax Vote Rests on One Council Member
Mayor Sam Jones has made his case for a penny sales tax. The measure was laid over Tuesday, and the arithmetic on a seven-member council now points to a single…
Bluff or Bye-Bye? A Tampa Rumor Puts Mobile’s Senior Bowl on the Bargaining Table
A Tampa newspaper report that the Senior Bowl might leave Mobile set off a firestorm. With the Ladd-Peebles lease expired and city funding denied twice, the timing looked less like…