Mobile Postpones Dumpster Enclosure Requirement for Businesses
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson says the city will hold off four months on requiring businesses to build enclosures around trash dumpsters citywide.
Mobile Rape Case Ends in Hung Jury, Retrial Ordered
A Mobile County jury deadlocked 11-to-1 after two tense days of deliberation, forcing a mistrial and a new trial date in a midtown assault case.
Mobile Council Delays Penny Sales Tax Vote in Permanence Debate
Mobile council members postponed a vote on the city's penny sales tax after Councilman Fred Richardson floated making the increase permanent.
Mobile County’s 2015 Budget Includes Raises but Leaves Little Room to Spare
Mobile County's proposed 2015 budget includes employee raises and modestly higher revenue, but officials say the county's finances remain stretched thin.
Evening Budget Hearing Set as Mobile Council Weighs Retiree Health, Nonprofit Cuts
Mobile's City Council moved its 2015 budget hearing to evening hours, expecting a large turnout over retiree health and nonprofit funding cuts.
Mobile County Commission Meeting Draws Hours of Debate Over Religious Displays
A Mobile County Commission meeting turned into a two-hour debate over whether to allow additional religious and secular displays at Government Plaza.
Mobile County Weighs More Faith Displays After ‘In God We Trust’ Vote
Mobile County Commission hears calls for atheist, Pagan and Universalist plaques at Government Plaza after a religious display was approved.
Mobile County Weighs More Faith Displays After ‘In God We Trust’ Vote
Mobile County Commission hears calls for atheist, Pagan and Universalist plaques at Government Plaza after a religious display was approved.
Government Plaza Roof Repair Could Cost Mobile County a Quarter-Million More
Mobile County commissioners are weighing a $235,000 cost increase to the Government Plaza roof repair after contractors found faulty materials and fire damage.
Stimpson Puts the Pay-Raise Question in His Department Heads’ Hands as Mobile Shapes Its 2015 Budget
Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the size of Mobile employees' 2015 pay raise would depend on what department heads build into their budgets, while he prepared a citywide plan to attack…