Mobile Council Postpones Annexation Vote Covering 13,000 Residents
The Mobile City Council voted 6-1 to delay a vote that would let about 13,000 residents in three county corridors decide on annexation, amid disputes over city spending on police…
Mobile ranks 61st among nation’s ‘Most Fun Cities’
Mobile landed in the top third of the country’s “Most Fun Cities” in a new ranking from the personal-finance website WalletHub, a study built to measure which American metropolitan areas…
Commentary: Alabama’s Political Map Explains Why the Bayway Toll Is Happening
A look at why a proposed $3 to $6 toll on the I-10 Bayway has drawn little resistance from state leaders, and how Alabama's north-south political divide shapes decisions affecting…
Mayors of Alabama’s five largest cities meet with state lawmakers in Montgomery
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The mayors of Alabama’s five largest cities gathered in Montgomery on Thursday to press their legislative agendas with state leaders. Mayors Randall Woodfin of Birmingham, Tommy Battle…
Mobile Mayor Says Retreat of Alabama Mayors Could Forge a ‘Single Voice’
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said a two-day retreat of five of Alabama's largest cities, hosted at his family lodge near Jackson, could help mayors speak with a single voice to…
Mobile Water Board Keeps Service Policy Unchanged Under New Immigration Law
As Alabama’s tough new immigration law took hold, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System said it saw no need to change how it signed up customers, even as utility…
A Mobilian Takes Over Griffith’s Office After the Staff Walks Out
Michael Galloway, a Mobile native who worked for Sonny Callahan and Jo Bonner, became chief of staff to Rep. Parker Griffith days after the congressman's entire staff resigned over his…
Sparks Stays in the Governor’s Race, Passing Up an Open Congressional Seat
Ron Sparks scheduled a three-city announcement tour and let speculation build that he might abandon the governor's race for the 5th District. The scheduling itself gave away the answer.
Alabama Democrats ‘Betrayed’ by Griffith’s Jump to the GOP, Party Chairman Says
State Democratic chairman Joe Turnham said thousands of Alabama Democrats felt betrayed by Rep. Parker Griffith's switch to the Republican Party, and demanded he return the money they raised for…
Is Mobile Business-Friendly? Developers Answered, on Condition of Anonymity
Promised anonymity, Mobile developers and executives delivered a blunt 2008 verdict on the city's permitting, its economic development effort and its habit of favoring public projects over private capital.