Mobile Council Approves 2015 Budget With Major Changes to Stimpson Plan
Mobile's City Council passed a 2015 budget 6-1 while Mayor Sandy Stimpson was away, reshaping his plan with new retiree and soccer complex funding.
Spanish Fort Approved Its First-Ever Gas Tax and a Higher Business License Fee
The Spanish Fort City Council unanimously created a one-cent gas tax and raised the business license fee in September 2014, moves projected to bring in more than $95,000 a year.
Mobile Council Extends Penny Sales Tax Through 2018 for Infrastructure
Mobile's City Council voted 6-1 to extend its penny sales tax increase through 2018, directing funds toward infrastructure and economic development.
Mobile Residents Pitch Names for Proposed I-10 Bridge Over Mobile River
As the $850 million I-10 Mobile River Bridge moves toward public review, residents are already floating ideas for its official name.
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…
Mobile Endorsed Preferred I-10 Bridge Route in 2009
Mobile leaders endorsed a preferred route for a proposed high-rise I-10 bridge over Mobile Bay in 2009, seeking relief for tunnel and Bayway congestion.
What Mobilians Love and Loathe About Their City, Part One
In the fall of 2005, with a new mayor at City Hall and Katrina's cleanup underway, dozens of Mobile residents answered three questions about what they loved, what they loathed…