Gulf Shores, Orange Beach Sports Tourism Hits Record $30.8 Million in 2014
Sports tourism in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach generated a record $30.8 million in visitor spending during 2014, capping years of steady growth.
Fairhope Revisits Short-Term Rental Ban Amid Rise of Airbnb
Fairhope officials are reconsidering a 2007 ban on short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods as home-sharing sites like Airbnb grow in popularity.
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.
Orange Beach and Baldwin County School Officials Clashed Over the Numbers Behind a Breakaway School System
Weeks before a September 2014 referendum, Orange Beach and Baldwin County school officials remained split over enrollment counts and funding projections for a proposed city-run school system.
Gulf Shores, Orange Beach on Pace for Another Record Tourism Summer
Strong Labor Day bookings and rising tax collections point to a fourth straight record tourism summer for Alabama's Gulf Coast.
Mobile Civic Center Sets Lottery for 24 Mardi Gras 2011 RV Parking Spaces
RV owners hoping to park in the heart of Mobile’s Mardi Gras action will have their chances drawn by lottery next week. The Mobile Civic Center will hold its drawing…
David Ed Bishop Ran on a Promise to Bring Baldwin’s Money Home
The Baldwin County commissioner and longtime Fairhope councilman joined the District 32 field, arguing the county sent more to Montgomery in lodging and gas taxes than it ever got back.
Hattiesburg Loves the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Carnival Keeps Overbooking
Mobile's tourism chief reported that Mississippi supplied the most out-of-state visitors to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and that the Carnival Holiday was routinely sailing well over capacity.