Mobile and Baldwin County News
A three-judge federal panel blocked Alabama from adopting a new congressional map, ordering the state to keep using court-drawn districts as a legal fight over Black voting power continues.
The phrase 'double-dipping' echoed through Alabama politics, but a survey of legislators, educators and attorneys found no agreement on what it actually meant, or whether it was a problem at…
With the presidential race too close to call, Republicans in Southwest Alabama were already trading names of possible candidates to become the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of…
Veteran prosecutor Ashley Rich prepared to be sworn in as district attorney of Mobile County, becoming the first woman and the first Republican in more than 30 years to hold…
For 84 years John Tyson Sr. had known only one party. This month, to back a candidate for Mobile County district attorney, the veteran Democrat did something he had never…
Ashley Rich routed Mark Erwin, Vivian Figures turned back Herman Thomas, and Baldwin County's incumbent district attorney failed to make her own runoff, as local observers assessed a night of…
Days before Alabama's June 1 primaries, a panel of lawyers, lobbyists, former officeholders and consultants offered their forecasts on the governor's race, two district attorney contests and the fight over…
With Steve Nodine jailed on a $500,000 bond, Mobile criminal defense attorneys, speaking anonymously, listed the choices they say a suspect should never make.
Sworn testimony gathered ahead of the impeachment trial of Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine drew unusual attention in local legal circles, with a June 8 trial date looming before Circuit…
With Alabama's June 1 party primaries days away, campaigns across Mobile and Baldwin counties raced to stack up endorsements, rallies and receptions, from a Battleship Park fish fry to a…