Mobile Council Delays Vote on Passenger Rail Funding
Mobile City Council pushed back a vote on a $3 million funding commitment for restored passenger rail service, with members split over financial risk ahead of a Feb. 4 vote…
Airbus to Add 275 Jobs, Boost Mobile Jet Production Rate to Seven Planes a Month
Airbus will add 275 jobs and invest $40 million in a new support hangar at its Brookley Aeroplex campus in Mobile, part of a push to raise its A320 production…
Old Idea, New Urgency: Should Mobile City and County Government Merge?
Renewed friction between Mobile city and county leaders over who pays for police and fire protection has revived old calls for a unified metro government, an idea some residents say…
Mobile Weighed $3 Million Commitment as Deadline Loomed to Bring Amtrak Back to the City
With a year-end deadline bearing down, Mobile’s city leaders debated how much they were willing to pay to restore passenger train service that Hurricane Katrina swept away more than a…
Mobile Council Delays Decision on Hank Aaron Stadium’s Next Tenant
The Mobile City Council again delayed deciding who takes over the remaining two years of the Hank Aaron Stadium lease, weighing bids from former stadium staff and a group led…
Mobile Council Rejects Rezoning for Spring Hill Animal Clinic Near Historic Sand Town
The Mobile City Council unanimously denied a rezoning request for a new Spring Hill Animal Clinic building near the historic Sand Town neighborhood, after developers and neighbors failed to reach…
Mobile Annexation Vote Looms and Not All Council Members Are on Board
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile’s city council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on annexing three areas west of the city, and for the first time in decades the outcome is genuinely…
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 Mayor Stimpson Unveils Alternative Civic Center Plan Featuring Arena Renovation
Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s administration has introduced alternative plans for redeveloping the aging Mobile Civic Center site, shifting away from earlier proposals that called for demolishing the decades-old arena in favor…
Mobile Mayor Weighs New Options for Civic Center Site as Residents, Council Push Back
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson's administration is reviewing new options for the Civic Center property that would renovate the aging arena rather than demolish it, after pushback over earlier redevelopment plans…