Mobile weighs splitting new sales tax dollars among council districts
Mobile's City Council debated giving each of its seven districts about $3 million in penny sales tax revenue for capital improvements like drainage and sidewalks.
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson Reflects on Turbulent First Year in Office
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson reflected on a first year marked by budget surprises, an ice storm and city hall turmoil as he looked ahead to year two.
Mobile Mayor, City Councilman to Share Stage at Race Relations Town Hall
Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Councilman Fred Richardson joined a panel for a Veterans Day town hall meeting focused on race relations in the city.
AL-01 Candidate Bradley Byrne Points to Two-Year College Cleanup in Bid for Congress
Bradley Byrne, a Mobile native running for the First Congressional District seat, made his case to Southwest Alabama voters in September 2013 by leaning on his record cleaning up Alabama’s…
2013 Mobile Mayoral Campaigns Differed in Their Public Descriptions of Local Vendors
During Mobile's 2013 mayoral race, the campaigns of Sandy Stimpson and Sam Jones gave differing levels of detail when asked about hiring local businesses and consultants.
Absentee Ballot Mix-Ups Turn Away Mobile Voters as Postal Fraud Probe Looms Over Election Day
Several Mobile voters were wrongly told they had already cast absentee ballots when they showed up to vote Tuesday, an error the City Clerk blamed on mismarked rolls, as a…
Prayer Rallies and Voter Fraud Probe Dominate Final Weekend Before Mobile Mayoral Election
With Mobile's mayoral election just days away, supporters of Mayor Sam Jones and challenger Sandy Stimpson held dueling weekend rallies as word spread of a federal investigation into possible absentee…
Stimpson Takes Mayoral Campaign to Alabama Music Box as Voter Drive Signs Up Nearly 100
Mobile mayoral candidate Sandy Stimpson and City Council District 2 candidate Greg Vaughan made an unusual campaign stop on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013: the Alabama Music Box on Dauphin Street,…
Three Finalists Named for Mobile Judgeship as Port Authority Taps New Trade Chief
A Mobile judicial committee narrowed its field to three finalists as the Alabama State Port Authority named Frank Fogarty its new vice president for trade and development.
Twenty-Five Attorneys Seek Mobile Judgeship as a Notable Candidate Enters Council Race
Twenty-five Mobile attorneys applied for a district judgeship, while a City Council hopeful became what he called the first openly autistic candidate in Alabama history.