Mobile and Baldwin County News
A financial analysis of proposed West Mobile annexation suggests new property and sales tax revenue would largely offset added service costs, even as some residents in the police jurisdiction voice…
Mobile County officials are weighing whether to add a $750,000 sales tax abatement to match the city's incentives for Kimberly-Clark's tissue mill expansion, part of a package now worth more…
The Birmingham News may outsource its printing operation in a move that could affect more than 100 jobs, Mobile Press-Register subscribers are being billed added sales taxes, and longtime Mobile…
Mobile's council approved a one-cent sales tax increase on a 5-2 vote. An analysis of how Mayor Sam Jones got what he wanted, what Gina Gregory extracted in return, and…
Councilwoman Gina Gregory announced she would supply the fifth vote for a temporary one-cent sales tax increase, in exchange for a written commitment to an efficiency study and a list…
Retailers, accountants, builders and executives across Mobile weighed in on the proposed one-cent sales tax increase, with most arguing City Hall must cut spending before reaching into shoppers' pockets.
With an $18.5 million deficit and a five-vote requirement, Mayor Sam Jones fell a single council vote short of a one-cent sales tax increase, leaving three members holding extraordinary leverage.
A Mobile tea party organizer argued the city's $18.5 million shortfall was the product of optimistic budget assumptions, and urged the council to exhaust cost cuts and asset sales before…
Mobile shut down its Fourth Precinct and MLK Mini Precinct after the City Council rejected a one-cent sales tax increase Mayor Sam Jones had proposed to close a $14 million…
With city workers descending on City Hall, Mayor Sam Jones dropped his 10-percent pay cut and took a one-cent sales tax increase to the council's finance committee instead.