Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead demanded that his Democratic counterpart address a Prichard-area lawmaker’s use of official House letterhead to seek leniency for a convicted drug-ring relative.
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Coastal Lawmakers Vow to Block a Jefferson-County-Only Special Session
South Alabama legislators warned that Gov. Bentley’s proposed special session on Jefferson County’s debt was dead on arrival unless it also addressed the coastal homeowners insurance crisis.
Mobile
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Years On, Mobile Still Argues Over Whether the I-165 Expressway Was Worth It
With a new Mobile River bridge under discussion, longtime observers looked back at the bruising 1980s battle over an elevated downtown expressway and asked whether time had settled the question.
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Prichard Council President Bracy Draws Endorsements in House Runoff
Prichard City Council President Napoleon Bracy picked up the backing of two former lawmakers as he headed into a Democratic runoff for the Alabama House District 98 seat.
Mobile
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After the Sales Tax Vote, a Mobile Citizen Presses the City Council on Discipline
A Mobile resident wrote the City Council after its vote to raise the sales tax for 16 months, urging members to demand austerity, transparency and hard metrics from the Jones administration.
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A Decade On: How a Grand Jury Moved to Remove Prichard’s Mayor and Council
Ten years after a Mobile County grand jury accused Prichard’s mayor and council of willful neglect and incompetence, the case remains a cautionary tale about municipal finances gone wrong.
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Jones Abandons Pay Cut, Asks Council for a Penny Sales Tax Increase
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.
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Erwin Rolls Out the Heavy Artillery: A Host List That Reads Like Mobile’s Political Rolodex
Mark Erwin’s district attorney campaign assembled a fundraising host list spanning ex-congressmen, former mayors, sitting legislators and both parties, aiming to raise roughly $70,000 in two hours.
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Acquitted Ex-Judge Herman Thomas Weighs a Run Against Vivian Figures
Months after his acquittal, former judge Herman Thomas was among several prominent figures weighing a challenge to state Sen. Vivian Figures, whose family had testified for the prosecution at his trial.
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Prichard Rewrites Its Bingo Rules as the District Attorney Calls the Machines Illegal
The Prichard City Council moved to amend its electronic bingo ordinance, arguing that machines are still bingo. Mobile County’s district attorney said the law says otherwise.