Alabama Power customers to see 5% rate increase starting in August
Alabamians will pay more to keep the lights on this summer after the state Public Service Commission approved a rate adjustment tied to rising fuel costs. The PSC granted Alabama…
The Establishment Holds: A Final Look at Super Tuesday’s Winners and Losers
In the concluding round of analysis, the area's observers found a single theme: for all the talk of an uprising, Alabama's established Republicans emerged from Super Tuesday stronger than ever.
Dozens of Mobile, Baldwin County Candidates Win Without Opposition
Most candidates on Tuesday's ballot in Mobile and Baldwin counties, including both sheriffs, ran without any opposition.
Statewide Runoff Candidates Make Their Pitch at Mobile GOP Dinner
Five of the six candidates in Alabama's Republican primary runoffs took five minutes each to court party loyalists at a Mobile GOP dinner, with hometown appeals and jabs over Washington…
Bentley Set to Name Oden to Public Service Commission as Mobile Eyes 2013 Mayoral Race
State Rep. Jeremy Oden was in line for a seat on the Alabama Public Service Commission, while a Mobile precinct canvass showed President Obama winning roughly 60 percent inside the…
Broker Chip Brown Prepares Another Run for the Public Service Commission
Mobile commercial real estate broker Chip Brown signaled plans to run again for the Alabama Public Service Commission, this time for the presidency, after a narrow loss in the 2010…
Primary Night Redraws the Map in Mobile and Baldwin County Races
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…
Rules of the Road: How Alabama’s 2010 Ballot Would Be Filled
Democrats opened statewide qualifying in January and Republicans in March, with both parties closing April 2 for June 1 primaries. Nearly every office in Alabama was on the 2010 ballot.