Mobile and Baldwin County News
Gulf Shores has delayed a vote on a new tax rebate program meant to attract year-round businesses to its Waterway Village and Beach Walking districts, with a public input session…
Baldwin County's $24 million laptop-for-every-student program has racked up repair, insurance and financing costs since its 2011 launch.
Mobile County officials are considering a feasibility study on expanding the county jail after finance officials reported a roughly $7 million surplus.
Mobile County commissioners moved up a scheduled employee pay raise by two months and tacked on a $500 bonus after fuel savings boosted the budget.
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 City Council members unanimously approved a plan giving each district $3 million from penny sales tax revenue for local infrastructure needs.
A review of Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson's first year in office, covering budget struggles, blight, litter and efforts to recruit Airbus suppliers.
Mobile City Council is considering a 15-year sales tax rebate deal to help a developer finish rebuilding a major west Mobile shopping center.
Mobile's City Council voted 6-1 to extend its penny sales tax increase through 2018, directing funds toward infrastructure and economic development.
Mobile council members postponed a vote on the city's penny sales tax after Councilman Fred Richardson floated making the increase permanent.