U.S. Navy invests $30M in Alabama maritime workforce training
State leaders celebrated a new initiative expanding specialized curricula at four Alabama community colleges in order to boost submarine manufacturing.
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Mobile, Hoover pause internet sales tax challenge
Municipal leaders dropped their legal challenges to Alabama’s online sales tax system to negotiate a faster legislative fix during the current session.
February 12, 2026
Mobile City Council funds DA to avoid prosecutor layoffs
Mobile city leaders approved $1.1 million annually for prosecutorial services to prevent significant staffing cuts and avoid delays in criminal trials.
February 12, 2026
Year in Review: Alex Jobin’s Top 5 stories of 2025
A legislative session riddled with controversy, key local elections, and a senator's anti-Muslim comments defined 2025’s biggest headlines.
Mobile moves to join lawsuit challenging state’s handling of internet sales tax
City officials said the tax program diverted $34 million annually, jeopardizing funding for public safety and essential city services.
December 9, 2025
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Spiro Cheriogotis projected to win Mobile mayoral runoff
Former district judge Spiro Cheriogotis narrowly defeated state Representative Barbara Drummond in Tuesday's runoff election for Mobile mayor.
Drummond receives record-breaking small-dollar donations ahead of Mobile mayoral runoff
Barbara Drummond's campaign secured historic support, with 2,321 individual donors contributing a median of $50, demonstrating broad grassroots backing.
Randall Woodfin endorses Barbara Drummond for Mobile mayor
The Birmingham mayor's endorsement could help Drummond maintain her grassroots campaign's momentum as she faces an opponent who has both outraised and outspent her.
Drummond leads Mobile mayoral race as Cheriogotis runoff bid draws new scrutiny
Barbara Drummond advances to Mobile runoff as questions surface over Spiro Cheriogotis’s campaign ad and his father’s 1987 conviction.