Mobile City Council approves 1 percent sales tax increase

The City Council on Tuesday approved the temporary tax increase, bringing an end to weeks of contentious debate on how best to resolve the city's financial shortfall. View full size (Press-Register/Mike Kittrell) Mobile City Council members (seen here on April 15, 2010…

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