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BAY BRIEFS
Local law enforcement agencies are crediting ride-sharing services like Uber for a decrease in DUI arrests.
COMMENTARY
Can Mardi Gras survive this highly-charged political climate?
BUSINESS
Residential real estate activity cooled in Baldwin County last month, according to the latest data from the Baldwin County Association of Realtors.
CUISINE
KEVIN LEE Associate Editor/Arts Editor klee@lagniappemobile.com ANDY MACDONALD Cuisine Editor fatmansqueeze@comcast.net
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COVER
Approaching the start of a new term on Fat Tuesday, Alabama’s 140 state legislators face a host of pressing issues, including possible prison construction and an increase in the gas tax. By Jason Johnson, Dale Liesch and Gabriel Tynes
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ARTS
World War II author Adam Makos brings his new book and area connections to Page and Palette on Feb. 26.
MUSIC
STAN ANDERSON Distribution Manager delivery@lagniappemobile.com JACKIE CRUTHIRDS Office Manager legals@lagniappemobile.com
True to its name, Quickly Asian Fusion Café on Cottage Hill Road in Mobile offers a satisfying “fast Asian fusion” menu.
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Singer-songwriter/producer/ studio owner Adam Holt brings his “Southern Heartland Rock,” an amalgam of musical styles, to Manci’s Antique Club in Daphne.
FILM
Robert Redford portrays a career criminal whose notso-secret superpower is charisma in “The Old Man and the Gun,” allegedly the legendary actor’s final film.
MEDIA
The publisher of a small-town Alabama newspaper is facing international backlash for racist editorials.
SPORTS
In Mobile, the history of baseball — “America’s Pastime” — goes back almost 140 years, and retains its popularity on the collegiate level.
STYLE
Frenchman Julien Icher is on a mission to memorialize Marquis de Lafayette’s journey across the nation during the early 1800s.
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