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A 6-0 vote by the City Council in Mobile, Alabama, sets the stage for Amtrak passenger trains to roll from New Orleans to Mobile next year. The Sun Herald reports that the Mobile council voted Tuesday to fund the passenger service for three years.

The plan to restore AMTRAK rail service from Mobile to New Orleans may be in trouble. City Council members in Alabama’s Port City now appear to be wavering in their support for resuming passenger rail service to New Orleans.

The Biden administration has awarded $1.4 billion to projects improving railway safety and boosting rail capacity. Among the projects is restoring passenger service in parts of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi along the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song "Margaritaville" and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. The Mobile native was 76.

Amtrak is a step closer to resuming passenger train service between Mobile and New Orleans. Those passenger trains are running again between Mobile and New Orleans. They’re not carrying customers yet.

Mardi Gras is in full swing in the Mobile area. For the Fat Tuesday celebration, Dauphin Island becomes home to the Massacre Island Secret Society

The Mobile area is awash in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of green, purple, and gold. Alabama’s Port City is getting ready for its biggest party of the year. The first Mardi Gras parades will roll in downtown Mobile today.

Regular passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile ended with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Talks may be making progress train trips between the two Gulf coast cities in 2023.

Crimson Tide fans may get their last chance to see quarterback Bryce Young in the upcoming Sugar Bowl against Kansas State. A number of factors seem to be driving ticket sales for the Sugar Bowl.

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