Mobile ranks among best-run cities in America, WalletHub report finds

Mobile and Montgomery are earning national attention for how they manage city budgets, according to a new report by WalletHub ranking the best- and worst-run cities in America. The financial website analyzed the efficiency of local leadership in 148 of the nation’s largest cities by comparing the quality of public services against per-capita spending. The result: a ranking highlighting cities that deliver the most for their budgets. WalletHub’s methodology focused on what it calls “operating efficiency”—a balance between quality and cost. The overall scores were based on a “Quality of