Yellowhammer’s Cliff Sims recently shared a short, but powerful story on his Facebook page about the importance of kindness, and it’s a perfect reminder for the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. I’ve been frustrated with the lack of response Yellowhammer News has gotten from a company whose product we use on a daily […]

The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill designed to prevent state revenue officials from maliciously targeting politically active individuals or groups. The “Alabama Taxpayer Audit Protection Act,” by Rep. Wayne Johnson, R-Ryland, makes it unlawful for the Alabama Department of Revenue as well as County and Municipal Governments and their agents to […]

An appeals court ruled today that Alabama’s property tax system, which was passed in the 1970s, was not created in an effort to hinder school desegregation, but rather to ease concerns about potential spikes in property taxes. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to push back against Executive Branch overreaches, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, today announced her support of a House resolution designed to bring legal action against the Obama Administration and compel the judicial branch to rein it in. The STOP Resolution (Stop This Overreaching Presidency) is sponsored by South Carolina […]

A thrift store in Wetumpka, Ala. found new meaning to the phrase “the buck stops here” over the weekend when a young deer crashed through a storefront window and ran amok for several minutes inside the store. The buck, guessed to be a little under a year old, ran through the window of the Adullam […]

Paul Reynolds is in his second term serving as Alabama’s National Committeeman for the Republican National Committee. He’s also the founder and president of Reynolds Technical Associates, a broadcast engineering consulting firm. Reynolds, a grandfather who was born and raised in an Alabama town with a population of under 500 (Midway), looks like he would […]

The fine folks over at Bloomberg Businessweek decided they wanted to get to the bottom of why the SEC dominates college football. “Pinning down the source of the SEC’s greatness is a chicken-and-egg problem,” Bussinessweek’s Ira Boudway explained. “The SEC wins because its schools have big sports budgets. Its schools have big sports budgets because […]

Gov. Robert Bentley and Republican legislative leaders announced on Monday the State of Alabama has reached over a billion dollars in annual savings since they took office in 2011, reaching the goal a full year earlier than expected. “Alabamians elected us to make state government more efficient and live within our means without raising taxes […]

A federal appeals court issued a ruling on Friday that the new districts for the Alabama House and Senate do not violate federal law. In 2011, the Alabama legislature approved the new district lines to keep up with population shifts seen in the 2010 census. After the U.S. Department of Justice approved the new districts, […]

Gov. Robert Bentley announced this morning that Alabama’s preliminary seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 6.2%, down from October’s 6.4% rate. November’s percentage rate represents 132,381 people unemployed in Alabama, compared to 137,160 in October and 148,956 from last November. “The long-term trend in Alabama’s unemployment rate is encouraging news for Alabamians who want a […]

Gov. Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange announced this week that Alabama has joined a group of 27 states that are pushing back against the ever-expanding power of the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The State of West Virginia recently requested the U.S. Supreme Court review a lower court’s decision that upheld an […]

Former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice will be in Vestavia Hills tomorrow speaking at a Christmas luncheon being hosted by the Republican Women of the South. The event will take place at 400 Beaumont Circle in Vestavia Hills. A handful of tickets are still available and can be obtained by contacting Cindy Douglas […]

Alabama kicker Cade Foster has received a lot of harsh words, even death threats, from fans after missing three field goals during Alabama’s 34-28 loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl. But this week, Foster, who wears number 43, received words from encouragement from another #43 — former president George W. Bush. In a letter […]

Gov. Robert Bentley and Sen. Billy Beasley, (D)-Clayton, were joined by other state and local officials for the groundbreaking of the Teasung manufacturing plant in Shorter, Ala., on Friday, signaling the start of what economic developers hope will be jobs growth in one of the state’s most economically depressed areas. Teasung Alabama is expected to […]

Yellowhammer was the first to break the news last month that Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, was close to being appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, and today it became official. Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Kentucky, announced today that three Republicans will be added to his committee. Reps. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, and Chris Stewart, R-Utah, […]

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard raised $91,700 for his re-election campaign during the month of November, giving him over $250,000 cash on hand, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State on Tuesday. Business heavyweights like Federal Express, Boeing and NBC Universal donated alongside Alabama residents from around the state and […]

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson is leading a delegation Alabama economic developers who have traveled to Germany this week for the 2013 Hamburg Aviation Forum. The delegation is working to entice aviation suppliers to locate in Alabama. The conference in Hamburg largely attracts suppliers looking to work with aerospace giant Airbus, which is currently building a […]

The hype surrounding one of the most anticipated Iron Bowls in recent memory has made its way to the Alabama Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, an Auburn University graduate, and Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, a Bama grad, have entered into a gentleman’s agreement in which the loser will wear the winning team’s […]

Alabama Reps. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, and April Weaver, R-Brierfield, recently joined state legislative leaders from across the country at the National Conference for State Legislatures (NCSL) Symposium for Emerging Leaders. The meeting brought together up and coming legislators from around the country for seminars, lectures and small-group discussions geared toward developing the country’s next crop […]

If Christmas spirit is measured in the amount of Christmas lights a family has up around their house, then this family from Australia takes the fruitcake. The Richards family hung 502,165 LED lights on their house and across their yard to achieve a new world record, according to Guinness World Records. That measures out to […]

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — First-term state representative Wes Long recently announced that he will not seek re-election to his House District 27 seat. Today, Republican Will Ainsworth threw his hat in the ring to become Long’s successor. Ainsworth operates a well known hunting and fishing lodge in Guntersville called Dream Ranch. If elected, he says economic […]

“I understand.” That was Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s message to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama after their decision to not reinstate thousands of insurance plans that do not comply with ObamaCare. President Obama tried to quell the public outcries against his beleaguered healthcare law by telling insurance providers they could continue offering such […]

Since taking over as starting quarterback of the Alabama Crimson Tide, AJ McCarron has the same number of losses as he does BCS Championship rings. This week McCarron scored the cover of the Sports Illustrated with the question, “Is it time to think about AJ McCarron as one of the best ever?” In the story, […]

Montgomery County Commissioner Dimitri Polizos on Tuesday defeated Charlotte Meadows for the Republican nomination in Alabama House District 74. Because there are no Democrats running for the seat, Polizos will automatically be the Montgomery-area district’s new representative in the state legislature. With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Polizos was declared the winner with 57 percent […]