Three Alabama Crimson Tide rivalry games made into the top ten of Ticket City’s 2013 list of the Top 25 Biggest College Football Rivalries. Alabama-LSU is number one on the list, barely beating out Michigan-Ohio St. The Tide and Tigers were on track for another epic battle of undefeateds this year until Georgia knocked off […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced today that the state will be able to repay $260,388,971 to the Alabama Education Trust Fund’s Rainy Day Account by the end of the fiscal year. The state transferred $437.4 million from the Rainy Day Account to support the Education Trust Fund in 2009. Alabama repaid $14.4 million […]

Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, took to Instagram on Thursday to announce his intention to run for re-election. Hubbard released his video on Instagram, which was recently purchased by Facebook for $1 billion, and also shared it on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Launching our re-election campaign on Instagram! Excited […]

The Alabama Farmer Federations, ALFA, political action committee FarmPAC announced Monday their endorsements for congressional and state offices in the 2014 elections. The FarmPAC Advisory Trustees are made up of farmers representing every county in Alabama. They met with candidates and made their endorsements at ALFA’s Monday meeting, at the Federation home office in Montgomery. […]

Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, announced Monday that Rep. Alan Harper, R-Northport, will be the new Chairman of the Economic Development and Tourism Committee. Harper will replace Rep. Barry Mask, R-Wetumpka, who recently announced his resignation, which will take effect September 30. Hubbard said Harper was the obvious choice to take over […]

Governor Robert Bentley announced on Monday that Purico Group and Bolta Werke GmbH will build their first U.S. production facility in Tuscaloosa, bringing hundreds of jobs to the area. During a press conference, the sister companies said they will invest $39.5 million into the facility and create more than 350 new jobs by 2016. The […]

Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, says he has drafted a bill that would require individuals seeking welfare assistance to prove they have applied for at least three jobs before receiving benefits. He plans to pre-file the legislation before the 2014 session, which begins in January. Orr, chairman of the Senate General Fund Budget Committee, says his […]

Generation Opportunity, an organization that targets college students and young voters, has released what is quite possibly the creepiest anti-ObamaCare ad ever made. In the ad, a young woman experiences her first visit to the doctor after signing up for ObamaCare. After her physician asks a few preliminary questions, Uncle Sam takes over and things […]

On Wednesday, the March of Dimes recognized Alabama Health Officer Dr. Donald Williamson for his leadership in newborn screening. Babies born in Alabama are screened for 30 treatable metabolic and functional disorders as suggested by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Resources. Most of the disorders are rare, but serious. Some may be life […]

Governor Robert Bentley, on Wednesday, announced the schedule for a special election to fill the Alabama House seat left vacant with Rep. Demetrius Newton’s passing last week at the age of 85. Newton was a civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. who went on to become the Alabama House […]

According to a new Rasmussen survey, the vast majority of Americans believe their country is more exceptional than other nations across the globe. In a national telephone poll performed late last week, Rasmussen found that 59 percent of likely voters agree that the United States is more exceptional than other counties. Only 27 percent of […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama House Minority Leader Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, said Thursday that he would like to take the $40 million earmarked for the Alabama Accountability Act and divert it to the Alabama Math Science and Technology Initiative (AMSTI). “The Accountability Act has clearly failed,” Ford said. “It’s time to hold the Republican Supermajority accountable on […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation’s FarmPAC has endorsed Montgomery County Commissioner Dimitri Polizos in the Republican primary special election for House District 74. “After meeting Dimitri Polizos, I understand why our local board chose to endorse Dimitri in his race for the state legislature,” said Paul Pinyan, Executive Director of the Alabama Farmers Federation. “Commissioner Polizos […]

Birmingham’s Samford University is ranked third in U.S News and World Report’s annual Best Regional University-South Rankings for 2014, released on Tuesday. Samford is a Christian college that was founded in 1841 and grown to become the largest private university in Alabama. The school was ranked fourth in last year’s News and World Report rankings. […]

Many people may not see Alabama as a hotbed for tech startups, but according to Forbes, one Birmingham non-profit is making major strides in changing that perception. Innovation Depot, an incubator and economic development program for tech companies, is helping local early stage tech firms grow and create jobs in the region. To be accepted […]

Auburn University is one of four colleges nationally that has been selected for the National Security Agency’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program. “Auburn has devoted significant resources and interdisciplinary rigor across campus to expand new cyber initiatives and extensive collaboration with external organizations,” said Retired Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, Jr., Auburn’s […]

Alabama is ranked one of the top five states to do business for the fourth year in a row by Area Development magazine. The magazine, on Friday, revealed Alabama as fourth in the nation in their “2013 Top States For Doing Business.” Creating new jobs and keeping business in Alabama is something Governor Robert Bentley […]

Republican State Auditor candidates Adam Thompson and Ray Bryan have both come out in support of two transparency bills by Rep. Paul Demarco, R-Homewood, which were pre-filed earlier this week ahead of the 2014 legislative session. One of the bills deals directly with the State Auditor’s office, requiring them to operate a searchable, public database […]

Birmingham’s rich history and vibrant cultural scene have earned the city a spot on Fodor’s “top 14 places to go this fall” list alongside tourist hotspots like Chicago, Miami, Montreal, and Paris. Fodor is one of the country’s top travel sites, “providing the insights and tools you need to experience the trips you want.” “Visit the city […]

Americans honored the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech this week, including tens of thousands who gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate 1963’s “March on Washington.” But one New York chaplain’s Facebook commemoration of Dr. King’s legacy caught some extra attention online. Post by Tommy Davis. Yellowhammer asked […]

StudentsFirst Founder Michelle Rhee, former Washington, D.C. Teachers Union President George Parker, and Steve Perry, Founder and Principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, will be hosting a town hall meeting in Birmingham next month. The meeting will be held at the WorkPlay Theatre in Birmingham on September 12th. Organizers say the assembly will be an […]

Sen. Bill Holtzclaw, R-Madison, Wednesday asked Alabama Superintendent Tommy Bice to exercise his discretion and remove a controversial book from the State Common Core Standards approved reading list. Sen. Holtzclaw wrote: It has been brought to my attention that the State Common Core Standards approved reading list includes a book entitled “The Bluest Eye.” I […]

Backstreet’s back, but not anywhere you might expect — the University of Alabama football weight room. Yes, Alabama’s football team got a visit from members of the 90s boy band on Tuesday. Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, and Kevin Richardson stopped by to check out the Alabama Football Complex and hang out with members of the […]

Almost half of the Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence were 40-years-old or younger, the youngest being 26. Two of them went on to be President of the United States. Most Americans tend to the think the Founders were older, more “experienced” men, possibly because the paintings depicting the Declaration’s signing show them […]