“It’s a huge setback for anyone who wants to root public corruption out of Alabama. Tragically, an Alabama jury was not bothered by evidence that a powerful interest group brazenly tried to buy votes with campaign contributions; that same jury was not bothered by evidence that legislators changed their votes solely because of those contributions; […]

The Twittersphere is exploding with reactions to the Alabama bingo trial verdict. All defendants were found not guilty on all counts. Tweets from around the state are below. What an absolutely disaster for the federal prosecutors in the federal corruption probe. #BINGOTRIAL — Cam Ward (@SenCamWard) March 7, 2012 Bingo Trial is a bust……Very disappointing […]

A couple of important things to pay attention to this week: 1. Alabama New Markets Development Act, House Bill 257 sponsored by Rep. Jamie Ison (R-Mobile) This bill passed the House on Tuesday by a vote of 75-22 Background information: The New Markets program currently offered through the U.S. Treasury Dept. has incentivized roughly $30 […]

MONTGOMERY—The board of directors for ProgressPAC, the political action committee of the Business Council of Alabama, has endorsed Judge Tommy Bryan for the Alabama Supreme Court. “Tommy Bryan has been both dedicated and fair throughout his career as an attorney and judge,” said ProgressPAC Chairman Carl Jamison, a shareholder at JamisonMoneyFarmer P.C.  “His conservative judicial […]

Bill sets up a “win-win” scenario for communities, taxpayers, Speaker says  MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday will consider legislation designed to encourage economic investment and job growth in low income areas by leveraging available federal tax incentives with new state tax incentive offerings. The legislation, House Bill 257 sponsored by State Rep. […]

“Hate Mail of the Week” is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which some of the hate mail submitted through our contact page is published exactly as it was received. The only edits made are to remove expletives — this is a family show, after all. If you feel like you hate this site, […]

National Journal recently released their yearly ratings of Congressman and Senators and ordered them from most conservative to most liberal. To calculate their ratings, National Journal used key votes on economic issues, foreign issues and social issues. They used 97 votes from the Senate and 105 votes from the House to get a decent sample […]

Props to Rep. Love for having the courage to venture into the lion’s den.

Speaker Hubbard invited us down to his office this past week to discuss the current legislative session. We touched on immigration, charter schools, and the legislature’s efforts to reward teachers for becoming nationally board certified. We also discussed the GOP’s economic development strategy. However, I edited that part out of the video as we have […]

Speculation has reached a fever pitch over what the legislature has in store for last session’s controversial immigration bill, HB56. Speaker Hubbard has now indicated that related legislation could be introduced in the next few weeks. The Mobile Press-Register ran a piece last week in which Baldwin County officials were quoted as saying that few […]

The Jefferson County Republican Party on Saturday conducted a straw poll that resulted in the top 3 GOP Presidential contenders finishing within just 5 votes of each other. Results were as follows: Mitt Romney: 89 Newt Gingrich: 87 Rick Santorum: 84 Ron Paul: 22 Straw polls are rarely a reflection of where races actually stand. […]

Note to anyone considering guesting on Dale Jackson’s show: don’t go on if you’re going to try to run from tough questions. Dale posted the below article to his website after “interviewing” PSC candidate Kathy Peterson. Sheesh. By: Dale Jackson I had completely insane candidate for Public Service Commission President Kathy Peterson on my radio […]

The below schedule was just released by the Gingrich campaign. The campaign recommends that event attendees arrive well before the event time. March 6 Newt Rally in Huntsville Newt will be making a campaign stop and will speak at a rally in Huntsville. 12:30 – 1:30PM: HUNTSVILLE RALLY LOCATION: Space and Rocket Center Newt and […]

The true measure of a leader is not in how they act, but in how they react in situations beyond their control. — Bill Holtzclaw (@billholtzclaw) March 2, 2012 My @PoliticoArena on @AndrewBreitbart‘s legacy: politi.co/xu0NHK #crnc — Alex Schriver (@AlexSchriver) March 1, 2012 Alabama House gets visit from Garrett LeClere, age 5, who survived April […]

I’ve realized over the past week or two that folks around the state, as well as Alabama media outlets, are looking for some indication of what to expect in the Alabama GOP Presidential primary. Some insiders in the business community are discussing some fresh polling data and more than one source has confirmed to me […]

I’m hearing some Newt news that will excite his Alabama supporters. Waiting for confirmation, an announcement is forthcoming. – @Cliff_Sims — Yellow Hammer (@YHPolitics) February 24, 2012 I’ve been sitting on this news for the last week or so and was glad to see the Gingrich Team release the following statement today: “Alabama Newt2012 Team […]

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Martha Roby appeared on Fox Business News today discussing her legislation, the Honest Budget Act, H.R. 3844. Roby talked about her legislation that addresses nine commonly used budget gimmicks and accounting tricks Washington relies on to conceal or enable deficit spending. Excerpts from Roby’s interview are provided below: “My bill […]

MONTGOMERY — State Senator Cam Ward and Representative Paul DeMarco announced that they will introduce legislation today to overhaul the criminal code in Alabama as it pertains to criminal activity committed online and through the internet.  The bill, known as the Alabama Digital Crime Act, was the result of work carried out by the Alabama District […]

MONTGOMERY — Lt. Governor Kay Ivey, Chairman of Mitt Romney’s Campaign in Alabama released the following statement this evening: “Governor Romney’s wins in Michigan and Arizona tonight punctuate his ability to lead the Republican Party to victory in November. Governor Romney has now collected more votes and delegates than any other candidate in the race. […]

Tuesday morning I had the opportunity to jump on a call with Huntsville radio personality Dale Jackson of WVNN. We had a good conversation about the Power & Influence 40. You can hear most of the interview below. I come on about 18 minutes in. Thanks to Dale for inviting me on and for the […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives will take up a bill aimed to grow the state’s film production industry and boost job growth when lawmakers return for the eighth day of the 2012 legislative session Tuesday. House Speaker Mike Hubbard said Alabama has a real opportunity to expand its presence in the film and […]

What to look for in the House: Alabama Film Incentive Enhancement Act, House Bill 243 sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) What you should know: Alabama has been behind the curve in the film and television production industry because we lack the incentives other states have to help attract these job-creating productions. Movies like “Forrest […]

The Yellow Hammer Power & Influence 40 is a list of the 40 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics. For a more in-depth explanation of the list and how it was compiled, click here. For names 31-40 click here. For names 21-30 click here. For names 11-20 click here. For names 6-10 click […]