I dropped the ball on last week’s top tweets so this edition includes posts from the past two weeks. Enjoy. @georgetalbot: AL Democrats host dinner with Bill MaherJust in case any of y’all ever believe that AL Dems are different than nat’l Dems. — Stephanie Smith (@StephHoldSmith) February 14, 2012 It appears the fear mongering […]

The ways in which people utilize social media are extremely diverse. Some people post every minute detail of their lives online (please stop), some people use Facebook to keep up with friends from all over the world, others use Twitter and Facebook as their daily source of news and info. Whether it’s a viral video, […]

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. The top 5 will […]

MONTGOMERY – Today the Alabama Senate passed a bill that will enhance the state’s ability to recruit coal mining companies by allowing them to qualify for certain existing tax incentives currently available to manufacturers and other businesses. House Bill 144, sponsored by Representative Bill Roberts, has the short-term potential to create more than 500 new […]

MONTGOMERY – Legislation passed in the senate today that would add certain chemical compounds of synthetic cannabinoid and other controlled substance analogs (commonly known as “spice”) to schedule 1 of the controlled substances list. Possesion, distribution and trafficking of these substances would become illegal. The legislation will be sent to the house for passage. The […]

MONTGOMERY- The Senate passed major legislation showing their continued support of education in Alabama, and more specifically, state educators. The bill, SB 143, allows for a supplemental appropriation from the education trust fund to the State Department of Education to pay the $5000 salary supplement to teachers that are certified by the National Board of […]

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. Names 10-6 will be released Friday and the top […]

One of my favorite things about running Yellow Hammer is getting emails through our contact page. Most of the time the email submissions are from people asking me to write about something or from folks saying positive things about the site…Of course I appreciate those emails. However, nothing compares to a good piece of hate […]

MONTGOMERY— BCA President and CEO William J. Canary released the following statement today regarding HB 88, more commonly referred to as the Pseudoephedrine Bill. “The proposed legislation (HB 88) would require individuals to obtain a prescription for products containing common cold and allergy remedies such as pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropamine, in an effort to combat […]

We’re taking a mid-week break from the Power & Influence 40 to give you a peek at the future. The people listed below are some of the brightest up-and-comers in Alabama state politics. They are listed in alphabetical order. Is there a future Governor or Speaker on this list? It’s impossible to say for sure. […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Senate today passed a measure that would stop convicted public officials and public employees from receiving taxpayer-funded pension benefits. Senate Bill 213, sponsored by Senator Orr, requires public employees who plead guilty or are convicted of a felony offense related to the performance of duties in office to forfeit the taxpayer-funded […]

House of Representatives: The House spent the last couple of weeks cranking out legislation aimed at sparking private sector job growth. This week, they will be bringing up legislation that will protect Alabama families by making our highways safer and cracking down on synthetic drugs. Marquee bills in the House this week include a ban […]

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. The Top 5 will be announced live on the Matt Murphy show the morning of Monday, Feb. 27. If […]

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. The Top 5 will be announced live on the Matt Murphy show the morning of Monday, Feb. 27. If […]

Governor Bentley deserves some credit for engaging in the legislative process this week. He came over the House during the debate over economic development bill, HB 159, and some lawmakers are crediting his presence with helping them get over the hump and reach the 63 votes necessary to pass the bill. On an interesting side-note, […]

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jo Bonner joined other Gulf Coast lawmakers in voting to pass an amendment that orders the creation of a Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, which will receive 80 percent of Clean Water Act oil spill fines for restoration of the Gulf Region. The legislative language, which passed the full House Thursday as […]

Despite scare tactics, lawmakers approve bi-partisan plan to recruit new jobs, retain existing industry MONTGOMERY – Alabama is one step closer to having a major weapon in its economic development arsenal, as the House of Representatives passed a key job-growth bill on Thursday. House members passed a constitutional amendment that allows voters to give the […]

Sometimes I think we make things a lot more complicated than they really are. When you strip away all the rhetoric and just put conservative ideas side-by-side with liberalism — conservatism wins every time. Earlier this week, I wrote an in-depth article about the holes in AEA’s argument against the GOP’s economic development package. Well, […]

At Yellow Hammer, we do our best to bring you inside Alabama politics in ways that no mainstream media outlet can. In keeping with that mission, we are introducing a new feature entitled “The Power & Influence 40.” This 40-person list will feature the most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics including elected officials, […]

MONTGOMERY – A proposal to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans find work passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday, as lawmakers continued their commitment to making job growth legislation the top priority in the 2012 Regular Session. The House also passed enabling legislation for the Alabama Job Creation and Retention Act, which […]

MONTGOMERY – Members of the Alabama Senate today continued carrying out their commitment to prioritizing and passing legislation that will improve the state’s private sector economy. “Leading into the session we pledged to focus first and foremost on proposals that will improve Alabama’s economy and today we continued to pass legislation that will do just […]

Daily Yellow Hammer readers (how could you not be?) will recall that, last week, I wrote about the Alabama Education Association’s efforts to squash House Bills 159 and 160 which are collectively known as The Alabama Job Creation and Retention Act. HB 159 would allow voters to give the Governor and the Alabama Development Office […]

MONTGOMERY — The board of directors of the Business Council of Alabama has endorsed U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus in the race for Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Spencer Bachus has been a strong advocate for job creation and eliminating unnecessary federal regulations,” said Terry Kellogg, chairman of the BCA […]