(Video above: Chris Adler sings “Bentley was framed!”) What do O.J. Simpson, Tiger Woods, Richard Nixon, the Unabomber and Robert Bentley have in common? According to Rick & Bubba producer Chris Adler, they were all framed. Governor Bentley is enduring the biggest scandal of his administration after Yellowhammer News released audio evidence that the governor […]

“I want everyone to know though that I have never had a physical affair with Mrs. Mason,” Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said defiantly in response to allegations that he’d had an affair with his senior political advisor. Bentley conceded that he had made “inappropriate comments” to Rebekah Mason, a married staffer with three children, but […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey and a close circle of advisers are mapping out a transition plan in case Gov. Robert Bentley is compelled to resign from office, according to multiple Yellowhammer sources. The planning began in earnest last summer in the wake of Dianne Bentley, the governor’s wife of 50 years, […]

(Video above: Hear the audio recording of Governor Robert Bentley having an inappropriate conversation with Rebekah Mason.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A clip of the audio recordings revealing Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s illicit affair with a staffer has now surfaced online. Yellowhammer was given exclusive access to the content of audio recordings captured by Dianne Bentley, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday apologized for having an inappropriate relationship with his senior advisor Rebekah Mason, but denied that the affair had been physical. “I made a mistake,” Bentley said. “Two years ago I made a mistake. I have rectified that and I have moved on.” Yellowhammer was given exclusive […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Audio recordings reveal that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley carried on an illicit affair with a staffer that included sexual encounters inside the Governor’s Capitol office. Yellowhammer was given exclusive access to the content of audio recordings captured by Dianne Bentley, Governor Bentley’s ex-wife, during which Governor Bentley makes sexual advances on and […]

(Video above: Congressman Bradley Byrne demands Secretary of Defense Ash Carter release strategy to defeat ISIS) WASHINGTON — Just hours after the terrorist attacks in Belgium, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) demanded Secretary of Defense Ash Carter produce an overdue report to Congress outlining the U.S. military’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A bill that would require Alabama public school teachers to go through training on inappropriate relationships with students cleared its first hurdle Tuesday morning. The Educator-Student Interaction Training Act, sponsored by Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) received approval from the Senate Education Policy Committee. The bill would require teachers to receive one hour […]

MONROEVILLE, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley says a statewide lottery may be the only way to fund the state’s growing Medicaid program, which has almost doubled in size and cost over the past decade. While speaking to doctors at Monroe County Hospital, Bentley said he believes 70 percent of Alabamians would support a lottery […]

MOBILE, Ala. — The first ever American-made Airbus A321 aircraft took to the skies Monday morning, fresh off the assembly line at Mobile, Alabama’s Brookley Aeroplex. The flight was an important milestone for the Airbus project, which was first announced almost four years ago and is expected to create roughly 1,000 jobs when it reaches […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The head of the Alabama Minority GOP believes the overwhelming majority of black churchgoers are conservatives, but continue to shy away from the Republican Party — which was founded as an anti-slavery party — because of peer pressure. “If you look at the black church, 90 percent of what you see is […]

WASHINGTON — Several conservative opinion leaders are circulating lists of prominent Donald J. Trump supporters, including some from Alabama, and vowing to “blackball” them from the conservative movement in the years to come. “Call it a boycott, call it a blackball, call it a blacklist, call it whatever you want,” said Amanda Carpenter, a CNN […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Legislature on Thursday gave final passage to a bill to add “right-to-work” language to the state’s constitution, if voters approve the measure at the ballot box in November. Right-to-work laws prohibit forcing employees to join a union and pay dues as a condition of employment. They do not, however, ban […]

In 2015, 51 Alabama companies were featured on the Inc. 5000, an annual list of the fastest growing private companies in America. The companies on the list came from the high growth, high margin sectors of Alabama’s economy that you would expect — real estate, technology, financial services and pharmaceuticals, to name a few. But […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is accusing the American Bar Association of working to “forcibly elevate sexual behavior, appetites and self-styled identity” by revising its rule regarding discrimination. The revision would add gender, ethnicity and marital status to the list of protected classes under the ABA’s anti-discrimination rule for attorneys. […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama’s U.S. Senators on Monday voted against President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Education, with Senator Richard Shelby expressing concerns that he will “advance the Obama administration’s liberal agenda in our classrooms.” Obama nominated John King, who has been serving as acting Secretary of Education since January. King is a graduate of […]

According to Forbes Magazine, Alabama is currently home to exactly zero billionaires. But if you spent a day with the state’s highest paid government employee, you might assume Forbes must have overlooked something. Dr. David Bronner has been Chief Executive Officer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) for over 40 years. From a palatial […]

Atmore Prison has been took over! ! The Warden has been stabbed Posted by Lester Hails on Friday, March 11, 2016 Over 100 inmates in Alabama’s William C. Holman Correctional Facility attempted to take control of the prison over the weekend, sparking chaos that included two stabbings and multiple fires. A corrections officer was stabbed while […]

WASHINGTON – With winner-take-all primary elections set to take place on Tuesday in several large states, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) believes it is time for Republicans to unite behind Donald J. Trump as the GOP frontrunner steamrolls toward the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the party’s presidential nomination. Sessions endorsed Trump at a massive Alabama […]

MOBILE, Ala. — On the heels of multiple reports that top Republican Party leaders and donors have been meeting to discuss last-ditch efforts to stop Donald J. Trump from securing the GOP’s presidential nomination, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) warned that such machinations could be disastrous for the party. “I am very troubled by reports that […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opNwY8QgBDc (Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions grills U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch) WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions on Thursday had a four-word response to Attorney General Loretta Lynch saying drug trafficking prosecutions are down because the Obama administration is focusing on dealers higher up the food chain: “I don’t believe that.” “Are you aware of […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a motion in federal courtasking a judge to dismiss Alabama’s refugee resettlement lawsuit. DOJ lawyers argue that refugee resettlement is the purview of the federal government and say Alabama and other states have no role in deciding which refugees locate within their borders. In early January […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tZMbNtJUY (Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor discussing the heroin epidemic) WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday took to the Senate floor to warn that President Barack Obama’s lack of immigration enforcement is enabling Mexican drug cartels to “flood our country with cheap heroin.” Sessions has been a frequent critic […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Teen suicide rates are on the rise nationally and no one is exactly sure why, but the lack of attention the issue has received has left some activists wondering what it would take for Alabama leaders to address the disturbing trend. This week they got their answer: Two phone calls by Nick […]