MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced the State of Alabama has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to comply with the Refugee Act of 1980, which specifically requires the federal government to consult with states before placing refugees within their borders. According to the Bentley administration, that consultation with […]

On October 10, 2015, Georgia running back Nick Chubb walked into Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium seeking his fourteenth consecutive game with 100 yards rushing. In the first quarter, Chubb took a pitch and, seeing no openings up the middle, bounced the run outside to his left. A Tennessee defensive back lunged and hit him low about […]

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — A $1.1 trillion bill to fund the federal government through September flew through the House (316-113) and Senate (65-33) in mid-December, but the big-spending legislation only garnered support from two individuals in Alabama’s nine-member federal delegation. That does not mean, however, it did not include provisions that could prove to be […]

WASHINGTON — According to a top Pentagon staffer, the U.S. government is once again considering housing unaccompanied illegal immigrant children at military bases around the country, including Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Congresswoman Martha Roby’s (R-AL2) office received the following email from Matthew Rhoades, a senior policy staffer for Secretary of Defense Ash […]

David Palmer, known simply as “The Deuce” to Alabama fans, won a national championship as the Tide’s one-man highlight reel in 1992, before being drafted in the second round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and playing seven seasons in the Metrodome. But in recent years, Palmer has stayed quietly out of the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is urging the state’s congressional delegation to gear up for a fight with the White House over President Obama’s newly announced executive actions on gun control. The White House on Monday evening released details of the executive actions, which will include expanded background checks on gun purchases, additional […]

WASHINGTON — US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Monday responded to President Barack Obama’s planned executive actions on gun control, saying Mr. Obama wants the United States to “look more like Chicago,” the president’s violence-ridden hometown. The Chicago Tribune noted in October of last year that someone in Chicago is shot once every 2.84 hours, […]

https://youtu.be/TmReRFGWJFA (Above: Alabama 2016 National Championship Game hype video) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama is preparing to take on Clemson University in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game, which will air Monday, January 11th at 7:30 p.m. central time on ESPN. The cheapest ticket to see the game live at University […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama congressmen are gearing up for a fight with the Obama administration over the president’s expected executive orders on gun control, which could come as early as this week. According to Politico, “the changes include requiring an expanded number of small-scale gun sellers to be licensed — and therefore conduct background checks — […]

In a long-rumored move, the Obama Administration signaled last week that the President is preparing to roll out executive orders on gun control. Politico, which first broke the story, explains what the President is expected to do: According to gun industry insiders and others familiar with the proposals, the changes include requiring an expanded number […]

America is great. Trump is disgusting. Anybody but Trump. Iowans dump Trump. Those are just a handful of the messages that garnered national headlines after they were plastered across the sky by airplanes during the Rose Bowl parade over the weekend. The immediate question for many people was, who did this? The answer did not […]

[jwplatform TXbQMhda] (Video above: Yellowhammer goes inside AMK9’s hero dog training facility in Anniston, Alabama) 1,500 Iowans crowded into a gymnasium in August of 2011 to mourn the loss of Chief Petty Officer Jon Tumilson, a Navy SEAL hero who was killed in Afghanistan when a rocket-propelled grenade shot down a helicopter on which he […]

Much of the media’s College Football Playoff coverage over the last couple of days has centered around various teams suspending players, but the biggest University of Alabama off-the-field story probably won’t get the attention it deserves. When the Crimson Tide take the field against Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on Thursday, they will do […]

TRUSSVILLE, AL- SPOC Automation, a company located in a quiet Birmingham suburb of about 20,000 people, is the largest artificial lift control manufacturer in all of North America. “Artificial lift” is the process used to increase the flow of liquids coming out of a well, or, as SPOC Automation describes it, “technology that allows users […]

After torrential rain swept through Alabama over the Christmas holidays, many areas around the state are still assessing the damage, or waiting for flood waters to recede. State officials say properly documenting the damage to both public and private property can be the difference between receiving financial assistance, and not, whether it be from insurance […]

Tom Hanks is arguably the most successful actor of all time. His films have brought in over $4 billion at the box office, an average of over $100 million per film. But as a boy in northern California before he took Hollywood by storm, Hanks was inspired to use his “God-given talent” by a NorCal […]

RINO, or “Republican in Name Only,” has for the last couple of decades been the pejorative term of choice for conservatives looking for an easy way to describe Republicans who do not adhere to the Party’s limited-government, free-market, pro-family principles. RINOs have existed as long as the Republican Party itself, just under different names. In […]

Alabama is the second most conservative state in America, according to the most recent Gallup survey, so it may come as a surprise that Alabama’s state and local governments are among the country’s largest. The Birmingham Business Journal on Monday analyzed U.S. Census Bureau statistics and found that Alabama has the 11th highest ratio of […]

Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and a former contestant on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, gave birth to her second out-of-wedlock child two days before Christmas. Upon announcing her second pregnancy, she wrote on her blog, “I know this has been, and will be, a huge disappointment to my family, […]

2015 was a wild year in Alabama politics. A reality television star drew tens of thousands of Alabamians to his presidential campaign rallies. A sitting governor got divorced. A sitting Speaker’s political career survived an entire year under indictment. Same-sex weddings took place at courthouses around the state. Taxes were raised. The Confederate Battle Flag […]

(Video above: Noccalula Falls swells after flash flooding) Noccalula Falls, located in Gadsden, Alabama, is one of the Yellowhammer State’s numerous natural wonders. The 90-foot waterfall and surrounding park attract visitors from all over the country. A bronze statue of Noccalula, a young Cherokee woman, who according to local legend jumped to her death after […]

James Spann is a legendary meteorologist, but his most refined skill may be putting social medial trolls in their place. Trolling, which is defined as “making a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them,” has become a favorite pastime of many individuals on […]

The Regions Center Christmas lights display that illuminates the Magic City’s skyline each year is one of the surest signs the holiday season is upon us. But the tradition never would have started if it wasn’t for a Birmingham businessman who worked in the building in the 1970s. Alabama NewsCenter spoke with John McGowan, head […]

Propelled by an impressive fundraising operation helmed by Alabama businessman Dean Parker, Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson enjoyed a meteoric — but ultimately brief — rise to the top tier of the GOP field in late October and early November of this year. A CBS News/New York Times poll released October 27th found Carson leading […]