MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The leader of an interdenominational organization that lobbies the Alabama legislature on behalf of the Christian community issued a stern warning on Tuesday: “Illegal gambling is taking over this state.” Dr. Joe Godfrey is the executive director of the Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP), an almost 80-year-old organization that describes itself as […]

RAINBOW CITY, Ala. — A Wisconsin atheists group has done more to strengthen the bonds of faith in one Alabama community than perhaps anything else ever could. Last year, the Freedom From Religion Foundation demanded Butler’s hometown take down a Nativity scene at its City Hall. Butler, along with a group of religious leaders, pulled […]

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a statement Friday blasting the State of Alabama — and the United States more broadly — for its record on women’s and immigrants’ rights. According to the UN, the organization sent a three-member delegation to Alabama, Oregon and Texas earlier this month at […]

Alabama is among the most heavily-armed states in America, according to a CBS News analysis of ATF gun registrations in accordance with the National Firearms Act (NFA). Weapons regulated under the NFA include short-barreled shotguns or rifles, machine guns and so called “assault rifles.” There are a total of 96,744 such weapons in Alabama, or […]

Scott Hicks of Wetumpka, Alabama, traveled down to Bay County, Florida, in September after two failure-to-appear arrest warrants were issued against him on battery charges. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Hicks told the bailiff he needed to get the issue handled quickly because he had left an “8-year-old child” in the car. Sheriff’s deputies went […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on Friday introduced the American Jobs First Act, which they believe would ease the pressure on the U.S. labor force from foreign workers coming into the country. According to Senator Sessions’ office, the legislation would “reform the H-1B visa program to stop abuse of […]

The end of the year is typically a time when people put aside their differences and come together to celebrate the holidays. The same could be said of the U.S. Senate, where presidential nominees whose confirmations have been held up for one reason or another are finally allowed to pass. But as Politico notes, “this […]

For 16 years the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) and the Alabama Technology Network (ATN) have recognized Alabama’s top manufacturers with Manufacturer of the Year Awards. Past Manufacturer of the Year Award recipients include steel companies, engineering firms, automobile manufacturers, a shipbuilder, aerospace firms, and even a beer maker — a diverse group that BCA […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday officially designated 25 Alabama counties as natural disaster areas as a result of excessive rainfall, wind and flooding that occurred this year. The designation makes farmers in those counties eligible for financial assistance from the USDA Farm Service Agency. In announcing the designation, […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Richard Shelby has signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit governors to reject the resettlement of refugees in their state. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) is the primary sponsor of the bill, which is titled the State Refugee Security Act. “First and foremost, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A local Muslim leader has informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that members of his mosque have received “suspicious messages” on their social media accounts, including at least one message that mentioned “war,” according to an Associated Press report. Ashfaq Taufique, president of the Birmingham Islamic Society, told the AP that […]

(Video above: The Burton’s Christmas lights display) Fayetteville, Georgia resident Robert Burton isn’t one to sync his Christmas lights to the typical background music. Sure, he did “Jingle Bells” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” when he was first getting started, but he’s since moved on to songs that normally get identified with Christmas, like […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced it is launching an investigation into whether civil rights violations occurred when budget cuts resulted in the closure of 31 rural DMVs. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s administration said, in an effort to inconvenience as few people as possible, the DMV closures were targeted […]

Alabamians expressed concerns Tuesday evening as news broke that two members of the Afghan Air Force have disappeared from a military base located roughly 120 miles from the state line in neighboring Georgia. The two A-29 Super Tucano fighter pilots were training at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, but are now missing, according […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials said on Tuesday that two-thirds of the state’s law enforcement officers have been trained in how to respond to active-shooter situations, according to a report by the Decatur Daily. The total number of officers who have been trained is roughly 10,600, almost double the number […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions were two of only 10 Republicans to vote in favor of pausing the issuance of visas to more than thirty countries “at a high risk for exporting terrorists.” The vote was on an amendment sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that was attached to the Senate’s […]

The United Auto Workers union won a small but important victory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week, as skilled-trades workers at Volkswagen’s only U.S. factory voted 108-44 to grant the UAW the right to collectively bargain on their behalf. VW contends the vote should not have been allowed because the plant’s full staff of 1,400 should […]

A state senator is pushing to renew Alabama’s call for a Convention of States to amend the U.S. Constitution. Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) has pre-filed a bill for the 2016 Legislative Session that would compel Alabama to join the “Compact for a Balanced Budget,” a group of states “uniting to fix the debt” through a […]

After graduating from Gadsden High School in 1966, Danny Ford went on to become an All-SEC tackle at the University of Alabama under the tutelage of coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. That alone is enough to make him football royalty in the state of Alabama, but Ford always set his sights on bigger goals in the […]

WalletHub, a company that describes itself as a “one-stop destination for all the tools and information consumers and small business owners need to make better financial decisions and save money,” has released a study ranking the top college towns in America, and Tuscaloosa has laid claim to the title in the Yellowhammer State. Here’s how […]

WASHINGTON — Several Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation released statements on Monday criticizing President Barack Obama for his latest Oval Office address, which they each said focused on taking gun rights away from American citizens, rather than defeating ISIS and other radical groups. Their statements can be found below. RELATED: Bentley: Obama using gun […]

A coalition of education leaders on Friday announced the formation of Alabama Unites for Education (AUE), an advocacy group that appears poised to fill the void left by the precipitous decline of the Alabama Education Association (AEA). The group, which includes leadership from Alabama’s K-12 schools, community college system and institutions of higher learning, will […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley slammed President Barack Obama for his Sunday evening Oval Office address to the nation, which Bentley said served as little more than an attempted diversion from the President’s foreign policy failures. “Tonight the President merely restated an existing policy and attempted to distract Americans from the pressing issue […]

Hoover City Police officers Eric Myers and Mike Davis were having breakfast Friday morning and got a pleasant surprise when they asked the waiter for the check. “We were at The Egg and I in Hoover off of Montgomery Highway,” Myers told Yellowhammer. “When we completed our breakfast the waiter walked over to the table. […]