ATLANTA, GA — Roughly 1,600 people are scheduled to testify at Environmental Protection Agency public hearings across the nation on Tuesday, including elected officials, industry professionals, scientists and environmentalists who support or oppose proposed EPA regulations that would drastically cut carbon emissions from the country’s power plants. The southeast hearings are scheduled to begin at […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Republican leaders assembled at the Alabama Coal Association headquarters in Birmingham on Monday to slam proposed regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency that they say constitute an assault on Alabamians’ way of life. Alabama Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, Commissioner Jeremy Oden, Commissioner-elect Chip Beeker, and Republican National Committeeman Paul […]

During a recent campaign stop, Parker Griffith, the Democratic nominee for Alabama governor, was asked what led him to decide to run for the state’s highest office. His response was, well, frankly just about what we’ve come to expect from the cursing party-switcher who recently compared Alabama politics to warring Islamic sects. “How did I […]

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) during an appearance on Breitbart News Sunday said this will be a critical week in the ongoing Congressional debate over what to do about the estimated 57,000 Central American children who have entered the United States illegally over the past nine months, resulting in a humanitarian and political crisis. President Obama […]

If your family’s home videos growing up were anything like mine, you were lucky if someone remembered to take the lens cap off the camcorder. And editing? Yea right. If you want to go back and see that one shining moment from your 5th grade school play, you’re going to have to fast-forward through hours […]

Answers.com, which calls itself “the world’s largest community for sharing questions and answers,” this week took a crack at answering the question “What college football programs have the most loyal fans?” Although their responses are highly subjective, residents of The Yellowhammer State will be happy to see the fan bases of both their SEC teams […]

There will be very little drama in this year’s Alabama general elections, since most of the action these days is in the Republican primary. On the national level, all of the attention is focused on whether or not Republicans will re-take the Senate in November. As we wrote in April, no state gains more than […]

Have you ever wondered if making more money would make you happier? That may seem like a silly question. Of course making more money would make you happier, right? Well, maybe, but only up to a point. A new analysis conducted by Advisors Perspectives approximates how much money citizens in each U.S. state must make […]

(Video above: Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims lays out 5 commonsense steps to get American back on track) In The News in 90 Seconds, Yellowhammer takes a complex issue and boils it down into a short video to make it more understandable. Check out the video above. The transcript of the voiceover is below. Got […]

According to an extensive study conducted by the Pew Research Center, Alabamians and other Southerners are more likely to own guns, hold conservative political views and “feel proud to be American” than individuals who live in other parts of the United States, especially the Northeast. The Pew Research Center conducted their annual “American Trends Panel” […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange lauded a ruling today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that eliminates the federal government’s ability to provide subsidies on federal insurance exchanges under ObamaCare. The State of Alabama joined an amicus brief to the court arguing that the law allowed the […]

The Machine. For over a century it has held almost total sway over Greek life and the Student Government Association at the University of Alabama. The so called “secret society” has been the topic of a cover story in Esquire magazine. It’s been featured in the New York Times. It’s been accused of election-rigging, voter […]

AJ and the Alabama Eats crew are in Mountain Brook, Ala. today at Davenport’s Pizza Palace, which has been cooking up some of the country’s best pizza for an entire half-century. The restaurant was founded in 1964 by the late Rex Hollis. It was named after Jim “Peanut” Davenport, a childhood friend of Mr. Hollis’s […]

In the wake of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning defeat, the leadership team in the Republican-controlled U.S. House went through a shakeup. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal.) rose from Majority Whip — the third-ranking member of the House — to become Majority Leader, which is second in command behind Speaker of the House John Boehner. […]

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took to the mic on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday and unleashed one of his most passionate rebukes of billionaire big businessmen who are attempting to push so-called comprehensive immigration reform through Congress. Specifically, Sessions took exception to the tech executives’ push for more guest workers in the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced full committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations bill, which contains funding for ships being built by Austal USA at its Alabama manufacturing facility. The bill will now go to the full Senate for […]

BESSEMER, Ala. — Steyr Arms, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious firearms manufacturers, will hold an unprecedented two-day factory-direct sale of Steyr, Merkel and select Anschutz firearms at its new headquarters in Bessemer, Alabama, the company announced Wednesday. Steyr Arms, located at 2530 Morgan Road in Bessemer, will open the doors to its […]

Thursday marked the tenth day of Operation Protective Edge, a coordinated push by Israel to stop Hamas from continuously launching rockets from Gaza into areas of Israel heavily populated by civilians. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered to fly to Cairo or Jerusalem to negotiate a cease fire, but was “politely rejected” […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL6) on Wednesday expressed concerns that the regulatory reach of the U.S. Federal Reserve has been extended too far and may be crushing smaller insurance companies and asset managers. During a hearing in the the House Financial Services Committee, Bachus pushed Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to implement more […]

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) continued his rise as a national conservative thought leader on Wednesday, with Fox News “Special Report” touting his opposition to President Obama’s immigration executive orders. Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry noted that Obama’s recent immigration proposals have hit a “brick wall,” namely, Sen. Sessions. “The details [of President […]

Alabama’s primary season officially came to a close Tuesday as the state’s runoff elections went off without a hitch — other than some open-carry activists trying to enter polling places with their weapons. Before we dig in, here’s a quick look at the winning candidates: Statewide races — Secretary of State: John Merrill Auditor: Jim […]

Gary Palmer concluded a stunning upset Tuesday night, besting Paul DeMarco in the Republican primary for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District seat after starting with a 14-point disadvantage going into the runoff. Yellowhammer News called the race with Palmer up 62% – 38% with half of precincts reporting. We will update this story as the final […]

The United States House of Representatives today passed the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, which seeks to make the temporary Internet tax moratorium passed in 1998 the permanent law of the land. The Act, which was co-sponsored by three Republican members of Alabama’s Congressional delegation (Bachus, Brooks and Aderholt), permanently bans state and local governments […]

Executives from major U.S. tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn, YouTube, Netflix and Instagram have joined forces — and finances — to help the Obama administration push through so-called comprehensive immigration reform and boost the number of foreign worker visas. Their argument is that the the U.S. economy is in desperate need of more skilled […]