The Alabama Secretary of State yesterday asked the Attorney General to investigate the Alabama Foundation for Limited Government (AFLG) — which is widely believed to be little more than a front group for the Alabama Education Association (AEA) — for potentially breaking state campaign finance laws. Nonprofit groups like AFLG are permitted to run educational […]

With Tax Day right around the corner, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-AL03, is urging Congress to throw out the current tax code a replace it with something more simple and fair. “America’s tax code is an embarrassment: too long, too complicated, and too full of loop holes,” Rogers said in a release. “We need a […]

Over the loud objections of Democrats in the Alabama House, Republicans pushed through a package of bills that will drastically reform Alabama’s taxpayer-funded public assistance programs. The four-bill package includes measures to increase penalties for fraud; require welfare applicants to submit job applications before receiving benefits; prohibit spending of welfare benefits on liquor, tobacco, casinos […]

The Alabama Senate two weeks ago passed a bill that would allow Alabamians to carry loaded pistols in their cars without a concealed carry permit. On Wednesday, the next-to-last day of the 2014 legislative session, that bill died in a House committee and will not go to the governor for his signature this year. Under […]

Dr. Chad Mathis, Republican candidate for U.S. House in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District, today released a radio ad going after four of his opponents for what his campaign refers to as “their sins on conservatism.” Mathis has dubbed Sen. Scott Beason, businessman Will Brooke, Rep. Paul DeMarco, and former think tank president Gary Palmer “The […]

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Barbara Milkulki, D-Md., wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday scolding him for stymying investigations by the Justice Department’s Inspector General, who is tasked with providing independent oversight of the agency. “We have learned the Department’s Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, is required to make […]

(Above: The must-hear audio of Robert Shattuck’s top 3 answers from Monday’s 6th Congressional District debate) If you were to make a list of things politicians never say, “I don’t know” would have to be on the list, right? I mean, don’t they at least pretend to know everything? Or how about, “somebody else knows […]

(Above: Rep. Bradley Byrne speaks against taxpayer-funded abortion) Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-AL02, took to the floor of the United States House of Representatives today to deride the fact that 45 percent of the funding for Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider, comes from taxpayer dollars. Planned Parenthood describes itself as the nation’s premier advocate for […]

Alabama businessman Shaun McCutcheon told Yellowhammer in September of last year that he wanted to “change the world.” With the United States Supreme Court’s ruling today in his case, McCutcheon v. FEC, it’s safe to say he has done exactly that, especially when it comes to the world of politics. RELATED: Alabamian takes his bid […]

Auburn’s Recreation and Wellness Center is a massive 73,000 square foot building with more amenities than a student could ever take advantage of over four short years on The Plains. Here are just a few of the facility’s features: • 1/3-mile indoor track, which has been called “the longest indoor track in the U.S.” • […]

First off, it’s important to put debates in the proper perspective. Can a a great debate performance win you a congressional race? No. But can a disastrous performance lose you a congressional race? Sure. This is usually true on the presidential level as well. Newt Gingrich only briefly shot to the top of the polls […]

Rep. Greg Wren, R-Montgomery, this morning submitted his resignation to the Alabama House of Representatives and pleaded guilty to a Class A Misdemeanor charge of using his official office for personal gain. According to court documents, Wren & Associates received an $8,000/month payment from RxAlly, an advocacy organization for over 22,000 member pharmacies nationwide. Multiple […]

NBC 13, Superstation 101, The Jefferson County Republican Party and the Samford College Republicans teamed up for last night’s 6th Congressional District debate held in Samford University’s Wright Center in Homewood. Here was the view an hour before the #AL06 debate, from both the audience & candidates perspective #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/dFS9A9JstQ — Cliff Sims (@Cliff_Sims) March […]

WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents recently revealed that tens of thousands of convicted criminal aliens were freed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year. Additionally, nearly one million individuals who authorities have ordered to be removed from the country remain in the U.S. unlawfully, many of them as fugitives and […]

Birmingha, Ala.-based soul rockers St. Paul and The Broken Bones performed several songs last week on CBS’ “This Morning,” as they continue to build the buzz around their debut album, “Half this City.” CBSNews.com called them “one of the hottest new bands on the scene” and declared that they “are single handedly bringing Southern soul […]

Fresh off of reports that The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is teaming up with labor unions during investigatory visits to non-unionized businesses, it now appears that OSHA may also be specifically targeting southern auto manufacturers for no apparent reason. OSHA recently launched a “Regional Emphasis Program” (REP) to inspect automobile and auto parts […]

Clint Eastwood’s new film “American Sniper” is set to begin production today in Morocco, and it will feature an Alabama connection that few people are aware of. The movie will focus on the life of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, commonly referred to as “the most lethal sniper in American military history” with 160 confirmed […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – March 28, 2014 – Harvey Nix, Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham-based Proventix Systems, Inc., has been named Alabama’s Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Nix will be invited to Washington, D.C. May 15-16 for National Small Business Week where one representative will be selected as […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead on Wednesday hammered the Alabama Foundation for Limited Government (AFLG) — which many political insiders believe is little more than a front group for the Alabama Education Association (AEA) — for potentially violating Alabama’s campaign finance laws. Armistead said the Foundation has not registered as a political action committee […]

Former Alabama Sen. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., who was a prisoner of war for almost eight years in Vietnam, died of a heart ailment over the weekend in Virginia. He was 89 years old. Mr. Denton gained national notoriety in 1966 when he was forced by his North Vietnamese captors to give a televised interview […]

Movoto, one of the web’s most-read real estate blogs, today released a list of what they consider to be “the 10 smartest cities in Alabama.” “We started with a list of places to look at,” Movoto’s Randy Nelson explained. “In this case, they were all the places in Alabama with a population over 10,000. That […]

Washington, D.C. — Rep. Mo Brooks, R-AL05, today questioned NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr., about the agency’s back-up plan should Russia decide to stop giving American astronauts a ride to the International Space Station. Bolden, who President Obama appointed to head NASA in 2009, testified that the Obama Administration essentially has no back-up plan for […]

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., announced Wednesday that he is co-sponsoring a bill requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to perform an economic impact study prior to enforcing any new “job-crushing regulations.” The Employment Impact Analysis Act cites a number of examples where the EPA claimed that a regulation would create jobs, while research firms reported […]

• The Navy needs 52 “small surface combatant” ships • They have ordered 32 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to begin addressing that need • Half of the LCS are made in Mobile, Ala. by Austal, which employees 4,000 Alabamians • What are they going to do about the next 20? • According to Navy Secretary […]