Angel Eaton is a beautiful 10th grader at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala. who enjoys hanging out with her boyfriend and loves music. But her family was shocked to find out late last year that she’d been diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. Since then, Angel has spent well over […]

Will Brooke, Republican candidate in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District, literally shoots holes in ObamaCare in a web ad just released today. “We’re down here to have a little fun today and talk about two serious subjects: the Second Amendment, and to see how much damage we can do to this copy of ObamaCare,” Brooke says […]

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) announced Tuesday that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be the keynote speaker at their annual Chairman’s Dinner Oct. 7 at The Sheraton Hotel in Birmingham. Speculation about Bush possibly running for president in 2016 has grown in recent weeks. Chris Christie’s star has dimmed a bit in the […]

Auburn University confirmed this morning that an unidentified hacker executed a cyber attack on the university’s College of Business network last year. According to university officials, the hacker accessed the business school’s server between Oct. 21 and Nov. 20, but it is unclear at this point how many times the server was accessed and what […]

Pro-amnesty demonstrators from the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) chained themselves to the doors of the Etowah County Detention Center on Monday in protest of US immigration policy. According to a press release from ACIJ, they were protesting the fact that roughly 2 million illegal immigrants have been deported in the past 5 years. […]

This is Part 2 of a three-part series on the race to become Alabama’s next congressman. Going in alphabetical order, Yellowhammer will give you our take on the seven candidates who qualified for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. The candidates are Scott Beason, Will Brooke, Paul DeMarco, Chad Mathis, Gary Palmer, Robert […]

40-year-old Alabamian Michael Howard Long apparently got pretty bored over the weekend. Emergency personnel responded to a call Saturday evening of a man stuck approximately four stories up in a tree wearing no clothes. When they arrived on the scene they found Long in the tree, but he wasn’t interested in coming down. As a […]

A YouTube video of Birminghamians dancing to Pharrell Williams’ popular “Happy” song is starting to make the rounds online after being posted over the weekend. The video was produced by Over Fork Over Films’ Ian J. Cunningham, a longtime staple in the Birmingham film community. Cunningham shot, directed and edited the video, and was assisted […]

US Rep. Martha Roby, R-AL02, has vowed to get to the bottom of allegations that union officials are accompanying federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors during visits to non-unionized businesses. OSHA’s stated purpose is “to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by […]

Conventional wisdom is that average citizens can’t make an impact on the legislative process. Well-financed lobbying efforts trump grassroots activism every time, they say, because it’s all about influence peddling and campaign contributions. Fortunately for Alabama, the four examples below — all of which are from the 2014 legislative session — prove the conventional wisdom […]

The Jefferson County Republican Party has announced it is hosting the first debate in Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District Race on Monday, March 31 at Samford University’s Wright Center. Sponsors for the event include Birmingham NBC affiliate WVTM, Superstation 101 WYDE, XTreme Concepts, Samford University and the Samford University College Republicans. The debate is free to […]

The Foundation for Accountability in Education has just gone up on statewide TV with a crushing anti-Alabama Education Association (AEA) ad driving home conservatives’ belief that the AEA is the biggest obstacle to improving education in Alabama, and noting that the liberal group is now running candidates in Republican primaries. Here’s the transcript of the […]

(Above: Fox News commentators discuss Alabama PSC candidate Chip Beeker’s campaign messaging) Fox News aired several segments on Thursday showing that the anti-ObamaCare sentiment around the nation is so strong that local and state-level candidates have joined conservatives on the national level in bashing the law in their campaign ads. Among the state-level candidates Fox […]

Several Alabamians are once again nominated as finalists for this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards, commonly referred to as “The Oscars of Food.” Highlands Bar & Grill is nominated for Outstanding Restaurant, and Cooking Light, which is published by Alabama-based Southern Progress Corp., is nominated for two awards in the journalism category. “Covering all aspects […]

Carly's Law passes the Alabama House 97-0 at 2:10am. @CarlysLaw @mattmurphyshow #alpolitics — Allen Farley (@RepAllenFarley) March 20, 2014 Carly’s Law, a bill that would legalize a new treatment method for children with serious neurological and epileptic disorders, unanimously passed the Alabama House of Representatives Thursday as legislators worked deep into the night. The bill, […]

The Alabama Environmental Council (AEC), one of the state’s most active liberal environmental groups, released an “Action Alert” to its members on Wednesday urging them to help stop a bill in the Alabama Legislature that would provide basic oversight for wind energy companies seeking to locate in the state. AEC called the bill “perverse” and […]

In a fitting and symbolic end to Sen. Scott Beason’s, R-Gardendale, 16-year career in the Alabama legislature, the Alabama Senate passed his bill allowing loaded pistols to be carried in cars without a concealed carry permit. Beason thanked the Senate after the bill’s passage and announced it would be the last bill he passes as […]

Nelson Papucci served one term as a Republican in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1995-1998 during a period when simply calling Republicans the “minority Party” would be an understatement. His single term in the Legislature appears to have been relatively uneventful, except for one bizarre incident in which controversial emails were sent under his […]

According to data the Washington Examiner gleaned from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is “ranked #3 in state payroll belt-tightening among governors first elected in 2010.” Since Bentley and the Republican-controlled legislature took office after what The Examiner referred to as “the great Tea Party midterm,” Alabama state government has […]

The Alabama Education Trust Fund (ETF) is the largest operating fund of the State, coming in this year at just under $6 billion. The budget hit the floor of the Alabama House today. Here’s what we know so far: WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT • No pay raise for teachers • $38 million will […]

A non-profit organization in Houston, TX called WorkFaith Connection set out to create a program that could transform their urban areas by empowering individuals to get a job, keep a job, and ultimately become homeowners and stakeholders in their community. 70 percent of the graduates of WorkFaith’s 8-day program in Houston have a criminal record, […]

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Birmingham, Ala.’s downtown has just been named one of the 10 best downtown areas in the entire United States by Livability.com, a popular site that tracks America’s best places to live and visit. Coming in at #10 on this year’s list, Livability.com calls Birmingham “a comeback story that’s still being written.” “Downtown Birmingham, Ala., is […]

Montgomery, Ala. — Thirty-two Alabama barbecue restaurants are competing in the second annual Alabama Barbecue Bracket sponsored by the state tourism department. This year’s bracket competition is divided by barbecue specialties — chicken, ribs, sauce and pork — allowing voters to go online and select their favorite barbecue restaurant based on these categories. The competition […]