77-year-old Charlie Daniels is a tweeting machine. With over 174,000 followers and having racked up over 31,000 tweets, he’s one of Twitter’s most prolific users. Daniels is not shy about sharing his political beliefs on social media, frequently deriding liberals for their views. Perhaps most notably, he wrote an open letter on Facebook to President […]

Pro-Common Core television ads funded by a coalition of business groups including the US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable hit the airwaves nationally on Sunday, signaling Big Business’s increasing determination to fight back against Tea Party groups who have made the repeal of Common Core their top priority in recent months. POLITICO has the […]

The Auburn University campus has been named one of the country’s 10 most beautiful by Profascinate, a blog that seeks to turn Internet-induced procrastination into a learning opportunity. “All college campuses are unique and beautiful in their own way, but we just can’t get over how gorgeous and spectacular these ones are,” the folks at […]

It has only taken Lillian “Lilli” Coker, 6-year-old kindergartener from Gadsden, Ala., a few days to get over 1,000 Alabamians to sign a petition encouraging the Alabama legislature to “Say ‘no’ to wind turbines,” a spurt of political activism that was brought on by a memory she shared with her late father. Her mom, Cara […]

Rep. Martha Roby, R-AL02, today called on Senate Democrats to abandon what she described as a “misguided” plan to divert defense spending to fund aid to Ukraine and reform the United States’ relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is absolutely senseless to strip funding from the U.S. Military and send it overseas to […]

Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey have spent two decades growing their unlikely media empire by sticking to their down-home brand of humor and not compromising their values. The Rick & Bubba show, which is produced in a Birmingham, Ala. studio, is now available on 60+ radio affiliates and 50+ television affiliates around the country. […]

He was history’s first White House Director of Digital Strategy, and now he’s becoming known in Washington, D.C. as the US State Department’s “digital diplomat.” Unknown to most outside of Washington, D.C., Huntsville, Ala. native Macon Phillips runs the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP). According to the IIP’s website, Phillips’ team produces […]

Several so-called green energy companies and their associated environmental activist groups and lobbyists are hoping that a bill to provide basic oversight over wind energy companies will die in the Ala. House Commerce Committee. Wind energy providers have proposed wind farms in 8 different Alabama counties, but there are currently no laws on the books […]

Teacher pay has become a major point of contention during the 2014 legislative session. The Alabama Education Association (AEA) has demanded a 6 percent pay raise for teachers this year. Gov. Bentley included a 2 percent pay raise in his budget, and has threatened (via Tweet!) to veto any budget that falls short of that. […]

Alabama falls in the middle of the pack when it comes to obesity rates in the United States, according to a new survey by Gallup and Healthways. 28.1% of Alabamians are obese, as computed by respondents’ self-reported height and weight. Individuals with a body mass index of 30 or higher are considered obese. Alabama actually […]

Rep. Mo Brooks, AL-05, is not happy about the idea of dolling out cash to Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund while slashing defense spending at home. The “Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014,” which overwhelmingly passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, would fund reforms at […]

GOPAC, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that prides itself on training up the conservative “farm team” around the country, today announced its 2014 Class of Emerging Leaders. Included on the prestigious list is Alabama State Rep. April Weaver, R-Alabaster. The 21 members of the nationwide 2014 class were nominated by members of GOPAC’s Legislative Leaders Advisory […]

In a legislative session that has been relatively short on controversy, a bill to expand the Birmingham Water Works Board and add members outside of Birmingham has been one of the most contentious issues. Democrats led by Sen. Roger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, claimed the bill was an attempt to reduce the City of Birmingham’s influence on […]

Only days ago it appeared that Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardnendale, and Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, had reached an agreement to end the Alabama Senate’s showdown over Common Core State Standards. Although the bill, SB443, was not the full repeal that many grassroots activists had pushed for, it would keep Common Core from expanding into new […]

Auburn Conservatives for Tomorrow (ACT) and Young America’s Foundation will host An Evening with Steve Forbes on Friday, March 21, 2014 at the Auburn Arena. “The event will be primarily a business/economic forum where students, elected officials, and business leaders from across the state will gather to hear Mr. Forbes speak on economic issues facing […]

US Highway 431, a 353 mile stretch of road running from the Alabama-Tennessee line down to Dothan, Ala. and commonly referred to as the “Highway to Hell,” has just been named one of the world’s most dangerous roads. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released their annual “Global status report on road safety” for 2013. […]

Senate Democrats decided to take a page out of Sen. Rand Paul’s playbook Monday night and stage a talk-a-thon about an issue they desperately want to capture the public’s attention — global warming. Twenty-eight Democratic senators talked through the night on the senate floor, led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who has already […]

FIVE FACTS: An updated version of “Carly’s Law” would legalize the use of cannabidiol (CBD) to treat neurological and epileptic disorders and fund research at UAB. CBD is an oil derived from marijuana that has no ability to get anyone “high” CBD has proven to be an effective treatment to control epilepsy and other neurological […]

The Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) today announced their endorsement of Dr. Chad Mathis for U.S. Congress in Alabama’s 6th District. SCF was founded by former U.S. Senator and current Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint. They describe themselves as an “independent, grassroots organization that is dedicated to electing true conservative leaders to the U.S. Senate who […]

More than half of Yellowhammer’s daily traffic comes from mobile devices. So in an effort to deliver content to our readers in the most efficient way possible, we’re excited to announce the launch of our brand new iPhone app. The app is currently available for free download in the app store and is compatible with […]

Republicans delivered on a campaign promise in 2011 by passing a law requiring Alabama voters to show a photo ID before being allowed to vote. The law finally goes into effect for this year’s primary elections, which are set to take place June 3. Numerous types of photo IDs can be used by voters, including […]

According to multiple news sources, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 33 Christians believed to be working with South Korean Baptist missionary Kim Jung-wook. Kim Jung-wook was arrested by authorities in 2013 after having worked to start roughly 500 underground churches in North Korea. The North Korean dictator is now accusing […]

The effort to completely repeal Common Core State Standards in Alabama has been met with fierce resistance over the last couple of legislative sessions, but it appears that a compromise bill may now have a chance to advance in the legislature for the first time. Senate Bill 443 is sponsored by Sen. Scott Beason and […]

A new report by the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute provides overwhelming evidence that welfare in Alabama and many other parts of the country has become more like a spider web than the safety net it was intended to be. According to the Cato study, welfare recipients in Alabama can receive benefits that are the equivalent of […]