Aaron Weiss, a law enforcement officer and Iraq combat veteran rose earlier this year to speak out for the repeal of New York’s gun-grabbing “SAFE Act,” which was passed by the New York legislature and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. After nearly coming to tears while describing the sacrifices he and his friends […]

Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal made a stop in Birmingham, Ala. last week to address the city’s Rotary Club, the second largest club of its kind in the world. Local business leaders packed into the The Harbert Center to hear the two-term governor and potential 2016 presidential contender riff on everything from his childhood to his […]

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, made an already bad week for Alabama enviro groups even worse by calling for a U.S. Department of Energy investigation into whether the groups inappropriately used taxpayer money to advance an “anti-coal agenda in Alabama.” Shelby wrote to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Friday requesting he launch an investigation […]

In 2006, Vanessa Willock asked Elaine Huguenin — co-owner of Elane Photography in New Mexico — to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony” between Willock and another woman. Huguenin declined because same-sex marriage contradicts with her religious beliefs. Willock was able to find another photographer for her ceremony, but decided to also file a complaint with […]

Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, and Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, will emphatically vote “no” on the Ryan-Murray budget deal that skated through the U.S. House Thursday by a vote of 332-94. Sessions, the top Republican on the Budget Committee, went a step further and said he and his Senate GOP colleagues will filibuster the deal. Democrats concede […]

60 Plus Association — the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization — has chosen Alabama to be the first state in the country where they will launch a state-based chapter. 60 Plus has over 7.5 million “senior supporters” nationally, including 80,000 here in Alabama. “Alabama is the perfect place to launch the first 60 Plus state […]

Boeing CEO James McNerney, Jr. and University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban don’t make a combined $20 million a year because they’re dummies. University of Alabama Chancellor Robert Witt called Saban “the best financial investment [Alabama] has ever made.” Forbes estimates the University of Alabama has garnered a $100 million return on the […]

It has been a rough week for the organized environmental movement in the state of Alabama. Yellowhammer was first to break the story of financial disclosures showing millions of dollars being funneled to enviro groups to implement the ‘War on Coal’ on Alabama. Alabama coal miners have since then called for a congressional investigation into […]

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 “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller.” But this year the […]

In response to revelations that environmental groups have received millions of dollars to advance the “War on Coal” in Alabama, the Alabama Coal Association is calling on congress to investigate whether two of the groups used taxpayer money “in their attempt to kill coal jobs in Alabama.” Alabama Coal Association president George Barber sent a […]

The Alabama Congressional delegation has issued a bipartisan statement of support for Gov. Robert Bentley’s proposal to Boeing Chairman, President and CEO, James McNerney, Jr., to build the aerospace giant’s planned 777X aircraft in the state. Huntsville is a world leader in aerospace and aviation innovation, and Alabama’s workforce is second to none. There is […]

Two Alabama state senators joined roughly 100 state legislators from 32 states at Mt. Vernon, Virginia this past weekend to discuss the ground rules of a potential convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution. The idea has gained steam in the nationwide conservative grassroots community this year after conservative talk show host Mark […]

New financial disclosures released by the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation reveal that millions of dollars have been funneled to local Alabama environmental groups with the stated purpose of shutting down coal-fired power plants. For the last several months, Yellowhammer has detailed environmental groups’ efforts to hijack Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) hearings under the guise […]

Republican first congressional district candidate Bradley Byrne is out with a new television ad touting his ability to clean up the “mess” in Washington, D.C. and pledging not to back down “when it comes to America’s future.” The ad can be seen above and the the transcript is below. One interesting tidbit from the ad […]

The question of whether or not incentives packages to lure big businesses pay off for taxpayers in the long run is a debate that has been simmering in Alabama for years now. Over a decade after Alabama lawmakers offered Mercedes-Benz an incentives package worth $253 million to locate in Vance, Ala., it’s still difficult to […]

The machinists union in Washington rejected a long-term labor deal proposed by Boeing several weeks ago, sparking a nationwide competition among states trying to become home to a new assembly plant that will build the aerospace giant’s new 777X jetliner. The labor deal would have transitioned workers with pensions into 401(k) plans and had them […]

The competition among potential sites for a massive new Boeing plant will come to a head on Tuesday when states are required to submit proposals, including site details and incentive packages. When Yellowhammer spoke with Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield on Sunday, he was unwilling to share any specific details on Boeing’s request for […]

Alabama’s Maxwell Air Force base will play host to one of the country’s top defense and intelligence leaders next week in House Armed Service Committee Vice Chairman Mac Thornberry. Reps. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, and Mike Rogers, R-Sachs, recently invited Thornberry to visit Alabama. At the time, both Roby and Rogers were members of the Armed […]

A delegation of economic developers led by Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson just returned from Hamburg, Germany after a week of recruiting aerospace companies to locate in Alabama. In addition to meetings and plant tours with Airbus and Airbus supplier UTC, which operates a plant in Foley, Ala., the delegation had private meetings with two industrial […]

(ABOVE: Dean Young discusses running for Congress again with WKRG) Ali and Frazier had the Thrilla in Manila. Ali and Forman had the Rumble in the Jungle. Now it looks like South Alabama might get be getting The Brawl by the Bay, a rematch between Republican rivals Bradley Byrne and Dean Young. Byrne dispatched of […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House Republicans rolled out their 2014 legislative agenda today in a press conference at the State House, and it doesn’t take long to figure out where their focus lies. With bills such as the Small Business Tax Relief Act, the Business Tax Streamlining Act, the Tax Elimination Act and the Taxpayers’ […]

MOBILE, Ala. – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the nation’s largest pro-life organization representing more than 3,000 chapters across the country, announced today that they are have endorsed Bradley Byrne in the December 17 special election for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District. Byrnes pro-life credentials include opposing federal funding for abortion and supporting the immediate […]

Apparently some French guys wanted to do the most American thing imaginable, so they strapped a GoPro camera to the back of an eagle and captured some of the most incredible footage ever posted on YouTube. The video, which has already been viewed over 7 million times, was shot in the Chamonix valley of France’s […]

First-term Republican Shelby County Commissioner Mike Vest has decided not to run for Alabama’s sixth congressional district seat, after indicating in mid-November that he was strongly considering it. Vest told Yellowhammer Tuesday afternoon that after further prayer and discussions with his family he decided that a run for congress is not in the cards for […]