It’s a thousand degrees outside, it won’t stop raining, and I was mauled last night by a vicious animal I found out later was actually a mosquito. I can’t think of a time I was more in need of some Christmas cheer. State Senator Gerald Allen told Yellowhammer Wednesday that he has pre-filed a bill […]

Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson delivered an epic pro-life, pro-Founders speech to a Pennsylvania crowd recently in which he proclaimed, “you have the God-given right to life, for crying out loud!” “Listen, from the time you started inside your mother’s womb — Thomas Jefferson had it right — you have the God-given right to life,” […]

“Where is red state Alabama on education, jobs and health care?” MSNBC asks rhetorically on their website. “Ed [Schultz] wants to talk about it!” MSNBC host Ed Schultz will hold a “radio town hall meeting” at the Sheraton Birmingham in downtown Birmingham this Friday evening, starting at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). The town hall […]

Alabama House District 74 candidate Heather Sellers doesn’t believe her Republican primary opponents are concerned about crime, and she’s delivering that message to voters in a mail piece dropping this week. Business owner Dimitri Polizos and former Montgomery Public School Board president Charlotte Meadows are Sellers’ opponents. Their names are displayed prominently on Sellers’ mailer […]

The average American lives 28,835 days. Once you reach the age of 16, the “threshold of adulthood,” as the video above calls it, you have approximately 23,360 days left on earth. Here’s what you’ll be doing: Sleeping: 8,477 days Eating, drink or preparing food: 1,635 days Working: 3,202 days Commuting or traveling: 1,099 days Watching […]

Is it appropriate for school teachers to distribute political fliers while on the job? That’s the question Yellowhammer posed to state and local school officials today after receiving numerous emails from parents who were given pro-common core pamphlets by their child’s teacher during “open house.” A parent of a Farley Elementary School student told Yellowhammer […]

A student-drawn poster hanging in a classroom at Alcovy High School in Newton County, Ga., declaring “God is dead” has sparked outrage from some students and parents in the community. But school administrators say the drawing won’t be coming down any time soon. The poster and phrase were inspired by the Arthur Miller play, “The […]

A husband and wife team in the Alabama legislature? It’s a heck of a storyline, and sources say it will become a legitimate possibility on Monday when Susan Hightower, wife of State Sen. Bill Hightower, R-Mobile, announces that she’s running for the State House of Representatives in District 104. Mrs. Hightower will be vying for […]

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally-adjusted July unemployment rate is 6.3%, down from June’s rate of 6.5% and well below July 2012’s rate of 7.6%. According to release by the Governor’s office, July 2013’s rate represents 135,089 unemployed persons, down from 140,024 in the previous month and 163,932 in July […]

The American Conservative Union (ACU) Political Action Committee (PAC) has officially endorsed Quin Hillyer for U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s First District. “Quin Hillyer stands out among the candidates for Alabama’s First District as a principled conservative who will bring Alabama’s values to Washington rather than the other way around,” said ACU Chairman Al […]

A proposed amendment to the bylaws of the Alabama Republican Party would remove from the Party’s steering committee any member who publicly supports a position contrary to the most recent GOP platform, which was adopted during the 2012 Republican National Convention. Don Wallace of Tuscaloosa and Bonnie Sachs of Double Springs are the amendment’s sponsors. […]

Senator Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, and Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, are asking some pointed questions about the so-called “Obamaphone” program (known officially as “LifeLine”) that provides free cell phones to millions of Americans at a cost to taxpayers of over $9 billion a year. Jon Paepcke of Birmingham television station WVTM revealed in an investigative report […]

According to state government sources, the office of Alabama Attorney General Luther strange has been evacuated due to the discovery of an envelop containing a “white powdery substance.” We will update this story as more information comes in. Here’s a photo of the current scene (10:46 a.m.) outside the AG’s office: UPDATE: Montgomery PD and […]

David Platt, New York Times best selling author and pastor of Birmingham’s Church at Brook Hills, will be broadcasting a live 90 minute online simulcast on Aug. 21 at 5 p.m. from an undisclosed location in the Middle East where he is currently on mission. Platt’s resource ministry, Radical, recently discussed on their blog what […]

Alabama Public Service Commissioners Twinkle Cavanaugh and Jeremy Oden voted today to give Alabama consumers some relief by reducing Alabama Power Company’s allowed rate of return by the largest amount in almost 25 years. Cavanaugh said Alabama Power customers could expect to see a savings of between $30 and $110 on their power bills each […]

“We are lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That’s nuts.” (H/t IJ Review)

Almost all liberal ideas are cloaked in populism. From Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive Party and Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” movement in the early 1900s, to LBJ’s “Great Society” of the 1960s and the “We are the 99%” calls of Occupy Wall Street in recent years, the rise of the “little guy” has always been a […]

Hey Birmingham, think 280 is bad? Montgomery folks, are you tired of sitting on 65? Mobilians, are you sick of I-10? Take a look at what Beijing commuters are dealing with every day and get back to me. Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims

(Above: Nate Silver discusses his FiveThirtyEight blog with Bill Simmons on The BS Report) Appearing yesterday on Bill Simmons’ weekly podcast, The BS Report, stats guru and famed election forecaster Nate Silver predicted that the 2014 election cycle will be a snoozer, but 2016 might be one for the ages. The statistical model Silver developed […]

Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory gained national recognition earlier this year when he released a stirring video announcing his switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party and calling on other black elected officials and citizens to join him. He’s back again with a video decrying what he refers to as the “Democrat plantation” […]

As the first independent expenditure of its “Called Up” program, GOPAC released a new direct mail ad today that touts the conservative credentials of Alabama State Representative Chad Fincher, who GOPAC has endorsed in his bid to succeed Jo Bonner as Alabama’s First District representative in Congress. “Due to his long established conservative accolades and […]

A polling memo issued to Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s campaign and shared with Yellowhammer News states that almost 8 in 10 (79%) voters in Hubbard’s Auburn-area House District approve of the job he’s doing as their representative. The survey of House District 79 was performed by well-known national Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates, […]

A Clarksville, Tennessee man tragically lost his life in Texas over the weekend when the 18-wheeler he was driving crashed through an overpass guard rail and onto President George Bush Turnpike below. According to a police spokesman, the driver was James Anthony Long, 59. (H/T Star-Telegram) Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims

What do you get when you combine two of pro football’s most famous southern-born-and-bred quarterbacks, a satellite television provider, cell phones and awesomely bad rapping? A viral video success. In an effort to promote their new product which allows subscribers to watch NFL games on any cell phone or tablet device, DirectTV enlisted the help […]