U.S. Department of Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy on Tuesday threatened to pull tens of millions in federal highway safety dollars from several states unless they start enforcing the Trump administration’s English-language proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers.  Sec. Duffy, as well as the Alabama Trucking Association, believe this hard line enforcement is an overdue next […]

Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger named State Sen. Keith Kelley (R-Anniston) the new co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Sunset Committee, a panel that decides whether dozens of state boards and commissions should be continued, consolidated, or shut down. The appointment came as the committee begins requiring people who testify to do so under […]

Stoking renewed pressure on Alabama’s redistricting process, a federal court judge ruled on Friday that Alabama’s 2021 State Senate map violates the Voting Rights Act in the Montgomery area – but not in Huntsville.  The ruling bars the state from using the current plan in future elections. As it did in 2023, the court said […]

U.S. Senator Katie Britt is contributing $10,000, the maximum amount allowable, from her Alabama First leadership PAC to State Rep. Rhett Marques’ (R-Enterprise) congressional campaign. “Rhett is a great friend and a strong conservative fighter who has always had my back and President Trump’s,” Senator Britt (R-Montgomery) said in a statement to Yellowhammer News on […]

State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) announced Thursday he’s running for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District in 2026. Marques says he’s ready to scale the work he’s done on the state level all the way to Washington — as a pro-Trump conservative Republican. He enters a field of contenders to fill the seat currently held by U.S. […]

Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security is bringing two heavyweight national-security figures onto its advisory board. Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary under President Donald Trump, Kirstjen Nielsen, now president of Lighthouse Strategies, and Auburn alumnus James Hoskins, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence leader who built Scitor Corporation into […]

Conservative Republican and longtime cotton and peanut farmer Garrett Dixon launched a campaign for the open Alabama House District 38 seat today. Dixon says he’ll take a business approach to Montgomery and be a voice for rural communities in Chambers and Lee counties. Dixon is lifelong resident of the district, a Smiths Station High School […]

On Monday morning, Alabama Speaker of the House of Representatives Nathaniel Ledbetter endorsed his friend and colleague, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for Governor of Alabama in the 2026 GOP primary election. “Alabama is winning like never before, and our state’s continued prosperity hinges upon its next governor being a strong conservative who will always […]

As the 2026 Republican primary to fill the open seat left by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) heats up, candidates are building their war chests to finance the effort to secure victory. On Monday, one candidate’s campaign for U.S. Senate launched the “Statewide Finance Committee for Steve Marshall” with public support from business leaders across […]

According to recently conducted polling, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is the most popular elected official in the state of Alabama. The Business Council of Alabama commissioned a poll conducted by Cygnal of likely Republican primary voters. In an email to its members this week, BCA outlined that Britt’s favorability is 72%, with an incredibly […]

State Sen. Arthur Orr says there are two political contests in the 2026 primary elections that will soon heat up — and one of them will be “a knife fight.” Orr (R-Decatur) said Friday on his weekly segment with WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” that the 2026 race for Alabama Attorney General “will be hot” […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday called a special election to fill Alabama House District 38, setting the primary for October 21, 2025, a potential primary runoff for November 18, 2025, and the general election for February 3, 2026. The seat opened after State Rep. Debbie Wood resigned this summer to re-locate with her family for […]

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, leaning on a Wiregrass upbringing, faith in God, business grit, years of service in Congress, and a decade of high-profile loyalty to President Donald Trump.  Later today, he’ll kick off his campaign at an event across the state from his district, […]

PowerSouth Energy executive Taylor Williams and Casey B. Rogers, the deputy director of the Alabama State Military Department, have been elected as the newest board members for the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA). The ALBBAA is committed to enhancing outdoor recreation and promoting tourism opportunities in the Black Belt in a manner that provides economic […]

Two Phenix City women have been arrested after police say they carried out illegal ballot harvesting tied to suspicious absentee applications in the upcoming August 26 municipal elections. Phenix City Police launched the investigation after the city clerk’s office reported multiple irregular absentee applications. Detectives say the probe uncovered evidence of illegal ballot harvesting. Authorities […]

Governor Kay Ivey is fighting back against a lawsuit filed by former Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis, who claims the Governor unlawfully removed him from office. In a recent filing in federal court made on her behalf by attorneys William Bloom and Jordan LaPorta of Maynard Nexsen, Governor Ivey labeled Davis’s claims […]

After an initial special primary election came down to the wire, Cindy Myrex and Clint Hollingsworth will face off again in the GOP run-off election tomorrow to decide who’s the next State Representative for Alabama House District 12.  Cindy Myrex, a realtor, Cullman resident, and first‑time candidate, was nine votes short of winning outright and […]

Alabama’s business leaders got a clear message from voters Saturday morning: focus on the economy. At the Business Council of Alabama’s annual Governmental Affairs Conference, Cygnal presented a new BCA-commissioned survey, showing that 59% of Republican primary voters prefer elected officials prioritize economic issues such as jobs, reducing taxes and regulation, and infrastructure over any […]

Alabama’s top legislative leaders say the state’s economy is on the move — and they’re not slowing down. Speaking to business leaders at an Alabama Growth Alliance meeting in Fairhope, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter credited a slate of recent initiatives like Powering Growth, Working for […]

Southern Company recently announced the election of John M. Turner Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Alabama-based Regions Financial Corporation, to its board of directors, effective on the first day of September. “I’m pleased to welcome John to the Southern Company Board of Directors,” said Chris Womack, chairman, president, and CEO of Southern Company. “As we […]

A big leadership change in the state’s executive branch will take effect later this month in Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth’s appointment of Catherine Gayle Fuller as Chief of Staff today. Ainsworth announced on Thursday morning that Fuller, a multi-year vet of the office, will step into the role formerly held by Jess Skaggs, who is […]

As Alabama barrels toward the May 19, 2026 GOP primary for Attorney General, the contest is shaping up to be a political prizefight between former Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Jay Mitchell and Katherine Robertson, current AG Steve Marshall’s top aide and the candidate he’s backing to succeed him. Mitchell outraised the field in July, […]

Several Alabama lawmakers were featured by The White House on its official social media channels today in praise of the benefits President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ will have on the Yellowhammer State. On July 4, President Trump signed the tax and spending reconciliation package into law after it passed both chambers of Congress. […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) announced today that it has endorsed attorney, businessman and Republican activist Derek Chen in the race for Alabama State Auditor. Today’s announcement throws the weight of the state’s forestry community, responsible for a $36 billion economic impact on Alabama’s economy, behind Chen in what is currently a two-man race. “The […]