On Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey officially appointed Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed to serve as her Senior Advisor to Workforce Transformation, effective January 1, 2025. According to Ivey’s office, today’s announcement follows State Sen. Greg Reed (R-Jasper) officially addressing senators during a caucus meeting this afternoon. The governor will call a special election […]

Wind Creek Hospitality, owned by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, has announced an agreement to acquire the Birmingham Racecourse and Casino from the McGregor family to be finalized by early 2025. Wind Creek currently has three casinos in Alabama, including locations in Montgomery, Wetumpka and Atmore. Now, the Birmingham Racecourse, which offers pari-mutuel wagering […]

State Sen. Chris Elliott publicly confirmed news Friday morning about Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed’s exit from the higher chamber’s top role and an impending vote by members of the Alabama Senate Republican Caucus to select its next pro tem and potentially majority leader.  Elliott addressed the choice he and colleagues will soon […]

State lawmakers, industry leaders, and technology experts convened in Selma this month to discuss the transformative potential of blockchain and cryptocurrency during one of the panels hosted by the Alabama House Democratic Caucus – focusing on how decentralized technologies could reduce costs, boost small businesses, and expand financial access in Alabama. House Minority Leader and […]

Yellowhammer News has received reports that State Sen. Greg Reed (R-Jasper) will be stepping down as President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate. A spokesperson for Reed’s office didn’t confirm or deny those reports on Wednesday, but issued a statement saying, “Senator Reed is looking forward to joining with his colleagues at caucus on Tuesday […]

U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) publicly thanked Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) for voting for Scott in Wednesday’s election for Senate Republican Leader. “Thank you, @SenKatieBritt! Let’s get President Trump’s agenda done!” Scott posted to social media, confirming Britt’s support for him. Lee – who is the chair of the conservative Steering […]

A breezy October afternoon welcomed Marilyn Vetter, a Midwesterner with a lifelong love for the outdoors, to Alabama. In state for the Wetumpka Wildlife Arts Festival hosted annually on the banks of the Coosa River, Vetter found a fitting backdrop to share her story in an interview with Yellowhammer News As part of the festival, […]

In a unanimous decision, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees elected O.B. Grayson Hall, Jr., a retired chairman and CEO of Regions Financial Corporation, to represent Alabama’s 6th Congressional District on the board. Hall, an alumnus of the University of Alabama, brings with him a legacy of leadership, having guided a Fortune 500 […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill late Tuesday that is running for a second term in the U.S. Senate. Tuberville said he looks forward to being in the Senate majority for the first time in his stent in Washington. “Yeah, I’m running. Yeah, I’m getting on up there. I don’t […]

As people speculate how Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) will vote in Wednesday’s Republican Senate leadership election, Yellowhammer News is examining her voting record in the Senate. Following research that showed Britt has been the second most frequent opponent of President Biden’s judicial nominees, we took our own deep dive into Britt’s comprehensive voting history since taking office […]

The years-long saga over the question of where U.S. Space Command is to be headquartered will be resolved in the first week of President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration, Chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee and Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers says.  Anticipated as one of President Trump’s many first executive actions, it will reverse President […]

Thomas Harris will be honored this week as a new member of the Alabama Business Hall of Fame. Harris, a resident of Hope Hull in Lowndes County, was selected as a member of the seven-member Class of 2024 earlier this year, alongside legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban. A successful investment banker and entrepreneur, Harris first worked for First […]

U.S. Senator Katie Britt ranks second among all 100 Senators when it comes to their frequency of opposing President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees. President Donald Trump over the weekend urged Senate Republicans to fight outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s push to rush through more of Biden’s nominees in the lame duck period that runs […]

Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is under consideration for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Trump administration according to sources close to the process, Bloomberg Government reported late Friday. Rogers (R-Saks), who has served Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District since 2003, was contacted by President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition team as they […]

Congressman-elect Shomari Figures secured a victory in Tuesday’s General Election with 54.5% of the vote in Alabama’s newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District to defeat Montgomery attorney Caroleene Dobson. Statewide, turnout in Alabama was relatively low at 58.5%. In fact, only four states had lower turnout: West Virginia (54.1%), Arkansas (53.1%), Oklahoma (52.9%) and Mississippi (50.5%). That’s […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Alabama $5.9 million to improve its local food supply chain through six targeted infrastructure projects funded by the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) program. USDA and Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate announced Friday the funds will go toward processing, storage, and distribution for local producers […]

According to reports, Cliff Sims, the founder of Yellowhammer News and former Director of Message Strategy to President Donald Trump, will be helping lead the personnel side of the transition effort for the second Trump Administration.

After a historic victory earlier this week, President-Elect Donald Trump formally began a transition process that will prepare the appointment of roughly 4,000 positions across the federal government, including 1,200 that require U.S. Senate confirmation. As was the case in 2016 for Trump, that U.S. Senate will be under the control of a decisive GOP […]

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in partnership with global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor, announced the six startup companies selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of the HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator powered by gener8tor. The accelerator began earlier this month and invests up to $100K in each of six startups at the forefront of the agriculture technology […]

Grayson Everett is the state and political editor for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270

Grayson Everett is the state and political editor for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270

Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl expressed high optimism about the GOP’s chances in tonight’s high-stakes election while he joins the election night crowd at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Wahl reported an “electric” atmosphere among attendees and noted growing optimism as voter turnout appeared favorable in key battleground states. “There’s a lot of excitement. […]

A state lawmaker known as a 'giant in Alabama politics' has passed away peacefully at the age of 80. Jimmy Holley, a native of Coffee County, served in the Alabama House of Representatives for twenty years, beginning his first term in 1974.

Today is election day, a day that Americans have the opportunity to make important decisions through their vote. But in one part of Tuscaloosa County, when it comes to issues involving county and city school board elections and property taxes, residents are being denied that opportunity. Local Amendment 1 was designed to restore that right […]