Two young Alabama companies won the Alabama Launchpad competition this week, and took home major investments to boost their organization’s growth. Alabama Launchpad is an initiative from the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA). Acclinate Genetics, an early-stage start-up, won $50,000 and CerFlux, a slightly more mature company, won $100,000.

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) honored Katherine Johnson with a speech in the House chamber on Thursday. Johnson, who passed away recently at the age of 101, was one of America’s most important mathematicians in the space race. She pioneered a place for African-American women at NASA and was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film Hidden […]

Jessica Taylor, a candidate for Alabama’s Second Congressional District, campaigned in Dothan on Tuesday alongside Marilyn Musgrave, the vice president of Government Affairs for the Susan B. Anthony List. After they left their last event, the pair phoned Yellowhammer News for a joint interview to talk about why the voters who go to the polls […]

The faction of the Alabama Democratic Party that maintains Nancy Worley is the rightful chairperson suffered a big defeat on Thursday when Montgomery Judge Greg Griffin dismissed Worley’s lawsuit that aimed to return her to power. The opinion handed down by Griffin stated simply that the judge did not believe he had jurisdiction over an […]

BIRMINGHAM — Alabama native Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., joined Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Thursday morning to unveil the headquarters of Ed Farm in downtown Birmingham. Ed Farm is a new technology-education initiative that will provide citizens of Alabama with the opportunity to jump-start their coding skills and become proficient in other areas […]

The Alabama Democratic Party has hired three operatives in preparation for the upcoming election this November. “With these three hires, we continue the important work of rebuilding the infrastructure of the Alabama Democratic Party,” said the Democratic National Committee (DNC)-recognized Chairman Rep. Christopher England (D-Tuscaloosa). The Alabama Democratic Party is still embroiled in an ongoing […]

Birmingham teenager Levi Watkins’ might be Alabama’s next famous music act to get a big break from a musical competition show. NBC’s “The Voice” singing competition show aired his audition Tuesday night, and the young man was selected to go on to the main competition. The 14-year-old performed a cover of Train’s song “Hey Soul […]

The lower chamber of Alabama’s state legislature passed a bill Tuesday that instructs the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to sell lifetime hunting and fishing licenses to disabled veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces at a reduced price. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Andy Whitt (R-Harvest). The legislation passed with a 102-0 […]

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) urged their colleagues on Tuesday to pass more funding to fight the spread of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus. “It could be an existential threat to a lot of people in this country,” Shelby told POLITICO with respect to the spread of the Coronavirus. […]

Birmingham Promise, the scholarship fund pioneered by Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, received three contributions of $1 million on Tuesday. The Alabama Power Foundation, Altec/Styslinger Foundation, and Regions Bank made the three contributions. “Every student deserves the opportunity to succeed,” Woodfin said, before adding that he was grateful to “our business community and academic partners for […]

The Scottsboro City Council, Scottsboro Police Department Chief Ralph Dawe and Scottsboro Fire Department Chief Gene Necklaus joined to present awards to three men who recently went “above and beyond the call of duty,” according to a Facebook post by the Scottsboro Police Department. The awards stem from actions taken on January 27, 2020, when […]

Former congressional staffer Terri Hasdorff wants the voters of Alabama’s Second Congressional District to know that she will not have a learning curve if elected to Congress because she already knows the ways of Capitol Hill. In a phone interview with Yellowhammer News late Monday afternoon, Hasdorff argued her experience working for former House Speaker […]

In an ad released Monday, former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) makes his closing pitch to AL-02 voters with eight days to go before the primary election. In the 30-second spot, Moore touts his proven track record with respect to the issues he feels voters in his district care most about. Moore argues that his […]

Governor Kay Ivey issued a statement Sunday in which she clarified the plans of the federal government potentially housing Americans infected with the coronavirus at a FEMA facility in Anniston. Ivey assured the citizens of Alabama that the FEMA facility in Anniston is “only being considered as a ‘back-up’ plan,” in case the federal departments […]

A number of American passengers who were recently evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise liner will be housed at a FEMA facility in Anniston, as first reported on Saturday by the Anniston Star. A federal government spokesperson interviewed by the Star said that the individuals would be arriving “as early as Wednesday.” The spokesperson did […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) is urging the citizens of Alabama to vote “Yes” on Amendment One when they go to the polls on March 3. Amendment One would alter the governing body of Alabama’s public schools. The system Alabama has currently is a board of eight members that are elected by voters. Amendment One […]

State Rep. Arnold Mooney’s (R-Indian Springs) campaign for the U.S. Senate has received an endorsement from 10 of his colleagues in the state legislature with less than two weeks to go before the primary election. The endorsers include many of the most conservative members in the Alabama statehouse, like State Rep. Mike Holmes from the […]

KC Roberts and her husband Daryl, a couple in Dothan, Alabama, are being sued by the hospital where KC was taken for an emergency appendectomy in 2016. The facility taking the legal action is the for-profit Flowers Hospital in Dothan. The facility is suing for $37,000, which they say is the cost of the surgery […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has redoubled his efforts to ensure the failure of an effort by some states to push through the ratification of the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. In December, Marshall joined two other states and took the first step of filing a preventative lawsuit to stop the […]

According to a report by WOIO 19News in Cleveland, former Auburn football players Greg Robinson and Jaquan “Quan” Bray were arrested near the U.S. border with Mexico after police found 157 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle they were riding in. The drugs were reportedly discovered after a trained police dog alerted authorities. According to a […]

A retired 91-year-old principal from Semmes, Alabama, has won over skeptics at his local gym where he works out in his preferred exercise outfit: overalls and a shirt. According to NBC’s “Today Show,” which first reported this story, Lloyd Black joined his local Anytime Fitness location last year so he could increase his stamina for […]

On Wednesday, Judge Elisabeth French was elected to be the presiding judge for Alabama’s 10th judicial circuit by her fellow judges on the court. She will be the first woman to hold that position since the court was created in 1821, and she will be the first black woman to serve as Presiding Judge of […]

Alabama Launchpad, a fund that invests seed money in startup companies, announced the six finalists that will compete for $150,000 in prize money. The six companies are split evenly into two groups, those currently in the “concept stage” that are not generating revenue yet and those in the “early seed stage” that aim to ramp […]

The weekend from Friday, February 21 through Sunday, February 23 is Alabama’s ninth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. As such, several items needed to help prepare for a weather-related disaster can be purchased without state sales tax across stores in Alabama. Items that cost $60 or less like batteries, ice packs, duct tape, […]