HUNTSVILLE — With just over two weeks until Republican voters go to select their preference for who will represent them on the ballot against incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), four of the GOP Senate hopefuls paid a visit to the Madison County Republican Men’s Club monthly breakfast meeting. Before a crowd of at […]

House Ways and Means General Fund Committee chair State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) thinks there is still a possibility that a referendum on a lottery could be on Alabama’s November statewide ballot. During an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Friday, Clouse said despite Gov. Kay Ivey naming a commission to study gaming earlier in […]

As the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate are waiting with bated breath in anticipation for if and when President Donald Trump will issue his judgment on their race, Trump made his position known on another GOP primary contest within the boundaries of Alabama. Via a posting on Twitter, Trump gave his “Complete Endorsement” to U.S. […]

During an interview with Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera, host of the “Roadkill” podcast, President Donald Trump praised his current U.S. Attorney General, William Barr. However, when asked by Rivera what life would have been like if he had initially chosen Barr instead of Jeff Sessions, Barr’s predecessor, at the beginning of his presidency, Trump […]

Thursday, Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, released a poll conducted on its behalf by WPA Intelligence of likely Republican primary voters that found former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions leading former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville in the contest for the GOP’s U.S. […]

MONTGOMERY — Often left behind in society are those suffering from mental illness, as they lack a voice to champion their needs and are sometimes overlooked. The impact is not just to those with an immediate connection to the afflicted but often to everyone, if not directly but indirectly. For the 2020 legislative session, House […]

MONTGOMERY — Elected officials and civic leaders throughout the rural parts of Alabama will often gripe that their regions of the state are overlooked when policymakers devise economic growth plans. They contend the focus is on the metropolitan areas in Alabama, primarily the areas that include Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and their suburbs. […]

MONTGOMERY — For some time now, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians have been promoting their “Winning for Alabama” gaming proposal on various mediums throughout Alabama, which as advertised would give the state of Alabama $1 billion upfront and at least $350 million annually beyond that. During a sit-down interview that aired on Huntsville radio’s […]

HARTSELLE — Late last month, Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, announced it would resume running a TV ad that initially aired during the Iron Bowl opposing U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne’s (R-Fairhope) bid for the U.S. Senate. The spot has been up and running in […]

Last week after the acquittal in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump lauded many of his allies during the months-long ordeal, including several members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Included among those was Alabama’s own U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), who is also running for the U.S. Senate. Byrne is among the […]

MADISON — Without a local favorite, the northern part of Alabama is believed to be wide-open for the taking in the March 3 U.S. Senate primary. All three of the front-runners claim home hundreds of miles away from Madison County, the center of North Alabama. Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions claims Mobile as his […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nancy Pelosi’s actions of tearing up an official copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night continue to be a hot-burner topic in political concerns given the unusual circumstance of such behavior exhibited by a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. How her actions have impacted the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the key moments during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday featured President Donald Trump honoring 100-year-old Tuskegee airman Charles McGee. Trump introduced McGee’s great-grandson Iain Lanphier as someone who wants to continue in that tradition, but as a part of the newly formed Space Force. “Iain […]

Last week, Alabama Department of Transportation Director John Cooper singled out two members of the Alabama House, State Reps. Brett Easterbrook (R-Fruitdale) and Andy Whitt (R-Harvest), for raising concerns about overdue road improvement projects in the House districts. In an appearance at the Economic Development Association of Alabama’s Rural Development Conference, Cooper shrugged off his […]

Last week, the Alabama Department of Corrections closed portions of the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, which resulted in the relocation of 600 prisoners to other facilities. According to Association of County Commissions of Alabama executive director Sonny Brasfield, had certain measures been in place, unoccupied bed space in county jails around the state could […]

With just days to go until the 2020 legislative session gavels into order in Montgomery, gambling remains one of the top issues in the eyes of the public for the Alabama legislature. During an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, State Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) acknowledged the public’s interest in gambling, in particular, […]

Earlier this month, the push to legalize medical marijuana suffered what could be considered a setback with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s letter to lawmakers that warned against that legislation. In his letter, Marshall argued such a law would be in “direct conflict” with existing federal law, which could be problematic for the state of […]

BIRMINGHAM — Former U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions has a long record of being skeptical of marijuana legalization at any level, both as a federal law enforcement official in the Department of Justice and as a lawmaker in the U.S. Senate. During an on-location interview given to Huntsville radio’s WVNN that aired on Tuesday, Sessions, a […]

Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, will resume running a television advertisement that initially aired during the Iron Bowl opposing U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne’s (R-Fairhope) bid for the U.S. Senate. According to Club for Growth Action, the ad will highlight Byrne’s “record of sending […]

According to polling data provided to Yellowhammer News, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) could be in a weaker position for reelection should he vote to convict and remove President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate’s impeachment trial currently underway. The survey, conducted by WPA Intelligence on behalf of Club for Growth PAC of 500 likely […]

If you ever make a trip to Millry, Silas, Coffeeville, Grove Hill, or any of the other small towns that dot the map in rural southwestern Alabama, you’ll discover places that have gone largely unchanged for the past several decades. While some may think that is a good thing, it is, in part, a product […]

As the race for the Republican Party’s nomination for Alabama U.S. Senate race has heated up, the topic of then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from any investigation dealing with the 2016 presidential election has become the hot campaign topic. At a Marshall County campaign stop earlier this month, Sessions defended his decision on the […]

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) said former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one of his opponents vying for the Republican nomination for Alabama’s U.S. Senate election in November, was fair game regarding his stint as the nation’s top law enforcement officer in the Trump administration. In a wide-ranging interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN, […]

A lot has changed in Alabama’s race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination since State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) initially gave his endorsement to U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) back in June. Secretary of State John Merrill has come and gone as a contestant, and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session, who occupied the seat […]