With the decision by former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia Lindy Blanchard to transition from a U.S. Senate run to an Alabama gubernatorial run, there has been rampant speculation former President Donald Trump would endorse Blanchard’s efforts given reports of dissension between Trump and Gov. Kay Ivey. However, fresh off of a trip to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, […]

Earlier this year, prospective gubernatorial candidate State Auditor Jim Zeigler declared the more, the merrier in the governor’s race. At the time, he argued a crowded field lent itself for him to have a pathway to a victory in the Republican primary, given the scenario raised the likelihood Gov. Kay Ivey would not achieve the […]

Auburn University and the University of Alabama System have paused enacting their COVID-19 vaccine mandates after federal courts halted the mandate put in place by the Biden administration earlier this year. Late Tuesday, Auburn University announced its decision for the “pause.” “[Tuesday] morning, a federal judge issued an order that prohibits the federal government from […]

Presently, the State of Alabama is involved in three lawsuits challenging three of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In two of those three cases, the state under Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has achieved stays that have blocked the enforcement against two of the mandates. And according to the AG’s office, a decision on […]

The curious saga of Lynda Blanchard’s foray into electoral politics will transition from a bid for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat up in 2022 to one against incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey. Sources familiar with Blanchard’s efforts tell Yellowhammer News the former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia will formally announce her intentions at an event at the […]

As prospective 2022 gubernatorial election candidates Lynda Blanchard and Tim James are finalizing their future political plans, incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey is going on offense with her reelection effort. During Saturday’s SEC Championship Game broadcasted on the CBS affiliates in all five Alabama media markets — Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery and Dothan — the Ivey […]

MOBILE — Last month’s Morgan Wallen concert at the Mobile Fairgrounds, branded “The Grounds,” was declared a “tremendous success” by the event’s organizers, 46 Entertainment. According to a press statement issued by 46 Entertainment, the Mobile fairgrounds event on November 12 sold 31,000 tickets, which was the most ever for Wallen. However, in addition to […]

Friday during his Birmingham Talk 99.5 morning show, long-time Alabama radio host Matt Murphy announced he was departing the Magic City’s airwaves and accepting a job with WWTN in Nashville, Tenn. Murphy, who has been a fixture in Alabama radio, both Montgomery and Birmingham, since 1999, will be filling a void left behind by the […]

As initially reported by Alabama Daily News’ Todd Stacy, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) attended a D.C. fundraiser for U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt on Wednesday. According to Politico Playbook, Tuberville was not the only high-profile politician in attendance. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also was spotted at the event co-hosted by former GOP Senate […]

On Tuesday, Alabama Public Television formally announced long-time “Capitol Journal’ host Don Dailey would be retiring at the end of 2021. According to a release, Dailey’s final broadcast of the long-running public affairs program will be Friday, December 17. “For the last decade, it has been a high point of my career to bring Alabamians […]

State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), the State Senate General Fund Budget Committee chairman, says to expect the legislature to take another crack at gaming in the 2022 regular session. The 2022 session is scheduled to convene on January 11. Despite the 2022 session coming in the fourth year of the quadrennium, which is typically not […]

When the legislature gavels in for the 2022 regular session in January, it will be a near certainty that the body will consider various bills banning so-called Critical Race Theory in Alabama’s public schools. State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road) declared it a “100% chance” earlier this year, and State Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville) has […]

The saga of the I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge is part of a seemingly never-ending dilemma southwestern Alabama residents have been dealing with for a long time. For over 100 years, locals and travelers passing through the area have struggled to cross the Mobile Bay from Mobile County to Baldwin County in an expeditious manner. The […]

Earlier this year, State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) secured $200,000 from state coffers to fund a pilot program for military veterans to get help with the struggles of post-traumatic stress syndrome. That aid comes in the form of a stellate ganglion block (SGB) shot that is a local anesthetic neck injection. It numbs the nerves […]

For decades, the people of Jackson County, primarily Scottsboro and Hollywood, were led to believe the quasi-government Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) would use a 1,600-acre site along the Tennessee River to house a nuclear generating station that could produce electricity for the southeastern United States. However, after a Northern District of Alabama federal court ruling, […]

As more details are coming to the forefront about 39-year-old Darrell Brooks, Jr., the suspect incident of an SUV being driven into a Waukesha, Wisc. Christmas parade that has resulted in at least six people dead, some are asking given Brooks’ criminal history, how was he not still in jail. Brooks has been charged with […]

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt has picked up an unlikely ally in her quest to win her party’s nomination. Former U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives as both a Republican and Democrat, and was Alabama’s 2014 Democratic Party nominee for governor, said he was supporting Britt in her […]

Last week, a filing from the Alabama Attorney General’s office, which had surfaced in media reports, contended that former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard lacked remorse for his wrongdoing, despite claiming otherwise in a letter to Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker arguing for an early release. The filing quoted excerpts from Hubbard’s prison communications […]

Tuesday, the Tuscaloosa News reported veteran Alabama beat writer Cecil Hurt passed away at age 62 at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham due to complications from pneumonia. Hurt was a household name for college football fans across the state of Alabama. Hurt started at The Tuscaloosa News in 1982 as a sports writer. In 1989, […]

Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal’s Michael Bender reported Alabama GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Lynda Blanchard, formerly the U.S. ambassador to Slovenia, was lobbying former President Donald Trump to endorse her in a potential bid for Alabama governor against incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey. According to the report, Trump, who has endorsed Blanchard’s opponent, U.S. […]

It was a matter of time, but Club for Growth has entered the fray for Alabama U.S. Senate up for grabs in 2022. Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, who has endorsed U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), has fired its first salvo at former […]

Last week, a handful of Alabama media outlets revealed an effort by former House Speaker Mike Hubbard to secure his release from prison for a 2016 conviction on ethics charges by using the legislative process during the prison special session earlier this year. However, House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) said he was unaware his predecessor […]

Senate Bill 9, passed by the Alabama Legislature earlier this year, prohibits companies from firing an employee for refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccination should that employee claim a medical or religious exemption. However, those companies can challenge the exemption, which under SB9 tasks the Alabama Department of Labor with assigning an administrative law judge […]

President Joe Biden’s popularity is suffering nationwide but that trend is especially true in Alabama, as well. That sentiment was reflected earlier this month in elections in Virginia and New Jersey, and Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth vows to continue the pushback here in Alabama. During an appearance on Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Ainsworth criticized […]