In an appearance Friday on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5’s “Midday Mobile,” Alabama Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) discussed some of the issues of the day, including Tuesday’s election, next year’s legislative session and what his plans could be looking ahead. Marsh told FM Talk 106.5 he expected the statehouse to remain about the same […]

In a wide-ranging interview that aired on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 on Thursday, Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) addressed Tuesday’s upcoming election and what his expectations were for next year’s legislative session. On Tuesday’s general election, he said statewide there were a few races that he considered to be “active” on both sides of […]

In an appearance Friday on MSNBC, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) sounded off on what the best strategy for red-state Democrats headed into a tough re-election bid next week should be, especially given at least two of those incumbent Democrats, Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) are trailing in their respective contests. Given […]

Flashback early 2017: The Resistance was underway. Women took the city streets with hats appearing to be cat ears or female anatomy. Outrage at town halls. People came from miles away to express their frustrations at people like Bradley Byrne. Would it last? Could it be sustained? Later that year, Doug Jones pulled off a […]

Tuesday in an appearance on Huntsville’s “The Big Talker” on WBHP, the Democratic Party nominee for next week’s Alabama’s fifth congressional district election Peter Joffrion was forced to defend his record on the Second Amendment. Joffrion, labeled a so-called “gun sense” candidate by the pro-gun control group Moms Demand Action, insisted he was pro-Second Amendment. […]

Tuesday during a debate broadcasted on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 with his Alabama first congressional district Democratic opponent Robert Kennedy, Jr., Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) expressed his skepticism of a proposal to end birthright citizenship by President Donald Trump made in an interview with Axios. “It was always told to me that you needed a […]

Long before AL(dot)com, The Montgomery Advertiser, The Decatur Daily and all the other old legacy print newspapers in Alabama were trying their darnedest to force-feed a right-leaning readership a regular dose of uninteresting and poorly written liberal editorials and op-eds, The Anniston Star under the leadership of H. Brandt Ayers was setting the state’s gold […]

In every election since Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) was first elected to Congress, he has won his general election by a minimum of 15 percentage points. In 2014, as an incumbent, he expanded that winning margin to a whopping 50 points. Given these massive spreads over various Democratic challengers, one would assume the people of […]

In an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) offered her thoughts on the spree of violent acts that have infiltrated American political discourse in recent days, including the bomb scare targeting several prominent Democratic Party politicians and their supporters, and the Saturday shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that resulted in the killing […]

Back in 2013, former Miss America Mallory Hagan, the Democratic nominee for the upcoming election for Alabama’s congressional district seat, proclaimed herself a New Yorker. However, since making those 2013 remarks, Hagan has returned to her home state of Alabama to seek political office. An article from Yellowhammer News published in August referenced Hagan’s 2013 […]

BIRMINGHAM – The rain couldn’t keep them away Thursday night as Yellowhammer News recognized its Power & Influence 50 at an event at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa. This year’s sold-out Power & Influence 50 event featured some of the most powerful and influential players in politics and business from all […]

TALLADEGA — It was a meeting of past, present and future at the Talladega Superspeedway on Tuesday. Although the checkered flag waved marking the end of the second biannual race weekend held at the track more than a week ago, construction formally began on the speedway’s “approximately $50 million” infield redevelopment project, called “Transformation.” The […]

MONTGOMERY — At a press conference held on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol on Tuesday, Orange Beach businessman and long-time Roy Moore ally Dean Young showcased a completed a questionnaire from Gov. Kay Ivey expressing her support for Amendment 1, also known as the “Ten Commandments amendment.” The amendment, which is on the […]

In a Monday appearance on Birmingham Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill elaborated on his Twitter back-and-forth with Alabama third congressional district Democratic nominee Mallory Hagan over voter participation that went down on Saturday. Last week, according to the Associated Press, Hagan alleged that “more than 55,000 voters in the […]

Some might call it a shakedown of Democratic candidates three weeks out of an election — many of which were long-shots at best and at a massive financial disadvantage against their Republican opponents. Alabama Democratic Conference chairman Joe Reed calls it “your fair share.” In a letter obtained by Yellowhammer News dated October 17 to […]

Earlier this week in an appearance on MSNBC, comedienne Rosie O’Donnell made a startling call for the military to be sent to the White House and “get” President Donald Trump. In addition to her call for the military to supersede the civilian-controlled executive branch, O’Donnell also referred to Trump as “evil” and “dark,” and said […]

Friday evening, Alabama’s third district Democratic congressional nominee Mallory Hagan took to Twitter to complain about what was part of an apparent effort to draw attention to her flailing campaign. Hagan, in a story published earlier that day, made an extraordinary claim to the Associated Press’ Kim Chandler that “more than 55,000 voters in the […]

FAIRHOPE – Complacency may be a concern for Republicans in some parts of Alabama as Election Day approaches, but it isn’t as prevalent of a concern in ruby-red Baldwin County. With several hundred on hand at Fairhope’s Oak Hollow Farms, Rep. Bradley Byrne and Gov. Kay Ivey rallied attendees that offered the impression of being […]

FAIRHOPE – Gov. Kay Ivey isn’t necessarily buying into the notion that the expansion of Medicaid could be a win-win for Alabama, as her Democratic opponent Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has portrayed it. Medicaid expansion has been a key component of Maddox’s campaign, and it has been something Republican lawmakers have resisted given its potential […]

FAIRHOPE – What a difference a month can make for Republican lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Heading into the summer, most political watchers anticipated that the GOP was set to lose at least the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterms. By mid-August, some Republicans thought losing the Senate was even a possibility. However, the confirmation […]

Back during the summer, Democratic congressional hopeful Tabitha Isner attracted national headlines when she claimed Russians had attempted to hack her campaign’s website. “I was pretty surprised by that because I had bought enough bandwidth, enough hosting power, that it shouldn’t be an issue,” Isner said to Business Insider back in August. “I knew something […]

In a Q & A interview that appeared in Wednesday’s edition of the Montgomery Advertiser, third congressional district Democratic nominee Mallory Hagan said if she wins her election next month, she would not support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Speaker of the House. The possibility of Hagan, a former Miss America, defeating incumbent […]

ENTERPRISE – With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, by most indications statewide Republican candidates in Alabama are on solid footing. Down in the Wiregrass’ Coffee County, Republicans aren’t taking that for granted and are gearing up for the November 6 contests. At a gathering at the Enterprise Country Club just north […]

ENTERPRISE — On Tuesday, a report surfaced questioning the circumstances of a hospital visit then-Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey made in Colorado in 2015. That has led some to suggest the resurfacing of the story was part of a so-called  “October surprise” deployed by Democrats against the incumbent governor and intended to better Ivey’s general election opponent […]