Last week’s bombshell that Republican Rep. Jo Bonner of Mobile will be resigning his congressional seat to take a job with the University of Alabama system sent shockwaves through the political world on Thursday and has set up the potential for an interesting race with a crowded field for the Republican nomination in a special […]

Jo Bonner, the six-term representative for Alabama’s First Congressional District, announced today that he is resigning from his seat in Congress to take a job as Vice Chancellor of Government Affairs and Economic Development for the University of Alabama System. Bonner, 53, made the announcement from his office at the RSA Tower in downtown Mobile […]

Dana Milbank likens Jeff Sessions to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace for his outspoken stances on immigration policy Over the last 30 years, Jeff Sessions as a U.S. Senator and as a political nominee has faced some disgraceful attacks that have associated him with racism, particularly coming out of the media. Going back to 1986, […]

Late Tuesday afternoon, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange put out a release requesting any 501(c)(4) organizations in the state that were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service step forward and contact his office. “This situation demands full accountability from the IRS and procedures to ensure that safeguards are put in place so that this type […]

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jo Bonner took on critics of the U.S. Navy’s prototypes of the Littoral Combat Ship in a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing earlier this week. Presently, there are two separate versions of this ship – a steel-hulled version built by Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, in Marinette, Wis. and an aluminum trimaran version from […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby voted on Monday for the Marketplace Fairness Act, a measure that would enable localities to collect sales tax on Internet purchases. Sessions’ office offered Yellowhammer a statement explaining his vote on Tuesday afternoon. According to the statement, Sessions said the measure would level the playing […]