FLORENCE, Ala. — A jailed Alabama woman, known for confidentiality purposes as Jane Doe, has stopped her lawsuit to receive an abortion and instead wants to give birth to her child. In her original court filing, Doe wrote “I am very distraught, and do not want to be forced to carry this pregnancy to term.” […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After the release of three separate videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials seeking to sell the tissue of aborted human babies, protests of the federally-funded organization have swept the nation. Protestors have consistently called for the end of taxpayer subsidization of clinics that perform abortions and allegedly sell fetal tissue on the […]

The Shelby County Republican Party announced Wednesday they will be hosting a “Southern Social” with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and moon pies as part of a series of events the presidential candidate has scheduled that day in Alabama. Cruz will be meeting voters and speaking at the Pelham Civic Complex on Sunday August 9 from […]

(Audio above: Cliff Sims discusses gambling on Yellowhammer Radio) On Wednesday’s edition of Yellowhammer Radio, host Cliff Sims delivered a thought-provoking monologue on the gambling debate that is once again beginning to heat up in Alabama. The must-hear audio is above, along with a transcript below. If you’re unsure about where you stand on gambling, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yellowhammer obtained Wednesday morning the results of a poll commissioned by the Alabama Council for Excellent Government (ACEgov), a tax-exempt group that was launched to help Governor Robert Bentley win public support for his agenda. Conducted by polling firm Public Opinion Strategies, the survey makes the case that Alabama Republicans want taxes […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit struck down another regulation created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The defeated rule, known as the ‘Cross-State’ regulation, set stringent air pollution limits on Alabama’s sulfur dioxide emissions crossing state lines. The ruling orders the EPA to rewrite sulfur-dioxide and […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, sent Alabama’s lawmakers a stern letter Tuesday warning them to stop looking for an easy way out of the state’s current General Fund budget crisis. Heading back into the Special Session, which will reconvene August 3rd, state politicians have floated a bevy of tax […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQKq3IzHcg&feature=youtu.be (Video above: Congresswoman Martha Roby introduces the “Failing VA Medical Center Act”) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Martha Roby (R-AL2) introduced a bill in the U.S. House on Tuesday that would compel top Department of Veterans Affairs officials to take over failing VA medical centers and improve them. Roby’s bill, “The Failing VA Medical Center […]

(Video Above: Congressman Bradley Byrne details the ways the government’s out of control spending is harming future generations) WASHINGTON — With a current national debt of around $18.3 trillion and climbing, The United States’ budget crisis is no secret. But the perceptions that many have about government spending, and how it might be reined in, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Grant Prater, a seventeen-year-old former home-schooler and now a rising senior at the LAMP School in Montgomery, has achieved the seemingly impossible: he received perfect scores on both the SAT and the ACT. Prater earned a 36 on the ACT and a 2400 on his SAT after attempting the tests every year […]

Analysts from the website Business Insider compiled lists of the most significant export and import partners for every state in the country. Using the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual report on international trade, Business Insider went state by state to find the biggest trade partners by dollar value of goods imported and exported in 2014. Using […]

GADSDEN, Ala. — Alabama, like the rest of the nation, has seen a massive increase in the number of craft beer breweries over the last several years. Festivals, breweries, and new bars devoted to the product have seemingly sprung from nowhere to meet the increasing demand for something more than the mass-produced beers of the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A recent report citing 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers found that Montgomery, Alabama is the most sexually diseased city in the nation. The capital city’s rates of STD’s outpaced the much larger cities such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans. Many news outlets have pounced on the data, anxious […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a vote of 241 to 179, the U.S. House of Representatives approved Thursday the “Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act” in response to growing outrage over lack of immigration enforcement which some believe led to the death of Katie Steinle in San Francisco earlier this month. The bill cuts off […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — According to a report released recently by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama and its neighbor Georgia lead the nation in the rate of stillborn babies. The fetal mortality rate in Alabama and Georgia is 8.88 per 1,000 live births for babies older than 20 weeks, compared to a 5.96 […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yellowhammer News on Monday brought to light the Alabama Department of Transportation’s rule making the state’s rest areas “Gun Free Zones,” preventing Alabamians from possessing firearms at those locations. After multiple requests for comment were ignored, Yellowhammer was contacted Wednesday by ALDOT spokesperson Tony Harris, who said readdressing the policy is not […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Alabama Policy Institute hosted an event Tuesday debating the merits of IRS controls over non-profits and tax-exempt groups that “benefit social welfare.” The Internal Revenue Service announced earlier this year it is seeking to broaden a rule policing political nonprofits to include political parties and political actions committees. By changing this […]

(Video Above: Congressman Mo Brooks introduces the Arrests Statistics Reporting Act on the House floor) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the controversial comments on illegal aliens made by Donald Trump during his presidential announcement, both sides of the immigration debate have scrambled to gather statistics to support their side. Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) believes that the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For the sixth report in a row, the Montgomery Metropolitan area topped the Alabama Business Confidence Index (ABCI) during the third quarter of 2015. Montgomery has ranked highest in the ABCI outlook for 16 out of the past 20 quarters dating back to the second quarter of 2014. The quarterly report, put […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two and a half years into the job as CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation, University of Alabama alumna Marillyn Hewson’s successful $9 billion purchase of helicopter maker Sikorsky has put the defense giant on a decidedly new course: expanding Lockheed into new military and civilian markets, including building Black Hawks and the […]

DECATUR, Ala. — Two Decatur workers lost their jobs on Monday, and one of them is claiming his Confederate flag is to blame. Phillip Sims, who worked for Turner Industries, told Huntsville’s WHNT that the Confederate flag on the back of his truck was the reason his boss fired him. Sims claims his manager told […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL) announced Tuesday on his official twitter account that all flags in Alabama will be lowered to half-staff until Saturday to honor the fallen service-members killed in the Chattanooga shooting last week. Earlier this week, Governor Robert Bentley sided with gun-rights and self-defense advocates by directing the Alabama National […]

HOOVER, Ala. — Taxes are on the minds of officials at all levels in the state. Governor Bentley’s proposal to raise taxes to fill the $250 million General Fund shortfall is well known, but under the radar several municipalities are attempting to raise revenue through increased lodging taxes. Lodging taxes, sometimes referred to occupancy taxes, […]

(Audio above: “Raul” calls into Yellowhammer Radio) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Monday’s edition of Yellowhammer Radio, Host Cliff Sims received a call that is likely to raise more than a few eyebrows. A Birmingham resident named Raul, an American citizen of Mexican descent and a self-described conservative, called in to discuss his perspective on illegal […]