(News Analysis) The Alabama State Board of Education (SBOE) met today, and it seems for now that State Superintendent Michel Sentance will be given a fair chance to prove himself. As we reported last month, a hasty review of Sentance’s performance was unilaterally prevailed upon the SBOE in July months before it was due. The […]

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the fictional town Maycomb, Alabama, in the state’s southern-most regions. Early in the book, Scout Finch—the daughter of protagonist Atticus Finch—gets a new teacher named Miss Caroline Fisher. Miss Caroline was new to Maycomb, hailing all the way from Winston County. In Chapter Two, the children […]

Shelby County’s Paul Reynolds is one of two National Republican Committee members from Alabama. He’s also spent a career in the radio and TV industries, so he knows a thing or two about federal government regulations—especially those of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Reynolds says the FCC has a long history of squeezing independent business […]

Baseball legend Willie McCovey, now 79, enjoyed a sterling major league career as a first baseman and home run slugger for the San Francisco Giants that spanned 21 years—from 1959 to 1980. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame only six years after retirement, and in a recent interview with Marc Myers of […]

As school starts this week across Alabama, thousands of students will walk through the doors with a new point of view. These kids will see the world differently because many of them are fundamentally different people than they were when school ended last May. Two weekends ago, 16,000 students (a conservative estimate) ranging from junior […]

Southeastern auto workers have once again sent a strong message to the labor unions—you’re not welcome here.  As we recently reported The United Auto Workers petitioned for an election to unionize the Nissan plant in neighboring Mississippi, which had tremendous implications for Alabama. Related: Bernie Sanders and Labor Unions Descend on Mississippi—Will Alabama Be Next? […]

Representative Bradley Byrne from Alabama’s first congressional district is considering running for governor in 2018. In an interview with Cliff McCollum of Gulf Coast News Today, Byrne confirmed rumors that he’s considering throwing his hat in the ring but stressed that he’s yet to decide. As Congressman Byrne’s spokesman, Seth Morrow, told Yellowhammer today, Bradley often […]

There seems to be a broad consensus around Alabama that what the state wants in a Governor, above all else, is someone who’s trustworthy. In other words, someone who isn’t going bring embarrassment to our great state. Again. To that end, one of the surest ways to gauge whether a candidate is gaining traction is […]

The first preseason college football poll was released today, and Division One coaches from across the nation have voted Alabama in the #1 spot, once again placing the Tide as the game’s most dominant force in the country. For all of Alabama’s hard-earned and well-deserved prestige, college coaches from around the nation also made it […]

According to a report from the University of Alabama News, the school’s two Purple Heart recipients will soon have premium parking privileges on campus. As most of our readers know, Purple Hearts are commendations given to those who’ve been wounded in combat, and the University is rewarding those recipients with special parking privileges. Alabama law […]

According to a report by WKRG News 5, new Mobile County teachers are in orientation and training sessions this week, and the Alabama Education Association (AEA) is heated that they can’t be on hand at the school district’s office to provide lunch. According to the news story, AEA Director Jessie McDaniel was apparently informed in […]

When Alabama rang in the New Year last January, Luther Strange was its Attorney General. At the time, his office was investigating Robert Bentley for crimes the former governor committed in his zeal to hide his affair with Rebekah Mason. Before Bentley resigned, he appointed Strange to fill Jeff Sessions’ seat in the U.S. Senate. […]

In a rather extraordinary message aimed at the President of the United States, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told CNN there would be “holy hell to pay” if Donald Trump fires Jeff Sessions. Below are Graham’s exact comments, As a human being, I think he should show respect for Jeff Sessions as a person. Jeff Sessions […]

The latest attempt of the U.S. Senate to repeal Obamacare has failed. Just before 1:00 am local time (2:00 am at the U.S. Capitol), the U.S. Senate voted on its newest effort to overturn Obamacare—an amendment that was a scaled-back version of the repeal dubbed the “skinny repeal.” The amendment failed by a vote of […]

The U.S. Congress passed a major piece of legislation today that authorizes spending for vital military, national security, border security, and veteran affairs funding—the Make America Secure Appropriations Act. This Act also includes funding for three Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), which are built in-part by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. Earlier this month, the House […]

As Yellowhammer has previously reported, a critical component of Alabama’s Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate is who’s with Donald Trump and who’s not. Trump’s recent criticisms of Attorney General Jeff Sessions have perhaps clouded those waters, but allegiance to the President is still no small matter to the 1.3 million Alabama voters who […]

As we predicted Saturday, yesterday’s meeting of the Alabama State Board of Education turned into a platform that may well have set the stage to oust Michael Sentance as State Superintendent of Education. With a lopsided 6-2 vote, the SBOE accepted Sentence’s job evaluation forms that Board Member Stephanie Bell unilaterally requested last week. Only […]

According to the Washington Post, The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) now says North Korea will be able to produce a “reliable, nuclear-capable ICBM” sometime in 2018. In other words, by next year the deranged Kim Jong-un program will have moved from prototype to real production of an ICBM ballistic missile. As we previously reported, […]

As most everyone remembers, earlier this summer on an otherwise peaceful mid-June morning, a group of Republican Congressmen were practicing for a charity baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia when a deranged gunman opened fire, seeking to kill the Republicans as part of a political vendetta. Thanks to the bravery of 2-person security detail for Congressman […]

Michael Sentance has been Alabama State Superintendent of Education for just under a year. He’s a known education reformer who isn’t beholden to the teacher’s unions or the education establishment, but he greatly values the teachers themselves and the children they serve. In his short time on the job, his achievements are noteworthy. * He […]

Several news stories emerged today calling light to the fact that certain legislators weren’t invited to the annual summer conference sponsored by the Business Council of Alabama, headed by Billy Canary. These stories noted the fact that these same legislators who were not invited opposed the BCA on last year’s autism bill, and some of […]

Every now and then, we catch a glimpse of politicians and public servants in candid moments behind a camera or a hot mic. These rare instances often give our readers more insight into public figures than their planned appearances and prepared remarks. This week, Yellowhammer was researching candidates in the Alabama AG’s race, and we […]

In a story and video posted today by the New York Times, President Donald Trump expressed his frustration with Jeff Sessions over the Attorney General’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. The video starts with this dialogue: President Trump: “Sessions gets the job. Right after he gets the job, he recuses himself.” NYT […]

The United Auto Workers have recently petitioned for an election to unionize the Nissan plant in neighboring Mississippi, and Alabama is likely next their list. According to Nissan and UAW officials, the vote is scheduled for August 3 and 4. This move is significant because the overarching strategy of labor unions is to gain a […]