MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced Friday the creation of an Office of Broadband Development. “The Office of Broadband Development allows Alabama to more effectively meet the demands of our businesses and citizens in an ever growing digital age,” said Governor Bentley. “Broadband development is critical in Alabama’s continued economic growth, and […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Anthony Hervey, an Oxford, Mississippi, native and African-American Confederate flag activist died in a car wreck on the way home from a “Save our South” rally in Birmingham, now some are concerned the fatal crash wasn’t an accident. Also in the car at the time of the wreck was Arlene Barnum, who […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As lawmakers consider ways to patch the General Fund budget’s $200+ million hole in the Special Legislative Session this summer, the option of increasing the tobacco tax has seemingly become the most palatable tax option. But according to Breathe Easier Alliance of Alabama, a broad expansion of taxes levied on tobacco and […]

Alabama State Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison), a retired Marine, thinks he has a way to keep Alabama families safe from deranged gunmen and lone-wolf terror attacks: “This sign should replace all ‘gun free zone’ signs nationwide,” Sen. Holtzclaw said on his Facebook post. “Semper Fi – Bill” Holtzclaw told Yellowhammer he was prompted to make […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced Friday morning the state’s unemployment rate held steady in the month of June, remaining at 6.1 percent. “Even though our unemployment rate remained unchanged this month, we are pleased that since January 2011, our month over month growth in wage and salary employment, a trend that began […]

MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid lawsuits alleging they broke labor trafficking laws, and the state’s taxpayers may be on the hook for it. Here’s how: Shipyard Signal International LLC lost a lawsuit—the first of dozens—earlier this year. Several Indian citizens accused the company of luring them to work […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-AL2) joined other congressional Republicans in a press conference Wednesday announcing the launch of an investigation into Planned Parenthood after the revelation the organization—which receives federal funding—sells the body parts of aborted babies. “I don’t care how much political weight Planned Parenthood throws around this town,” Rep. Roby said. […]

(Video Above: Alabamian Bobby Knight issues the #TakeOutYourTV Challenge) BAKER HILL, Ala. — Alabamian Bobby Knight has had enough. Last night, in response to the Arthur Ashe Courage Award being given to Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner the male Olympic decathlon winner for coming out as transgender, Knight—a grandpa and electrician from Baker […]

  [tps_header] A fascinating new dot map compiled by Robert Manduca, a Harvard sociology PhD student, reveals how cities have distinct regions for different industries. Manduca created the map using labor data from the 2010 census. “These kinds of maps are great when you’re talking about individuals,” he said, “especially when you’re talking about jobs, because […]

  [tps_header] Alabama summers are hot. And long. High temperatures are going to be in the 90s throughout the state this week, which means air conditioning units will likely be running around the clock. So, how did people in the Yellowhammer State keep cool before HVAC? [/tps_header] [tps_title]1. Architecture[/tps_title] The rise of air conditioning has […]

The consumer information website 2nd Vote has compiled a list of companies that donate directly to Planned Parenthood, which was revealed Tuesday to shamelessly sell the parts of aborted babies. Not familiar with 2nd Vote? Here’s how they describe themselves: If you’re like a lot of us, you cast your first vote in elections every […]

The last several months and years have seen thousands of manufacturing and tech jobs move to Alabama from other states, and Business Council of Alabama President and CEO William J. Canary says he knows why: Alabama’s status as a right-to-work state. The right to join or not join a union and be free of coercive […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. International Trade Commission announced Tuesday it would penalize Chinese tire producers for participating in unfair trade practices after Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and a small bipartisan group of lawmakers called attention to the issue. The ITC found the producers to be guilty of the practice known as dumping—flooding the market with […]

(Video Above: Alabama NewsCenter announces Alabama Power’s new renewable energy initiative) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Power, the state’s largest electricity provider, announced Tuesday afternoon it is establishing a groundbreaking new renewable energy program, seeking to boost its power from renewables—including solar—to 500 megawatt hours over the next six years. “This proposal provides a common-sense path […]

(Video above: Yellowhammer Radio’s Cliff Sims unloads in epic response to caller complaining about abortion story.) A shocking video surfaced online Tuesday showing Planned Parenthood’s top doctor explaining to undercover investigative journalists how abortion industry professionals illegally sell the body parts of aborted babies on the black market. In the video, Planned Parenthood Federation of […]

(Video Above: Rep. Mo Brooks derides Hillary Clinton’s economic plan) WASHINGTON — In an impassioned speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) criticized presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her “trickle down federal government dictates solution” to creating more American jobs. Described as “left-leaning” by many in the […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Today as NASA reaches yet another milestone in space exploration with its flyby of Pluto, and the team of engineers, physicists and scientists at the Marshall Space Flight Center in the Rocket City will celebrate the culmination of nearly a decade of work and anticipation. The New Horizons spacecraft, part of NASA’s […]

CULLMAN, Ala. — President Obama announced Monday he was commuting the sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders whose punishments, he said, did not fit their crimes. One Alabama man received a commuted sentence from the President, but local law enforcement is questioning whether or not he deserves to be released from federal prison. Robert “Bobby” […]

(Audio above: Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh comments on the Special Session on Yellowhammer Radio) On Monday’s episode of Yellowhammer Radio, show host Cliff Sims asked Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston), the top-ranking Republican in the Alabama Senate, if he believes Gov. Robert Bentley has gathered enough support in the Legislature to advance his […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has in recent years slashed its own budget by more than 30 percent and plans to transfer the remaining surplus to the state’s ailing General Fund. On Monday, PSC leaders called on other state agencies to voluntarily find ways to cut their budgets as lawmakers convene […]

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama man set a world record this summer for heaviest bowfishing catch by nabbing a 92-pound grass carp in Lake Guntersville, only nine days after the previous record was set in the same area. Bryan Hughes, president of Backwater Outdoors, a North Alabama hunting supply business that specializes in bowfishing equipment, […]

(Video Above: ALGOP promotes its 2015 Summer Luncheon in Talladega) TALLADEGA, Ala. — Wisconsin Governor and newly-announced presidential candidate Scott Walker is coming to Alabama to keynote the Alabama GOP’s “Race to 2016” Summer Luncheon in Talladega on August 22nd. “We are very honored to have Governor Scott Walker as our guest speaker at the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Democratic Party has had a rough go of it recently. After 136 years of power in Alabama, Democrats were swept out in a single election in 2010, then further weakened in 2014 as Republicans continued to grow their legislative majorities. Now a battle between the Party’s Black Caucus and white […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley surprised the state by calling the State Legislature back for a Special Session to address the General Fund budget’s shortfall. The Special Session itself comes as no surprise. When Bentley vetoed the legislature’s budget — which relied solely on cuts to balance, rather than on the tax increases […]