HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Huntsville, the home of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, and countless defense contractors, is the best city in the South for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) job pay, according to personal finance website SmartAsset. Huntsville, where workers in STEM-related fields make an average of $87,838 annually, came in 15th […]

WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Shelby took to Facebook Tuesday to express his approval of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) decision to withdraw its proposed ban of the .223-caliber M855 “green tip” ammunition, used in the immensely popular AR-15 rifle. Post by Richard Shelby. In its initial proposal, the ATF sought to […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama School of Law is one of the best law schools in the nation, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report, showing that some of the country’s best lawyers are #BuiltByBama. The UA School of Law tied with George Washington University, the University of Iowa, […]

WASHINGTON — Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has come under fire in recent days for admitting he’s never sent an email, which got us wondering, how does Alabama’s longest-serving member of Congress utilize email? While it is unimaginable for those of us whose work and personal lives revolve around Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail that someone could […]

(Video above: Melissa Harris-Perry declares Selma march about “Reproductive rights”) SELMA, Ala. — Tens of thousands came to Selma last weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march across the city’s Edmund Pettus Bridge at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. But MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry got a “sense” that this […]

WASHINGTON — A recent survey by The Polling Company, a Washington, D.C.-based public opinion research firm, found that only 11% of the United States’ booming hispanic population believe more immigrants should be allowed in the country if U.S. companies have trouble finding workers. The poll of 1,008 U.S. adults lends support to Sen. Jeff Sessions’ […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — According to the pro-choice non-profit Guttmacher Institute, nearly 35,000 births in Alabama in 2010 were publicly funded, the majority of which were the result of unplanned pregnancies. The Institute estimates that every child and mother given public assistance in Alabama will receive a total of $17,541 from Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance […]

Fiscally conservative political action group Club for Growth has released its Congressional Scorecard for the 2014 session, and Alabama’s delegation ended up with an average score of 59 percent (out of 100). Club for Growth bases its Scorecard on a series of “Key Votes” it broadcasts to legislators and its national network whenever “it is […]

Senator Trip Pittman (R-Montrose), introduced a bill last week that would limit members of the Alabama State Legislature to a maximum of three four-year terms. The bill would have to be voted on by Alabamians in the next statewide election to be established as a state constitutional amendment. Here are a few of the pros […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A group of aerospace engineering students at the University of Alabama is hoping to attend a “Design, Build, Fly” competition in Tucson, Arizona this Spring, but they need a little help getting there. The six seniors on the team established a “GoFundMe” campaign, hoping to use the “crowd funding” website to raise […]

WASHINGTON — While dozens of Democrats boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress Tuesday of this week, Alabama’s only Democrat in Congress, Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL7) chose to attend. “Israel is our closest ally in the Middle East and, as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, it is especially […]

Could Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) be the first President from Alabama? The conservative Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) hopes so. “AFA headquarters, 555 Alabama Street in Montgomery, is now ground zero for the ‘Draft Jeff’” campaign,” says a new post on the organization’s governmental affairs blog. “What better candidate is out there that is willing to […]

NEEDHAM, Ala. — Authorities in Choctaw County rescued approximately 130 dogs from a so-called “puppy-mill” Wednesday. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) assisted local police in removing and caring for the animals, which were living in dirty, heart wrenching circumstances. They were stuffed into inadequate, unkempt shelters; many of the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Thursday the Alabama State Senate welcomed Tuscaloosa native, and recently crowned heavyweight boxing champion of the world Deontay Wilder. Proudly welcomed Deontay Wilder to ALStatehouse, @WBCBoxing Heavyweight Champ & @tuscaloosacity native! @BronzeBomber pic.twitter.com/oyxt1vMRlW — Kay Ivey (@LtGovIvey) March 5, 2015 Senator Gerald Allen (pictured above with Lt. Governor Kay Ivey and Deontay […]

NEW YORK, NY — Jamie Primak Sullivan, of Bravo’s reality show “Jersey Belle,” was reportedly on board a Delta flight that slipped off the LaGuardia airport runway during landing Thursday. Primak Sullivan tweeted that she was on the plane, which originated in Atlanta, shortly after it crashed. We just crash landed at LGA. I'm terrified. […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Republican party chairwoman Terry Lathan, a Mobile native, sat down with Mobile CBS affiliate WKRG earlier this week to discuss her thoughts on the Governor’s $541 million tax increase proposal. “No new taxes. That’s pretty much the bread and butter of our party,” Lathan said during the interview. “Our state has […]

http://youtu.be/24DP1uG-MEM (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions grills EPA chief Gina McCarthy) WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) grilled Obama’s EPA chief during a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee Wednesday for her inability to justify the EPA’s huge budget increase request or even say whether the agency’s climate change models have been […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 17-year-old student from Virginia who has been arrested for recruiting for terrorist group ISIS once worked for an Alabama website, according to a report by the Washington Post. The male teen, whose name has not been disclosed, is currently being charged as a minor, though prosecutors are seeking to charge him […]

Governor Bentley’s 5th State of the State address Tuesday night may not have answered any questions about his proposed tax hike, or given comfort to conservatives hoping he’d change his mind, but it certainly made for interesting fodder for some of Alabama’s Tweeters. Here are some of the best Tweets Yellowhammer saw during the #ALSOTS: […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Former state senator Scott Beason is no longer in the legislature, but his latest move proves he’s far from out of the fight. Beason and the Alabama Free Market Alliance, where he is now senior policy advisor, on Wednesday launched a petition at BentleyTaxHike.com calling on Alabamians to hold Governor Bentley accountable […]

WASHINGTON — U.S Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) believes revelations that Hillary Clinton was exclusively using her private, personal email account to conduct official business as secretary of state may indicate there is additional hidden information pertaining to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi that has not been released. Not only did Clinton use […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Attorney General’s office maintains a consumer protection hotline where any Alabamian can call in and let them know if they run into any scams or fraudulent activity. Last year the AG’s office received thousands of calls from consumers reporting complaints. “Alabama consumers should always be on alert to consumer scams […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — When Governor Bentley rolled out his $541 million tax increase proposal last week, he estimated that $1 million of that increase would come from eliminating the tax credit financial institutions receive against the Financial Institution Excise Tax (FIET). But while eliminating the FIET exemption is but a very small part of Bentley’s […]

CULLMAN, Ala. — The Cullman County Board of Education purchased a $1.2 million lake house on Smith Lake in November, and now local residents are asking for answers. According to the deed, executed on November 7th, 2014, the lake house and land were sold by the Carthage Family Limited Partnership, to the Cullman County Board […]