TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley’s (R-Ala.) pastor Dr. Gil McKee reportedly sent the Governor a message about same-sex marriage earlier this month: “Governor, I don’t care if all 49 states go for this same-sex marriage business, let’s be different in the state of Alabama.” Gov. Bentley has been a member of Dr. McKee’s congregation […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqVF-EyCDs8 (Video above: “Frozen” parody to celebrate Alabama winter school closings) The students and teachers at Simmons Middle School, part of the Hoover City School system, celebrated the announcement of Wednesday’s snow day by creating their own version of “Let it Go” from the 2013 Disney mega hit “Frozen.” Listen for references to Alabama celebrity […]

WASHINGTON — As Congress inches closer to a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is concerned Senate Democrats are more willing to protect the President’s controversial executive actions on immigration than the United States’ national security interests. “Once again, Senate Democrats have filibustered legislation to fully fund the […]

(Video above: Leland Live’s “Black Ice Baby”) Alabama talk radio host Leland Whaley and DJ Allen “AJ” Johnson, whose show “Leland Live” comes on every afternoon from 4-7pm on Superstation 101 WYDE in central and north Alabama, put together a hilarious parody of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” to remind us all to stay safe […]

Ryan Brown, co-host of the Alabama-based “JOX Roundtable” radio show took to Facebook on Tuesday to share a few important tips for surviving Wednesday’s impending snow storm. It appears Wednesday is bringing a snow storm that we’ll all be lucky to survive. With that in mind, I’ve come up with 10 tips to help you […]

(Video above: Matt Murphy interviews Sen. Jabo Waggoner) One of Alabama’s most powerful state senators believes Gov. Robert Bentley’s impending $700 million tax hike proposal is dead on arrival in the Legislature when the body convenes for its 2015 session next week. Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) was listed at No. 5 on Yellowhammer’s 2014 […]

WASHINGTON — President Obama has vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would have transported up to 830,000 barrels of oil across the country every day, and provided up as many as 42,000 jobs, and Alabama’s Congressional delegation is less than enthused by the President’s decision. This is the President’s first time to use the veto […]

Alabama State Senators Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) and Tripp Pitman (R-Montrose) are introducing a bill that would require Alabama high school students to pass the US citizenship civics test in order to graduate. The test would be comprised of the same 100 questions on US civics as the naturalization test administered to new US citizens. Though […]

DALEVILLE, Ala. — Approximately 1,600 community members in the Wiregrass area of southeast Alabama attended a forum Monday night with Department of Defense representatives to voice their concerns over impending budget cuts that could effect nearby Fort Rucker. The cuts, part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 also known as “Sequestration,” are scheduled to […]

Alabamian and disabled veteran Noah Galloway, who was featured on the cover of Men’s Health Magazine in October of last year, will compete on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars in its new season premiering March 16th. Galloway shared his story last year in an interview with Ellen Degeneres. “I was going to UAB and I […]

WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Monday seemed to defend the legal argument being made by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore that federal judge Callie Granade has no jurisdiction over the state’s probate judges and therefore cannot order them to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Though Sen. Shelby said he hasn’t talked to […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama State House Representative Terri Collins (R-Decatur) unveiled draft legislation Friday that would establish a charter schools program in the Yellowhammer State for the first time. “We’ve tried to take a lot of what has been working with charters and learn from those and then draft our legislation so there’s a lot […]

MADISON, Ala. — State Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison), a retired Marine, unleashed his battle cry against Governor Bentley’s proposed tax hike Monday, and he wants to make sure his whole district knows where he stands. Holtzclaw rented space on a billboard in Madison saying, “Governor Bentley wants to raise your taxes. I will not let […]

(Video above: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) enters the “Yellowhammer Exchange” with Cliff Sims) In an exclusive interview, Yellowhammer News founder and CEO Cliff Sims sat down with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul over the weekend to discuss the Senator’s possible 2016 Presidential run, what the Republican party needs to do to attract new voters, his foreign […]

The John Locke Foundation has just released its latest Freedom Index, a state-by-state ranking of which state’s citizens enjoy the most liberty, and Alabama’s spot on the list may come as a bit of a surprise, especially considering the state’s motto is We Dare Defend Our Rights. The free-market think tank measured fiscal, education, regulatory, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) on Monday reacted to news that Alabama Education Association (AEA) boss Henry Mabry — one of the most polarizing and adversarial figures in Montgomery — had been fired. “The AEA leadership over the last four years has been unwilling and unable to work with the Republican […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Education Association (AEA) board voted to fire Executive Secretary Henry Mabry Saturday, after reports that teachers’ union cleaned house during a closed door executive meeting late last night, ousting Executive Secretary Henry Mabry and revoking building access to former Associate Executive Secretary Joe Reed. The AEA Board reportedly voted to […]

LOCUST FORK, Ala. — Police have arrested Locust Fork High School assistant principal Tim Clevenger in Blount County on felony charges that he videoed a 14-year old girl in the shower without her knowledge. The 48-year old Clevenger allegedly taped the girl preparing for a shower at his home, where she was a visitor, through […]

(Video above: The must-watch story of the Raffel family) Alabama freshman Kyle Orrefice began a project called Give Back Films (GBF) with his friend Josh Gibson in 2013, garnering millions of views and changing dozens of people’s lives, but their latest video may just make you reach for the tissues. Mike and Mikelle Raffel met […]

Troy, Ala. — Defense contractor and aerospace company Lockheed Martin is expanding operations at its missile production program near Troy, in Pike County, Alabama, adding an estimated 240 jobs. “Despite the challenging economy we’ve experienced over the last five years, we’ve continued to grow here by over 65 percent,” David Anderson, Pike County Operations Site […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Robert Bentley told the audience at the Early Childhood Education Leadership Summit Thursday that he will propose a $700 million tax hike in his State of the State address March 3rd. “For me as a Republican governor to tell you that we’re going to raise taxes in this state, is tough,” […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) announced plans Wednesday to introduce legislation that would roll back the regulations on the red snapper fishing season that plagued anglers last year. “I have made it a top priority to give more control to Gulf states and provide real relief to our Red Snapper fishermen,” Rep. Byrne […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It is no secret that Alabama is smack-dab in the middle of the Bible Belt, but just how many Alabamians actually attend religious services regularly? According to a new Gallup poll, Alabama ranks 3rd in the nation for percentage of people who attend church weekly. 46 percent of Alabamians surveyed told Gallup […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama State Representative and House minority leader Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) announced this week that he is again sponsoring legislation that would establish lotteries in the state funding both the General and Education budgets. “I’m going to propose two lottery bills. I’m going to do one for the education trust fund and one […]