(Video above: The story of Gloria and Keeynaad, an Alabama family helped by school choice) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Education released its list of failing schools this week. 56 schools made the list, representing thousands of children who now have the opportunity to transfer to a non-failing school. (Full list at the […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama State Auditor isn’t a particularly flashy job. The state auditor doesn’t usually grab headlines or garner much attention, but Jim Zeigler has changed all that in his first month on the job. Once nicknamed “Mr. 49%” for his run of ill-fated campaigns, Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler—who won in November with 63% […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Radio host Rick Burgess of the nationally-syndicated Rick & Bubba Show sent a strong message to Alabama’s Probate judges on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. If you are a probate judge in my state and you claim to follow Christ. Make a stand and refuse to sign same sex marriage licenses — rick burgess […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Robert Bentley (R-Ala.) alarmed many conservatives this week by openly floating tax raises as a way to close the gap in the state’s general fund budget. Now the Governor is taking a proposed tool for revenue generation out of the discussion. “The only thing that is not on the table is […]

PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Don Watson apprehended a shoplifter last month during his shift as overnight manager at a Walmart in Prattville. He thought he was just doing his job, but now he’s been terminated and is never allowed to work for Walmart or Sam’s Club again. Watson heard an alarm from an emergency exit during […]

(Video above: Piedmont High School’s football team receives a gift they’ll never forget) PIEDMONT, Ala. — FieldTurf is an artificial turf company that strives to make the most realistic artificial playing surfaces in sports, but what the company did for the football team at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Alabama shows they’re about more than […]

http://youtu.be/5dENaCFek0M (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions grills Obama’s Budget Director Shaun Donovan) WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday turned up the heat on President Obama’s budget director Shaun Donovan during a contentious committee hearing on the Administration’s proposed budget for the 2016 fiscal year. “Working Americans today are not doing well. Since 2007 […]

WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday afternoon to repeal ObamaCare in its entirety—the first such vote since the GOP took control of the Senate in November. The bill “to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,” was […]

WASHINGTON — In a rare move, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday called out two Senate Republicans by name, bringing to the forefront tensions that have been simmering below the surface for weeks. “It is time for Senator Cruz and Senator Sessions and Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats to stand with the American people […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange each released statements Tuesday slamming the 11th Circuit Court’s decision to not delay a lower court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the state. “I am disappointed by the 11th Circuit’s decision today,” Gov. Bentley said. “The issue of same sex marriage is a complicated […]

NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize-winning Alabamian Harper Lee is perhaps the state’s best-known author for her 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” but for the past 50 years Ms. Lee has been remarkably silent about a second book—until now. According to a release from her publisher, Lee’s new novel, titled “Go Set a Watchman,” is […]

BOSTON, Mass. — According to CBS Boston, Super Bowl XLIX MVP Tom Brady is more than just a little thankful University of West Alabama alumnus Malcolm Butler saved the Patriot’s victory by catching an interception as the clock wound down in the fourth quarter. To express his thanks, Brady is reportedly gifting Butler the brand […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told a group of state legislators and Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce members Monday that he is pursuing “bold” options to raise taxes in the coming year. The governor estimates a $700 million shortfall in the state’s General Fund for the coming fiscal year—approximately $250 million required to […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Conservative free market group the Alabama Free Market Alliance (AFMA) on Monday published their annual list of the liberal groups to watch in 2015. One of Yellowhammer’s top 5 conservative organizations in Alabama in 2013, AFMA is a grassroots group dedicated to “educating Alabamians on conservative, free-market principles and mobilizing them as […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead sent out an email to members of the GOP Monday morning expressing some of the reasons he believes Hillary Clinton won’t be the next President of the United States. “Democrats and the media have been anxiously awaiting Hillary’s ascendancy to the White House as the first […]

WASHINGTON — Three members of Alabama’s Congressional delegation unloaded on President Obama’s budget proposal Monday, calling it “disappointing,” and “outside the realm of reality.” Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions and Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) spoke out Monday against the proposal, and they didn’t pull any punches. “President Obama’s budget blueprint is once again full […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Bruce Willis is one of the most well known action movie stars in the world, and he’s in search of extras for his next thriller, which is set to be filmed right here in Alabama. The flick, Extraction, will begin filming next month in the Mobile area, and they’re looking for paid […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions chastised his Democratic colleagues on the Senate floor Friday for refusing to voice opposition to what Sessions describes as President Obama’s “executive amnesty.” “Are you afraid to say to the President of the United States, ‘we don’t agree with this and we’re not going to fund this?’” Sessions asked […]

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — A Texas company is rumored to be considering building a massive amusement park in northwest Alabama. However, no one in the state who would typically be involved in the development of a project that size seems to have any idea what is actually going on. A press release went out late […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — According to Alabama state troopers, an 18-wheeler accident that shut down I-20/59 last Sunday night and Monday morning was caused by the truck driver pulling out his tooth. According to WSFA, the driver went off I-20/59 northbound near exit 79, into a ditch and hit a tree around 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, […]

WASHINGTON — In an interview with Bloomberg Thursday, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the chairman of the Banking committee, signaled support for auditing the Federal Reserve. “I’m very interested in some type of audit of the Fed, especially their portfolio,” he said. “I don’t want to be a member of the board of governors of the […]

WASHINGTON — It isn’t often all nine of Alabama’s Congressional delegates—7 members of the House and 2 Senators—agree on something, but they’re all on the same page when it comes to building the Keystone Pipeline. Terri Sewell (D-AL7), the state’s only Democrat in Congress, bucked her Party’s leadership — including the White House — to […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Richard Shelby announced Thursday the approval of the “Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015” by the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee, which he chairs. “I am pleased that the Banking Committee has approved legislation in a bipartisan manner that would impose additional sanctions should Iran fail to reach an […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a radio interview on The Matt Murphy Show on 1070 WAPI Thursday morning, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore said “it would be a very hard decision” whether or not to recognize a federal Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage. Chief Justice Moore spent the first several minutes of the […]