Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced that she is appointing Judge Charles “Charlie” Graddick, a longtime fixture in Alabama’s judicial system, to serve as director of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. During the Alabama legislature’s 2019 regular session, Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall successfully championed legislation sponsored by State Rep. Connie Rowe […]

Governor Kay Ivey’s office on Thursday announced that she has appointed Dr. Wendell Wilkie Gunn, the student who integrated the University of North Alabama (UNA) in 1963, to the university’s board of trustees. After graduating from UNA, which was then known as Florence State, in 1965 with his chemistry degree, Gunn continued to live a […]

In a conference call with members of the media on Thursday, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) gave another passionate defense of Obamacare while slamming political opponents who do not believe the so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA) is working well for hardworking people across Alabama and the nation. According to WHNT, Jones asserted that “repeal and replace” […]

Thursday evening marked a landmark day for the future of the Birmingham area’s economy, as Governor Kay Ivey and other state and local government officials emphasized at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for DC BLOX‘s new Tier 3 data center facility. Headquartered in Atlanta, DC BLOX is a revolutionary multi-tenant data center provider delivering high-tech solutions in […]

Regions Bank on Thursday announced the company will support Jacksonville State University’s (JSU) ongoing tornado recovery efforts with a $30 million line of credit. The university has made significant progress in restoring portions of the campus that were severely damaged during the March 2018 EF-3 tornado. The line of credit from Regions will allow the […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) led second quarter fundraising for Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate Republican primary, per numbers provided to Yellowhammer News on Thursday. Byrne also continues to have the most cash on hand of all GOP contenders. Last quarter, which ran from April through June, Byrne raised over $750,000. As of the quarter’s end, he […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is doubling down on his opposition to a citizenship question being asked on the 2020 U.S. Census. Alabama’s junior senator previously came out swinging in favor of counting illegal aliens in the census. Now, he is going a step further, saying the executive branch’s power should be usurped in the matter. MSNBC’s […]

Second quarter fundraising numbers are starting to come in from the leading candidates facing off in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate Republican primary. While all of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports will be filed and publicly available in the coming days, former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville’s campaign on Thursday confirmed to Yellowhammer News that […]

Toyota on Wednesday announced that it is shifting future production plans at the under-construction Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. (MTMUS) assembly plant in Huntsville. Instead of assembling Corolla sedans, Toyota now plans to use the coming $1.6 billion Alabama plant as an opportunity to build a brand new, yet-to-be announced SUV. Speaking to members of the […]

Gerhardi, Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of the German automotive company’s facility in Montgomery, its first located in North America. Members of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, along with a group of state and local elected officials, joined Gerhardi for the occasion. The company has invested $41.6 million in the new facility, […]

HUNTSVILLE — An Alabama company will play a major role in the first woman landing on the Moon, as well as the first ever crewed mission to Mars in the near future. Huntsville-based Dynetics on Tuesday held a press conference to announce that it has been selected to join the Maxar-led team in building and […]

NBC News on Monday raised eyebrows with a bizarre report seemingly intended to damage Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a native of the Yellowhammer State. The report stated that McConnell’s “two great-great-grandfathers, James McConnell and Richard Daley, owned a total of at least 14 slaves in Limestone County, Alabama.” The outlet further decried that “all […]

In a newly released video, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) can be seen promising to do “everything” in his power to stop a hypothetical future Supreme Court pick nominated by President Donald Trump. The video, originally tweeted out by Donald Trump, Jr. on Monday evening, captured a Democratic constituent at the senator’s University of North Alabama […]

A controversial Russian band known worldwide for their radical activism will perform in Birmingham this week to benefit Planned Parenthood and a local abortion fund. According to French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), the band “Pussy Riot” will be featured in a sold-out concert. The event is being held at Saturn, with doors opening at 7:00 […]

Auburn University’s board of trustees on Monday unanimously voted to confirm Jay Gogue as interim president, effective immediately. Gogue returns to leading the university, having previously served as Auburn’s 18th president from 2007 to 2017, after having been recommended two weeks ago for the interim slot following the sudden resignation of his successor, Dr. Steven Leath. […]

The recent Paris Air Show is already paying off in a big way for Alabama jobs, with Mobile’s Airbus manufacturing facility even being called the worldwide “big winner.” In the latest purchase order for Airbus stemming directly from negotiations conducted during the show in late June, flyadeal on Sunday announced that it has finalized an […]

Former University of Alabama soccer standout Merel van Dongen became the first player in program history to advance to a World Cup final in the Netherlands’ 2-0 loss to the United States on Sunday. Van Dongen, who played for the Crimson Tide from 2012-14, was an unused substitute in the final. However, she had previously […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) is calling on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick to leave the country if he hates America so much, saying he is among a group of “very radical people” that does not “like the foundational principles that have made us a great nation.” Kaepernick, who has not been employed since the 2016 […]

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on Thursday submitted a letter to the Trump administration expressing his support of the president’s push to include a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census, an action that has also long been advocated for by Attorney General Steve Marshall and Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05). In a press release […]

Harry Stewart, a Tuskegee Airman who served in WWII, was born on Independence Day 95-years ago. As he celebrates the birth of both himself and our nation, he says that despite America’s past and present imperfections, he would re-enlist today if he could. In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Stewart explained that he […]

In an interview on a Washington, D.C. radio show, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday said he was “very proud” of his record in the U.S. Senate and blasted the planned Independence Day celebration in the nation’s capital. Covering a broad spectrum of controversial topics during the nearly 30-minute interview on NPR-affiliate WAMU’s “1A,”  Jones […]

As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day on Thursday and over a long weekend, those in north Alabama can experience a special exhibit at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Entitled “We the People: Alabama’s Defining Documents,” the exhibition was specially curated and designed by staff from the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The […]

The inspirational story of one son’s belated Father’s Day gift to his Alabama dad is gaining national adoration. CBS “This Morning” on Tuesday reported on Diantae Thomas, 25, moving his dad, Lester, to tears. A video explained that Lester’s truck had broken down, so his son saved up money for months to buy him a used Ford […]

Governor Kay Ivey has given non-essential state employees July 4 and 5 off this year for their Independence Day holiday. This will give state employees the same break that many of their counterparts in the private sector will enjoy over the long weekend. Per WSFA, the governor’s office said that the decision acknowledges “the hard work […]