The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday gave final passage to a $19.1 billion disaster package that is especially considered crucial for the Wiregrass in the wake of Hurricane Michael. The measure previously passed the Senate, with Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Doug Jones (D-AL) voting in the affirmative. Shelby was the lead negotiator on […]

Washington, D.C. based “Senate Conservatives Fund” (SCF) has endorsed State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) in Alabama’s upcoming U.S. Senate race. In a fundraising email sent out Tuesday morning, SCF made the endorsement announcement and asked members of the organization’s national mailing list to contribute to Mooney’s campaign. In a statement to Yellowhammer News after the […]

The mayor of a small city in Walker County is defending comments he made on Facebook regarding “homosexuals,” “transvestites” and “socialists.” WBRC reported that Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers on Friday posted in all caps on his publicly accessible Facebook page, “We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us […]

Opelika Power Services on Monday hosted the Yellowhammer State’s fifth annual Lineman Appreciation Day, sponsored by the Energy Institute of Alabama (EIA), recognizing the hardworking men and women tasked with providing electricity to the state’s residents every day, even in dangerous conditions and after severe weather strikes. In a statement to Yellowhammer News, Public Service […]

Troy University football legend Larry Blakeney, an Alabama native, will be considered on the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Blakeney was the Trojans’ head football coach from 1991-2014. He is a graduate of Auburn University, where he was a three-year letterman in football and two-year letterman in baseball. Born in Birmingham, Blakeney coached […]

The Rocket City has really taken off recently, and now Huntsville is receiving the widespread recognition that the city merits. SmartAsset.com just released its rankings of the nation’s top cities for career opportunities, with Huntsville coming in at number four. This is an improvement of one spot for the north Alabama anchor, which was ranked […]

A major drug bust in North Carolina stopped an alleged drug trafficker from reaching his ultimate destination: Alabama. WBTV reported that a traffic stop on I-77 in Iredell County, NC, on Friday evening eventually revealed approximately nine pounds of cocaine in the vehicle of Eyian Valenti Robotham.

For the fifth consecutive year, the student robotics team from the University of Alabama won the grand prize at NASA’s Robotics Mining Competition. UA made the announcement Monday in a statement, explaining that the 60-student Alabama Astrobotics team, mostly from the College of Engineering, won the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence in NASA’s 2019 robotic mining […]

MONTGOMERY — Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh is running for re-election as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC), she confirmed in an interview with Yellowhammer News on Monday, stressing that the “Green New Deal is the most dangerous policy proposal of our lifetime.” Cavanaugh, the former chair of the Alabama Republican Party and one of […]

Jimmy Wales, an Alabama native and the founder of Wikipedia, is catching heat after he dramatically left his country of residence just because of President Donald Trump’s diplomatic visit to the United Kingdom. Just hours before Air Force One touched down on Monday morning, Wales tweeted that he was en route to the airport and […]

A pair of Birmingham construction juggernauts were named as the two largest health care contractors in the nation, with two more firms named to the top-20. According to Modern Healthcare‘s just-released rankings for 2018, the Magic City is the national leader in the health care construction field. The Birmingham Business Journal reported that Brasfield & […]

President Donald Trump on Sunday made an unannounced visit to Vienna, Virginia’s McLean Bible Church, where Pastor David Platt, formerly of the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, movingly prayed for the president on stage. According to the White House, Trump decided to make the under-the-radar trip “to visit with the pastor and pray […]

Sunday is National Cancer Survivor Day, and while Alabama has many survivors to celebrate, researchers and medical professionals in the Yellowhammer State have also been at the forefront in the battle against cancer for decades. Take, for example, Birmingham’s Southern Research, an organization which Yellowhammer News this spring reported has already been involved in the […]

MONTGOMERY — In separate interviews immediately following the end of the Alabama legislature’s 2019 regular session, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) both discussed the lottery proposal that died in the lower chamber in recent weeks. SB 220, sponsored by State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), was considered a […]

In a major policy change, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on Friday announced the end of its longstanding prohibition on beer and wine being sold for general seating in its members’ stadiums during athletic contests. The Montgomery Advertiser’s Alex Byington reported that Dr. Stuart Bell, president of the University of Alabama, was a member of the […]

MONTGOMERY — Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) on Friday hailed the final passage of Marsh’s historic overhaul of the state school board, with Marsh saying that voters will now have the option to “put the power back where it belongs, in the hands of educators.” SB 397 […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that will require all occupants of a vehicle to wear a seat belt. SB 254, sponsored by State Sen. David Burkette (D-Montgomery) and State Rep. Chris Sells (R-Greenville), passed the House 76- 17 and now goes to Governor Kay Ivey’s […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House of Representatives on Friday resoundingly passed SB 397, a constitutional amendment sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) that would be a historic overhaul of the state school board. The proposal was first reported on by Yellowhammer News three weeks ago. SB 397 passed the Senate unanimously this month […]

Longtime State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton) passed away on Friday morning after a battle with cancer. Upon hearing the news, Governor Kay Ivey directed flags to be flown at half-staff on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol complex and in Autauga and Chilton counties to honor Martin’s life and dedicated service to his community. […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously gave final passage to SB 313, a constitutional amendment that would clarify that only United States citizens have the right to vote in Alabama elections. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) sponsored the bill, while State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) carried the bill on […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama legislature had a busy Thursday, passing a slew of impactful bills on what is expected to be the penultimate day of the 2019 regular session. One of the most emotional, bipartisan acts of the session came with the passage of State Rep. Adline Clarke’s (D-Mobile) pay equity bill, HB 225. On […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate, in a resounding vote of 24-1, on Thursday passed as amended State Rep. Matt Fridy’s (R-Montevallo) HB 498, a bill intended to safeguard freedom of speech on college campuses in the Yellowhammer State. This bill passed the House by a 73-26 vote last week when the legislation was met with […]

MONTGOMERY — After the Alabama Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill aimed at bringing more rural and high-tech jobs to Alabama, Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) said that the state is poised to be nationally competitive in the “technology startup scene.” HB 540, one of the top remaining priorities for lawmakers and industry recruiters as […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly gave final passage to a bill that would provide much-needed reform of the beleaguered state Board of Pardons and Paroles. HB 380, sponsored by State Rep. Connie Rowe (R-Jasper), would be a comprehensive overhaul of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. The legislation would specifically mandate that […]