Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) campaign has been running ads soliciting contributions on social media that are only being delivered to people outside of Alabama. An analysis of Jones’ Facebook advertising archives shows that starting on Friday, March 15, the junior senator’s campaign started running ads touting Jones’ re-election bid as being decisive for Democrats to win […]

Birmingham’s Regions Field has been recognized as one of the best minor league baseball ballparks in the nation. In a list of the top 15 such stadiums published this month by StadiumTalk.com, the home of the Birmingham Barons was lauded. The Barons are the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox and have played at […]

In an interview that aired Friday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7) said, “I don’t believe that we need a wall from sea to shining sea to actually protect us.” Host Don Dailey asked Sewell about Trump vetoing Congress’ legislation that would override his border security emergency declaration. “I voted [for […]

The Republican race to face Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) in the 2020 general election is already having a domino effect in Alabama’s First Congressional District, but two more conservative strongholds could soon experience the same free-for-all. Candidates – those still weighing their options and already declared alike – are licking their chops at the open […]

Alabama Republicans expressed vindication after Attorney General William Barr over the weekend released a four-page letter summarizing the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report. Mueller’s report stated, “[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” Relating to […]

In an interview published over the weekend, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) asserted that President Donald Trump is not doing his part to dial back “hate-filled rhetoric.” Smashing Interviews Magazine recently sat down with the junior senator from Mountain Brook about his new book, reminiscing on Gov. George Wallace’s infamous “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” inaugural […]

Tragedy almost struck in Blount County on Friday afternoon when substitute teacher Henry Rex Weaver’s gun was accidentally discharged in a first-grade classroom. WBRC is reporting that Weaver, 72, has been taken into custody and held in jail after his gun went off at Blountsville Elementary.

Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), while claiming to be a member of the “radical middle,” declared he will vote for the Democrats’ nominee against President Donald Trump, regardless of who that individual ends up being. In a video clip from his Thursday book tour event in Huntsville, Jones was asked if he would “throw his weight behind […]

After news broke Thursday that a native Guatemalan residing in the United States illegally has been charged in the death of Mobile’s Sonya Jones, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) said, “The open-borders Socialist Democrats who refuse to strengthen border security one iota have Sonya’s blood on their hands.”

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday announced that Alabama reached a new record low unemployment rate in February 2019 and broke the state employment record for the ninth consecutive month. According to a press release, the Yellowhammer State’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate is 3.7 percent, down from January’s rate of […]

Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) on Thursday praised President Donald Trump for his executive order protecting students’ First Amendment rights on college campuses. After Trump held a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House with college students who have faced notable “censorship” or “coercion” for expressing their beliefs, Byrne made it clear […]

Domingo Francisco Marcos, a Guatemalan immigrant in the United States illegally, has been charged with vehicular homicide and fleeing the scene of the accident with injuries in the Monday death of Mobile’s Sonya Jones on US 98.

MONTGOMERY — Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) bill to eliminate Common Core in the state of Alabama passed the State Senate as amended by a 23-7 vote on Thursday afternoon, despite a passionate filibuster by Democrats in the chamber. The bill, SB 119, now heads to the House to take up after the […]

MONTGOMERY — Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh’ bill (R-Anniston) that would voluntarily allow a taxpayer to divert a portion or all of their own state income tax refund to We Build the Wall, Inc. passed the Senate by a vote of 23-6 on Thursday afternoon, overcoming an organized Democrat filibuster. The bill, SB 22, […]

MONTGOMERY — Both chambers of the Alabama legislature on Thursday passed a joint resolution honoring Winfield native Johnny Micheal “Mike” Spann, who was the first American known to be killed in “The War on Terror” in Afghanistan after 9/11. The resolution also condemns the early release of John Walker Lindh, commonly known as the “American […]

MONTGOMERY — Respective bills to extend “stand your ground” law to churches and allow the Bible to be taught as an elective social studies class in Alabama public schools each received a favorable recommendation from a legislative standing committee on Wednesday.

Former Miss Alabama and Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum has confirmed to Yellowhammer News that she is considering a run for the United States Senate seat currently held by Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) in 2020. “Alabama has given so much to me. It would definitely be an honor to give back to the people of […]

MONTGOMERY — A bill authored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) that would voluntarily allow a taxpayer to divert a portion or all of their own state income tax refund to We Build the Wall, Inc. was filibustered by Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) Wednesday afternoon. The bill, SB 22, has been […]

Governor Kay Ivey has released a statement on Senator Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) bill to eliminate Common Core in the state of Alabama, saying, “I support Senator Marsh’s efforts to ensure that headlines about Alabama ranking last or close to last in education become things of the past.” Marsh’s bill, SB 119, was advanced unanimously from […]

Count Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth as an adamant supporter of eliminating Common Core in the state of Alabama. After Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) filed a bill to do just that, Ainsworth told Yellowhammer News that he “look[s] forward to dropping the gavel when the repeal of Common Core passes the State Senate.” […]

MONTGOMERY — Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) bill to eliminate Common Core in the state of Alabama was given a unanimous favorable recommendation by the Senate’s Education Policy Committee on Wednesday. The bill, SB 119, is now set to be debated and considered on the Senate floor Thursday. Marsh spoke about this bill […]

MONTGOMERY — Speaking Tuesday evening at Yellowhammer Multimedia’s first “News Shaper” event of 2019, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) provided their insight on some of the hot-button topics expected to be debated during the legislature’s ongoing regular session. Yellowhammer owner and editor Tim Howe, who moderated […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama is currently one of only three states to not regulate vaping, but that could soon change. HB 41, sponsored by Republican Rep. Shane Stringer and Democrat Rep. Barbara Drummond, both of Mobile County, is on the House Judiciary Committee’s agenda for Wednesday afternoon. The bill would regulate the sale, use and advertisement […]

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) announced Tuesday that he has filed a bill that would give immunity to any person in Alabama who rescues an animal from a car if they believe that the life of that animal is at risk. “This is a simple bill, but one that is critical especially as […]