BIRMINGHAM — After landing at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base on Tuesday afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence answered a question regarding whether he supported President Donald Trump’s plan to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States. “We’ve got a crisis on our southern border, we’ve got a crisis of illegal […]

BIRMINGHAM — Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Governor Kay Ivey to talk about the state of Alabama in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, as well as trade issues. Governor Kay Ivey met the Vice President’s plane on its arrival, upon which she was escorted on board to […]

With grassroots social media efforts underway by the Alliance for a Pro-life Alabama, Alabama Citizens for Life is also doing its part to support constitutional Amendment Two on the upcoming November 6 general election ballot. In a radio spot that is currently playing on select Montgomery and Birmingham-area stations, the pro-life activists say, “Life is […]

In what would seem to be an abandonment of Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox’s attempt at branding himself as a centrist who puts people over party, Maddox on Monday sent out a video on his personal Twitter of a supporter saying, “no Republican that I know has ever done anything good for […]

During a Monday speech about religious liberty and the weekend shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interrupted by three hecklers angry about Trump Administration policies having nothing to do with the important topic at hand. The speech occurred at a Federalist Society event in Boston, with one […]

The University of Alabama System, which is comprised of three separate, “dynamic institutions,” has released a new video to coincide with a comprehensive rebranding of the system. Through the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama at Huntsville, the system strives “to provide the people of Alabama with regionally […]

Third-quarter production numbers released last week show that Alabama’s major metallurgical coal mines are booming, including both of Warrior Met Coal’s mines. According to renowned financial analytics giant S&P Global, “Warrior Met Coal’s third-quarter production at its two coking coal mines in Alabama saw strong year-on-year growth, following growth at key regional longwall mines.” Warrior’s […]

After a gunman murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, during a bris on Saturday, the members of Alabama’s congressional delegation reacted with support for the victims and condemnation of violence, hatred and anti-Semitism. The shooter has been charged with 29 federal counts, including charges of obstructing the free exercise of religious […]

According to a report by CBS 42, members of Alabama’s Jewish community have been deeply shaken after a gunman murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. “When I first heard about it, I thought, ‘my goodness, that could have been us,'” Dan Weinrib, President of Temple Beth-El in Birmingham, […]

The Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has established a $500,000 Innovation Fund to support development of early-stage discoveries and “promising” new university start-ups, according to a university press release. Starting January 1 of 2019, UAB investigators “whose research has demonstrated commercial potential” may apply […]

A heroic Alabama dad armed with a pistol saved customers and employees from a potential mass shooting Saturday inside a Birmingham McDonald’s when he took down a masked gunman who had barged in and opened fire. According to WBRC, the father was leaving the fast food joint with his two teenage sons when the gunman […]

The Alliance for a Pro-life Alabama is trying to get the word out about what they view as a “false and misleading advertising campaign” by Planned Parenthood’s in-state PAC, entitled “Alabama for Healthy Families,” against Amendment 2. Planned Parenthood has over $1 million in out-of-state dark money at their disposal, so the grassroots pro-life group […]

In a press release on Friday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) celebrated America’s 3.5 percent 3rd quarter Real GDP growth rate, praising pro-growth conservative policies. Brooks said, “America’s economy is firing on all cylinders! The Commerce Department’s 3rd quarter 3.5% GDP growth rate is even stronger than 2018’s year to date 3.2% growth rate! In the […]

HOOVER – Yellowhammer’s 2018 Power of Service honorees have been described in glowing terms by their peers and observers alike. However, it was the praise of the award winners, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon and Dr. Swaid Swaid, for their state that left the crowd in awe on Thursday evening at the Renaissance Birmingham […]

Mainstream media outlets across the country have been under scrutiny in recent years for perceived bias against conservatives, and Alabama based-news media is no exception. While most local coverage is handled with proper professionalism and flies under the radar, brazen instances of bias in political coverage gives legacy outlets across the state a black eye. […]

AUBURN – It was a perfect October morning on Saturday for Governor Kay Ivey’s campaign event in Auburn. The weather was crisp, an ideal temperature not quite reaching “cold,” and autumn leaves fell around the Big Red Barn, which sits picturesquely off of a pond across from the historic Edward L. Lowder Red Barn at […]

Fall weather has finally settled in, and only a few of Alabama’s college football teams face Week Nine tests the last weekend of October. Alabama, Auburn, Troy, South Alabama, UNA and Samford all have a bye-week, but the Yellowhammer State’s other teams play on Saturday. The Magic City Classic is a highlight of the weekend’s […]

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) announced on Friday that six early-stage companies have advanced to the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale, which will take place in Fort Payne on November 14. In a press release, EDPA vice president Angela Wier said, “In keeping with EDPA’s commitment to bring innovation to all parts of […]

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), through his leadership committee PAC, is working to defeat the Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama as they all face general election challenges. The last mandatory FEC filing before the November 6 midterms for Jones’ PAC, entitled the “Seeking Justice Committee,” showed donations on October 12 […]

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a national organization dedicated to attacking religion in public spheres, “is redoubling its efforts to stop the unconstitutionally excessive piety in Auburn University’s football program,” with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall vowing to “vigorously defend” the university and “win” the battle. FFRF has been hounding Auburn since 2014 over […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) on Thursday expressed his strong support of President Donald Trump’s decision to defend the United States’ southern border “against invasion by the caravan of thousands of Central Americans who brazenly seek to illegally cross America’s southern border.” In a press release, Brooks said, “I fully support President Trump’s use of any […]

A Facebook post made Tuesday by an Alabama woman has gone viral, with approximately one million interactions as of Thursday at noon. Natasha Crittenden Wilson of Florence said she was in the waiting room at her doctor’s office when a woman walked in with her sleeping baby.

Per a report by Alabama Media Group, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is taking credit for the $1.6 billion Toyota-Mazda plant that is under-construction in Huntsville. “Clearly, if you get down to the bottom of it, that plant would not have come to Alabama with Roy Moore sitting as United States senator,” Jones claimed at a […]

According to a report by the Pensacola News Journal, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) campaigned in the city on Wednesday for incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), who is in a tough reelection battle with the state’s Republican governor, Rick Scott. At a small rally at the Escambia Education Association headquarters in north Pensacola, Jones said that Alabamians […]