The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Thursday formally presented its most prestigious legislative recognition, the Guardian of Small Business Award, to U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-04). NFIB Alabama State Director Rosemary Elebash presented the award to Aderholt at NorthRidge Fitness, an NFIB member business in Northport owned by Mary Cartee. The nation’s leading […]

District Attorney Jeremy Duerr of the 5th Judicial Circuit switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party at the Tallapoosa County Republican Party’s quarterly meeting in Alexander City, the ALGOP announced this week. Alabama’s 5th Judicial Circuit is comprised of Tallapoosa, Chambers, Macon and Randolph Counties. “District Attorney Duerr contacted me several months ago […]

The Fiber Broadband Association on Thursday announced its board of directors has appointed Gary Bolton as the association’s new president and CEO, effective November 2. The largest and only trade association in the Americas dedicated to the pursuit of all-fiber-optic network infrastructure to homes, businesses and more, the Fiber Broadband Association helps advance the strategic […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-AL) is continuing his leadership in calling on Congress to regulate tech monopolies’ control over the flow of information and political discourse in America. In a tweet on Wednesday, Marshall commented on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony that day to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This comes after Twitter blocked […]

Wednesday is National First Responders Day, and the importance of America’s tremendous first responders is even more magnified this year as the nation continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. In Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey’s administration recently established the Health Care and Emergency Response Providers grant program. This enabled first responders, including private ambulance and other […]

The Briarwood Christian duo of Tucker Smith and Hayden Marbut on Saturday won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors. The National Championship victory is the third-straight title for Smith and the first for Marbut. The Alabama duo secured two smallmouth bass for 7 pounds, 14 ounces […]

When Governor Kay Ivey in 2018 became the first Republican woman to ever be elected governor of Alabama, she took the stage to the country staple “This One’s for the Girls” ringing out in the background. However, Ivey’s status as a role model for girls across Alabama has very much been in the forefront during […]

The Birmingham Police Department this week retired its storied Mounted Unit. A ceremony was held on Monday in which the department said goodbye to the retiring unit’s mounted patrol horses: Blue Boy, Doc and Gumby. A social media post by Birmingham PD advised the move was made due to “budgetary restraints.” The unit, founded in […]

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Alabama State Director Chris Beeker this week announced several major new investments by the administration of President Donald J. Trump in projects across the Yellowhammer State. The largest investment is going to Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically black college (HBCU). “It’s exciting to help increase […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Monday evening joined his Democratic Caucus colleagues in voting against confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the next associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Nevertheless, Barrett was confirmed in a 52-48 vote; those in the affirmative included U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL). Praise for […]

The United States Senate on Monday evening voted 52-48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) voted in the affirmative after supporting Barrett in a floor speech hours earlier; U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) voted “no.” “I am proud to have voted to […]

Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senator and GOP members of the U.S. House of Representatives have each been named a 2020 “Guardian of Small Business” by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). NFIB is the nation’s largest small business association, advocating for job creators nationwide. “NFIB’s prestigious Guardian of Small Business Award is reserved for legislators […]

Polling results released by an Alabama-based, nationally respected data firm on Monday show that Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) is uniquely popular with Republican voters in the Yellowhammer State. Cygnal, recognized as the nation’s most accurate polling firm during the 2018 midterm cycle, conducted a survey of 645 likely Alabama general election voters from October […]

U.S. Senator Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) on Monday took to the floor of Congress’ upper chamber to deliver powerful remarks emphasizing the impeccable credentials of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, describing her as the most qualified nominee Shelby has encountered in his distinguished Senate career. Shelby is the longest-serving senator in Alabama history, taking office on […]

The U.S. Senate on Sunday voted 51-48 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the next associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. This procedural vote sets up a final vote on Barrett’s confirmation, which is expected to come on Monday. Sunday’s vote was completed shortly […]

Star University of Alabama wide receiver and returner Jaylen Waddle is out for the remainder of the 2020 college football season, per head coach Nick Saban. Waddle was injured returning the opening kickoff out of the end zone during the Crimson Tide’s Saturday game at Tennessee. Reports indicate that Waddle suffered a broken ankle.

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) had time to vote for himself on Friday, however, he was missing in action when it came time for the senator to represent the people of Alabama on the floor of the United States Senate the same day. Jones touted that he voted on Friday morning in the upcoming general […]

A Friday morning email from Alabama Democratic Victory distorts Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth’s (R-AL) position on following health and safety protocols, while also fundraising off of Ainsworth’s current illness. Ainsworth on Wednesday afternoon announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and as of Friday, he is still asymptomatic. However, Ainsworth’s wife, Kendall, has also […]

Yellowhammer News earlier this week broke the story about a group supporting the respective campaigns of U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden offering Black Belt pastors $6 “per person” they get to vote early ahead of November 3’s general election. Now, newly filed federal campaign finance reports shed light on […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) continues to prioritize campaigning for reelection over his job representing the people of Alabama. Jones was marked as “not voting” for all five roll call votes taken in the U.S. Senate on Thursday. He also missed all of Monday’s Senate floor votes; combined, he has now missed 50% of the […]

Remdesivir on Thursday became the first drug to be fully approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating the coronavirus. The antiviral produced by the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences received an emergency use authorization from the FDA in May; Thursday’s announcement will likely expand its usage across the nation. The drug has been approved […]

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Wednesday interviewed on Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” discussing the recent bombshell stories that have come out indicating that former Vice President Joe Biden was potentially involved in certain lucrative foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe this week announced the assessment […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign on Wednesday evening sent out a fundraising email from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Biden’s pitch links to a fundraising page that shows the funds raised are to be “split evenly” between the Biden and Jones campaigns. The fine print on the page also notes that donors will automatically be […]

Legendary college football coach and native Alabamian Bobby Bowden, 90, has announced that he has triumphed over COVID-19. Bowden was hospitalized October 6, three days after he first tested positive for coronavirus. He was released from the hospital last week, and on Wednesday he released a statement. “I want to thank all the many people […]