The State of Alabama will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides — a series of political protests against segregation in 1961 — in Montgomery, known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement.. Special programming, including the unveiling of a restored 1958 Greyhound Bus, will be held in Alabama’s capital city on Tuesday, […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Thursday released a statement after meeting with President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL). In 1986, Nelson became the second-ever sitting member of Congress to fly in space when he served as a payload specialist on the […]

Dr. Casey Wardynski, Ph.D., on Thursday announced that he is running in 2022 to represent Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. This seat is an open race due to Congressman Mo Brooks’ (AL-05) decision to run for the U.S. Senate. Wardynski served as assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve […]

President Joe Biden delivered an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening, however it looked different than the traditional joint address. Instead of the typical packed House chamber the nation envisions for a State of the Union Address, Biden’s remarks were made to a largely empty chamber as he approached 100 days […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Thursday will convene for the 27th day of its 2021 regular session. Both chambers are scheduled to gavel in at 10:00 a.m. and will undertake special order calendars. This comes after a committee day on Wednesday that saw the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development give favorable reports to […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced that the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) approved $81 million in funding decisions for restoration activities spanning Coastal Alabama. The projects are designed to address damage in Alabama resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Alabama’s newly approved projects include the following:

Alabama rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) this week announced it recently honored three suppliers with a 2020 Small Business Excellence award for their support of the Vulcan Centaur program. The Vulcan Centaur is ULA’s next-generation rocket that will provide higher performance and greater affordability while continuing to deliver reliability and precision. This rocket — […]

The South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce has announced that the annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival will have a new home for the first time in 16 years and be extended to a three-day event. The festival will now be held at OWA’s state-of-the-art property located at 100 N OWA Blvd. A family-friendly event, […]

U.S. Army veteran Kenneth Paschal on Tuesday won the special Republican primary runoff election in House District 73. According to unofficial results provided by the Shelby County probate office, Paschal defeated Helena City Councilwoman Leigh Hulsey by just 64 votes. The safely Republican seat was vacated by former Rep. Matt Fridy’s (R-Montevallo) election to the […]

Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the April 27, 2011 severe weather that devastated Alabama. On that day a decade ago, a series of long-track tornadoes tore through Alabama in three waves across 35 of the state’s 67 counties. The unprecedented event claimed the lives of 254 Alabamians, injured more than 2,000 others, and destroyed […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday convened for the 26th day of its 2021 regular session. There are now only four days remaining in the session. Tuesday’s proceedings saw the education budget package pass the House in unanimous and nearly-unanimous votes. The Education Trust Fund budget itself passed as substituted in committee and then […]

Two major space and defense companies have filed formal objections to SpaceX being solely awarded a contract by NASA to continue development of the Human Landing System (HLS) that will eventually land the next man and the first woman on the moon through the Artemis program. The agency last year selected three prime contractors to design a […]

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Tuesday announced it has received final guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerning use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. After a temporary pause on its use since April 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC have […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday delivered a speech on the floor of the United States Senate detailing how President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget proposal for the Department of Defense would harm national security and hinder the military’s efforts to confront existing and future threats. Alabama’s junior senator also outlined how Biden’s […]

Governor Kay E. Ivey has proclaimed Tuesday, April 27, as a Day of Remembrance across the state of Alabama, marking the 10th anniversary of the infamous 2011 severe weather that struck the state. On that day a decade ago, a series of long-track tornadoes tore through Alabama in three waves across 35 of the state’s […]

Alabama on Monday once again powered a vital mission to space when a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched the NROL-82 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The rocket — built at ULA’s world-class facility in Decatur — lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined nine other attorneys general in suing to prevent President Joe Biden’s administration from carrying out an executive order that dramatically expands executive power and threatens to kill thousands of jobs throughout the country. The sweeping order, issued last week, assigns an arbitrary and extraordinarily high “cost” to any […]

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Mobile City Council, Mayor Sandy Stimpson will ask council members to authorize a contract with Moffatt & Nichol Inc. to evaluate and design public amenities that would help activate the city’s downtown waterfront at Cooper Riverside Park. A release from the mayor’s office outlined that if approved by the council, […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday will convene for the 26th day of its 2021 regular session. The House will convene at 1:00 p.m., while the Senate gavels in at 2:00 p.m. The House’s floor agenda is expected to revolve around the Education Trust Fund budget package that was advanced from Ways and Means […]

MGMWERX, the state-of-the-art innovation hub in Alabama’s capital city, recently announced the hiring of Brig. General Trent H. Edwards (USAF, Ret.) as its new director. Edwards comes to MGMWERX from the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, where he served as senior vice president of Military and Community Development. In addition to his work at the […]

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday announced the first batch of results from the 2020 Census. After processing all relevant data, the newly announced results included population totals for the nation and the states as well as the congressional apportionment totals for each state. Alabama will retain all seven of its seats in the U.S. […]

The U.S. House Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06), recently compiled a report regarding the historic humanitarian crisis at the United States’ southern border. Department of Homeland Secretary Mayorkas, an appointee of President Joe Biden, recently admitted that the agency is “on pace to encounter more individuals at the southwest border than […]

Business Council of Alabama (BCA) president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt has been elected to serve on the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s (AWF) board of directors. For more than 85 years, AWF has been working for wildlife in the Yellowhammer State. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the federation works diligently to promote the conservation of Alabama’s wildlife […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has formally cut ties with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), his office confirmed to Yellowhammer News. According to the association’s website, NAAG “is the nonpartisan national forum for the 56 state and territory attorneys general and their staff.” Currently chaired by Attorney General Karl Racine of the District of […]