Governor Kay Ivey announced her support for a bipartisan package of corrections reform bills that have been introduced in the legislature...

ADECA has announced that the Birmingham-Jefferson County Port Authority will receive $840,000 for inland port capital improvement initiatives.

Spearheaded by Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, the Alabama Senate last week passed a package of bills to enhance the state's climate of military-friendliness.

The Alabama House of Representatives approved Aniah's Law, which would allow prosecutors and judges broader discretion in requesting and denying...

Workforce development has become a well-known priority on the state level, with Alabama’s recent efforts garnering international attention. Indeed, the issue has become such a focus that job training is now playing a major role in policy discussions — and in elections — on the local level. The perfect exemplar of this is a candidate […]

Work done at UAB has led to the investigational drug remdesivir, which is now being used to treat select infected patients afflicted with coronavirus...

The respective health committees of the Alabama House and Alabama Senate approved the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act as amended.

Three recently announced investments alone in West Alabama amount to almost $1.4 billion in funds being spent on the area's coal industry.

House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter led other members of the legislative leadership in announcing a major package of bills designed to...

Manufacture Alabama this week announced that the organization's board of directors has elected Carl Gunter as the new board chair.

Yellowhammer News has obtained new independent polling in the AL-02 Republican primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery).

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday announced the latest television ad in his bid to return to the U.S. Senate.

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Tuesday voted against advancing the pro-life "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act."

Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Greg Shaw has released a second television ad in his reelection bid to Place 1 on the state's highest court.

The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee approved a substitute bill that would enhance the penalty provision of the Memorial Preservation Act.

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a bill as substituted that would eliminate the Office of the State Auditor. The committee vote was 6-5. The bill, SB 83, now heads to the full Senate for consideration. SB 83 would not affect the current officeholder, State Auditor Jim Zeigler. As a […]

The Alabama Nursing Home Association (ANHA) on Monday announced the selection of Brandon Farmer as the association's new president and CEO.

The Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons will be performing at KultureBall 2020 in Birmingham, Yellowhammer News learned on Monday.

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl on Monday announced the release of his fourth TV ad in his Republican bid in Alabama's First Congressional District.

Rep. Mike Rogers spoke to Yellowhammer Radio Network about HHS' decision not to quarantine coronavirus patients at the CDP in Anniston, Alabama.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) appears to have delivered for his home state of Alabama once again.

The Alabama Republican Party held the 2020 winter meeting of its state executive committee and voted to "to declare Alabama as a sanctuary for the unborn."

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) reported raising over twice as much from individuals in California and New York alone than he raised from constituents in Alabama.

State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy) on Thursday filed the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, HB 303.