U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) voted this week in support of a bill to reform some of the harmful effects of the Dodd-Frank regulations enacted during the Obama era and brings relief to community banks and credit unions throughout Alabama. The legislation, which passed 67-31, shifts the focus of regulatory agencies away from small institutions […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team is travelling – yet again – to the White House to celebrate another national championship victory. President Donald Trump will host Coach Nick Saban and the team at the White House on April 10, according to a source familiar with the plans. The president attended the national championship game […]

Alabama State Rep. Will Ainsworth, a Republican lawmaker from Guntersville, recently appeared on the Jesse Lee Peterson Show to promote his legislation to allow trained teachers to carry firearms on school grounds. Watch the video here: (Image: State Rep. Will Ainsworth on the Jesse Lee Peterson Show – J.L. Peterson/Youtube) Sign-up for our daily newsletter here […]

Did you know that the only federally recognized Indian tribe in Alabama operates as a sovereign nation with its own government and bylaws on a hard-won official reservation near Atmore? Seated at the top of the tribe, in its highest leadership position, is a woman who has seen her people go from poverty to prosperity […]

Out with the old, in with the … news feed! Our website has undergone a complete redesign to better provide our readers with the information they want and need, including innovations like: — The Wire, which will feature excerpts and links to relevant news from around the internet. — A scrolling, news feed-based design so […]

Yellowhammer News just heard in the hallway that the weekly newspaper owned by State Rep. Craig Ford, I-Gadsden, apparently removed a favorable reference to his Republican opponent that appeared in a statewide syndicated column it carries. The column, Inside the Statehouse by Steve Flowers, was issued online February 28 and — between mentions of the […]

  Eufaula High School’s boy team lost a heartbreaker this week in the Class 5A state championship game. According to Dothan Eagle, Eufaula overcame a nine-point deficit with three minutes remaining to force overtime, only to see their squad trail by seven points down three starters with just over a minute left in the extra […]

  Members of a U.S. Air Force special operations surgical team that’s based at UAB Hospital in Birmingham were recently awarded Bronze Stars for their service during a mission to an undisclosed location in 2016. The small team of active duty doctors and nurses treated 750 patients, responded to 19 mass-casualty events, conducted 16 life-saving surgeries, and treated victims of […]

  Thin Blue Line, maker of police-themed apparel and flags, has raised more than $15,000 for the family of City of Mobile Police Officer Justin Billa, who was shot and killed last week while apprehending a murder suspect. Billa has been on the force for two years and leaves behind a wife and one-year old son. The […]

  Jacksonville State basketball player Norbertas Giga left Lithuania for the United States in 2013 to play basketball and has not seen his family since. That changed this week when Giga went to watch film with coaches to prepare for the upcoming Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. JSU coaches sat Giga down, and in walked his mother. […]

    Alabama history is filled with dynamic women such as Julia S. Tutwiler, Condoleeza Rice, Helen Keller, Rosa Parks and Harper Lee, whose leadership styles may differ, but whose courage and palpable Alabama spirit represent so much of what we aspire to be. Throughout March, Yellowhammer News will spotlight 20 Alabama women who embody […]

  Monday was senior night for the Purdue Boilermakers and former Hokes Bluff High School star Isaac Haas broke down. The seven-footer addressed the crowd, thanking Boilermaker fans for supporting his younger sister Erin during her battle with epilepsy. Per SB Nation, Purdue raised money for epilepsy research earlier this season. “I just want to thank everybody in […]

Graphic depicting candidates and their cash on hand as of February 2018, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. (Sign-up for our daily newsletter here and never miss another article from Yellowhammer News.)

    Alabama’s more than 8,700 physicians support more than 100,000 jobs and generate nearly $17 billion in economic activity, according to a new report released by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the American Medical Association. The report found that each individual physician: — Creates 11.7 jobs in the state. — […]

  Orange Beach and Gulf Shores officials kept the purple flags flying today as more dangerous Portuguese Man o’ Wars were seen floating off coastal Alabama. Purple flags at the beach mean dangerous marine life. Purple flags are flying due to the presence of Portuguese man o’ war. pic.twitter.com/yceM2nxZyp — City of Orange Beach (@cityorangebeach) […]

Graphic depicting candidates and their cash on hand as of February 2018, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. (Sign-up for our daily newsletter here and never miss another article from Yellowhammer News.)

Graphic depicting candidates and their cash on hand as of February 2018, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. (Sign-up for our daily newsletter here and never miss another article from Yellowhammer News.)

  Graphic depicting candidates and their cash on hand as of February 2018, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. (Sign-up for our daily newsletter here and never miss another article from Yellowhammer News.)

  Yellowhammer News just heard in the hallway that as Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and a group of colleagues were walking back from the Alabama Republican Party’s dinner last Friday night in Montgomery, an apparently homeless woman asked the group for money. Instead of dismissing her, Marshall spoke with the woman and then walked […]

  Earlier this month Yellowhammer News Editor J. Pepper Bryars spoke at the annual board retreat of the Alabama Policy Institute in Birmingham, discussing his thoughts with the think tank’s trustees and advisors, about how the state of conservatism was strong both in our home state and across the nation.  The speech covered various definitions […]

  Yellowhammer News editor J. Pepper Bryars argued against removing statues and monuments memorializing “regular” Confederate soldiers during a discussion about historical symbolism held this week at the Randolph School in Huntsville. “There’s a difference between honoring the politicians and generals who led our state into the Civil War and remembering the young men who […]

Yellowhammer News Editor J. Pepper Bryars discussed guns and violence Monday morning on the Matt and Aunie Show on Birmingham’s Talk 99.5. Bryars and the hosts discussed the nation’s reaction to the school shooting in Florida, and how he believes the underlying cause of such violence isn’t access to firearms but a devaluing of life […]

    The political action arm of the powerful Alabama Farmers Federation announced a slew of statewide and congressional district endorsements late Tuesday for the upcoming primary elections. Two endorsements in an otherwise predictable slate drew attention. First, former U.S. Attorney Alice Martin nabbed the coveted endorsement for the Alabama Attorney Generals Race, beating out […]

  Yellowhammer News just heard in the hallway that the political action arm of the Alabama Farmers Federation has endorsed Gov. Kay Ivey in the governor’s race, State Rep. Will Ainsworth for lieutenant governor, and Secretary of State John Merrill in his reelection campaign. The coveted endorsements are a boost for their campaigns. Ivey has […]