The “Conversation About Ethics Reform” held Friday at Cumberland School of Law involved a respectful dialogue among four experts in the field of ethics law. It also demonstrated the challenge which lies ahead for policymakers. While generally agreeing on the areas of the law most in need of a rewrite, panelists at the event disagreed […]

Thank you to the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate for your bi-partisan support of the Rebuild Alabama Plan. Because of your leadership, this historical effort will result in safer roads, thousands of new jobs, and a stronger Alabama.  Finally, it’s time to #RebuildAL.

With state ethics reform anticipated as a major legislative agenda item this year, Cumberland School of Law is hosting an event to discuss the issue on Friday. John Carroll, a former acting director of the Alabama Ethics Commission and 14-year federal judge, is serving as the event’s host for the law school. Carroll told Yellowhammer […]

Thank you to the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate for your bi-partisan support of the Rebuild Alabama Plan. Because of your leadership, this historical effort will result in safer roads, thousands of new jobs, and a stronger Alabama.  Finally, it’s time to #RebuildAL.

Thank you to the United Launch Alliance team and the entire workforce surrounding another successful launch.  Alabama’s Decatur based facility brings the utmost precision, passion and purpose to one of the most technically complex, critical American needs: affordable, reliable access to space.

Join the Yellowhammer News team Tuesday, March 19th for a “Yellowhammer News Shaper” event in Montgomery. The gathering will offer a reception as well as a live interview with Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia). The discussion will be moderated by Yellowhammer News editor and […]

Thank you to the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate for your bi-partisan support of the Rebuild Alabama Plan. Because of your leadership, this historical effort will result in safer roads, thousands of new jobs, and a stronger Alabama.  Finally, it’s time to #RebuildAL.

Most big legislative battles involve a series of significant events taking place in the days, months and years leading up to the vote. It can be one event or several events, independent or interconnected. Sometimes there is an important election, a federal mandate, a court decision or a natural disaster to which the legislature needs […]

The ability of U.S. forces to communicate anywhere in the world got stronger last night, and Alabamians did their part to make it happen. The U.S. Air Force sent into space one of its WGS satellites on top of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket made at the company’s Decatur facility. The ULA Delta IV […]

Thank you to the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate for your bi-partisan support of the Rebuild Alabama Plan. Because of your leadership, this historical effort will result in safer roads, thousands of new jobs, and a stronger Alabama.  Finally, it’s time to #RebuildAL.

Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. CT, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall will join President Donald Trump at the White House to participate in a discussion on the impact of drug trafficking at and between points of entry at the United States-Mexico border. Watch:

For Alabama’s Xtreme Concepts Racing Team, heavy are the trophies when they start running out of hands to hold them. That was the enviable problem for team owner Landon Ash when he went back to victory lane for the second week in a row in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series.

The Alabama Supreme Court has dealt school choice opponents a significant blow in their efforts to keep charter schools out of the state. In an opinion with a wide-ranging impact released on Friday, the court cleared the way for the opening of the first charter school within Montgomery County.

The man who called moving to Alabama “the single greatest decision” of his life offered up some advice for the teenagers seen in the recent viral video of high school students from the Hoover area making racist remarks, as well as the rest of Alabama. Hoover lawyer Ron Brown, who moved to Alabama from Chicago, […]

Yellowhammer Multimedia is proud to announce the second annual Women of Impact Awards — a celebration of the strong women who impact and propel Alabama. This event will recognize the personal and professional accomplishments of 20 Alabama women whose powerful contributions have moved the needle across business, government and non-profit sectors. These women are a […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall expressed his satisfaction with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s decision to finally drop its complaint against cake baker and devout Christian, Jack Phillips. Marshall had previously applauded the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June of last year which recognized Phillips’ right to simply decline business conflicting with his faith. Alabama was one […]

Xtreme Concepts Racing owner Landon Ash had been in victory lane as a guest of Kyle Busch’s following the popular driver’s win in Charlotte last year. Less than a year later, Ash got back into victory lane with Busch, but this time he did not need a guest pass. This time Ash was there as […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has created a select panel on climate issues as part of her overhaul of the U.S. House policy apparatus. Republican leadership quickly filled out its allotted slots for service in the panel’s minority, one of which is now held by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), according to a release from his office. […]

For the past two weeks, Alabama and the rest of the nation have been forced to watch the mainstream media try to thrash a dead horse back to life, and for no perceivable purpose. A fake news aficionado knows this can mean only one thing: a hidden agenda is afoot. So it is with the […]

Cargo ships are getting larger – and that is a good thing. More goods shipped in one trip means everyone saves money – from shippers all the way to the consumer. The Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile handles more than 58 million tons in total volume annually, ranking it 11th largest in the nation. […]

In a message delivered to a group of state leaders touring the Port of Mobile, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) detailed the importance of expanding Alabama’s only deep-water port. “The deepening and the widening of the Port of Mobile is a once-in-a-lifetime economic development opportunity,” Shelby said. “This project has the ability to transform Mobile and […]

Xtreme Concepts Racing and its iK9 car recently enjoyed its highest-ever finish in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series. Driver Jeffrey Earnhardt took the iK9 car to a sixth-place finish at the Rinnai 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. This top-10 came after his 15th place finish at Daytona, a race in which he led the first […]

One new member of the state legislature is not waiting long to show his commitment to fiscal conservatism and cutting red tape for Alabama farmers and businesses. Even though his first legislative session is still almost a week away, State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Pike County) has already filed a bill aimed at shrinking the size […]

A major agricultural project that had been the object of countless hours of work by many finally became a reality on Tuesday evening. The Alabama Farm Center has found its home in Chilton County.