7. Mississippi lottery will make $40 million in the first year Beginning December 1, Mississippi will start selling lottery tickets, making them yet another state surrounding Alabama that has the lottery, while Alabama sits on the sidelines with Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. Mississippi’s lottery will likely generate $40 million the first year, and more […]

7. Public magnet school for cyber and engineering will open in 2020 The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering in Huntsville will be led by current Madison County Superintendent Matt Massey, will reportedly include slots for roughly 300 students from around the state of Alabama with at least two from every county and the […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — What does new polling tell us in the Alabama Senate race? — Are Democrats serious about actually solving the border crisis? — What is Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) doing to prepare for 2020, and why […]

7. More jobs on the way U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta visited north Alabama to take in the area’s tech boom by touring Calhoun Community College’s Decatur campus and Huntsville’s ADTRAN before traveling to Dynetics Technical Solutions to check out their manufacturing facility while touting the relationship between education and industry to create new opportunities. Dynetics […]

7. Appeals judges skeptical about minimum wage lawsuit Federal appeals court judges reviewed a lawsuit brought by minimum wage workers and civil rights groups against Alabama lawmakers for blocking wage hikes to target Birmingham, a mostly African-American city, in a way that disproportionately harms black workers. Judges didn’t focus on the claims of racism and […]

7. Mobile delaying Amtrak boondoggle resolution The Mobile City Council on Tuesday delayed the resolution that requested Governor Kay Ivey to commit funding to bring Amtrak back to Mobile for two weeks, which is meant to allow the City Council more time to consider the proposal. The city officials have unanswered questions about fares and […]

7. Alabama one of the most patriotic states A new report released on Monday by WalletHub revealed the top 20 most patriotic states in America, with Alabama, ranked at 19 overall. The report used 13 indicators of patriotism including how many adults who voted in 2016 and the average number of military enlistees per 1,000 […]

7. Montgomery ordinance that would punish parents might not make it The Montgomery ordinance that would punish parents for their kids’ crimes may be at risk due to current delinquency laws that already punish parents that engage in or encourage illegal activity with their children. As well as current laws already existing, apparently cities that […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Can Roy Moore really win a Republican primary in 2020? — Now that Trump’s reelection campaign is officially launched, do current polls really mean anything? — Why have the Washington Post and AL.com not corrected […]

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a regular feature on Yellowhammer News. It is a compilation of the bits and pieces of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Enjoy.

7. Gun buyback at the end of the month CrimeStoppers will be buying firearms on June 29 at First Baptist Church in Montgomery. The organization claims that the event has been a success in the past, and they’ll even let you drop off your guns anonymously. These events are wildly ineffective, as studies have shown […]

7. Montgomery parents could start paying for their kids’ crimes Montgomery City Councilman Glen Pruitt has introduced a city ordinance that would require parents be punished when their children commit a crime, which is basically a copy of an ordinance that was introduced in South Fulton, Georgia, last year. Legal transgressions committed by kids that […]

7. Send in the National Guard Birmingham City Councilman Steven Hoyt made comments about bringing in the National Guard to combat gun violence and homicides. This comes after a weekend that saw five killed by gun violence in the city; 55 have been killed in the city so far, which is a slight tick up […]

7. Trump and AOC agree on something President Donald Trump agrees with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) assessment that there’s a “very real risk” that he will be re-elected in 2020. The president also suggested that Democrats are threatening impeachment due to the fear that he could win reelection. Of course, Ocasio-Cortez, who appears to be […]

7. Birmingham church holds gay rat wedding First United Methodist Church in downtown Birmingham decided they would hold a “wedding ceremony” and viewing of “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” on Saturday. The event allegedly attracted about 300 attendees. The church held this event because Alabama Public Television announced that they would not be airing […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Why did the media get the story with Hugh Culverhouse, Jr. and Alabama so wrong? — Is the Iowa slap-fight between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden a 2020 preview? — Now […]

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a regular feature on Yellowhammer News. It is a compilation of the bits and pieces of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Enjoy.

7. Point Mallard capping attendance, ramping up security In the wake of the shooting that occurred during a special event at Point Mallard water park, park officials will be instituting a new security plan that was developed with the help of Decatur Parks and Recreation, Decatur Police and Decatur Fire and Rescue. They will be […]

Muscle Shoals Mayor David Bradford on Thursday endorsed Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) in Alabama’s 2020 Republican U.S. Senate primary. The endorsement came in a video released by Byrne’s campaign on social media. “Bradley Byrne’s heart is in economic development and job creation,” Bradford said.

7. Spencer Collier gets paid The three-year legal dispute between former Alabama Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier and former Governor Robert Bentley that related to the scandal leading to Bentley’s resignation has been settled with the state picking up the tab. Collier was the first to accuse Bentley of having an affair with Rebekah Mason […]

Yellowhammer News has obtained an early Republican primary poll for Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. The poll was conducted by a prominent national pollster, Erik Iverson of The Moore Information Group, who is working for former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s campaign in the race. The survey polled 650 likely Republican voters on […]

Everyone hates polls until they love them. Democrats and Republicans are complaining about polling in public, but in private they all love them, trust them, need them and lust for them.

7. Carbon Hill’s mayor still hasn’t resigned In 1979, John Wesley McCollum survived being shot in the face by KKK members in Carbon Hill, and now he’s calling for Mayor Mark Chambers to resign, saying, “The world don’t [sic] need people like him running a town, city or state. I would ask that the mayor […]

7. Rep. Byrne calls for end of pay raise talk Yesterday, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) announced he would be offering an amendment to Congress’ Fiscal Year 2020 funding bill which, if passed, would’ve blocked a pay raise that could have increased the pay of members of Congress by $4,500 a year. Shortly after his […]