In a long-form New York Times article explaining that American midsize cities have been increasingly distinguished as “winners and losers,” Birmingham was the city featured as being most starkly representative of falling behind, while Nashville was hailed as “thriving.” “Forty years ago, Nashville and Birmingham, Ala., were peers. Two hundred miles apart, the cities anchored […]

Breitbart News TV editor and Yellowhammer News contributor Jeff Poor and Calhoun Community College professor Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Michael Cohen’s sentencing and its impact on Trump. — How tariffs are hurting Alabama farmers and automakers but helping steel manufacturers. — What’s going on with Hoover’s […]

In the newest episode of AL(dot)com’s Reckon podcast, health care reporter Amy Yurkanin offers her findings from a deep dive into former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ early years as a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Alabama. There wasn’t much included in the borderline-smearing Reckon podcast that was complimentary of the Mobile native. Yurkanin, […]

7. Jury recommends white nationalist get 419 years in jail — A jury recommended 419 years for James Alex Fields Jr., who was convicted of killing Heather Heyer by intentionally plowing his car into a group of protesters that were at a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. — The jury deliberated for four […]

The gas tax may be a foregone conclusion if you listen to the leadership of the Alabama legislature. Infrastructure needs are undoubtedly a priority heading into the next legislative session; how they get addressed is the battle we will see fought out. A gas tax of up to 12 cents a gallon has been discussed, but according […]

7. More Americans get news from social media than from newspapers — Somehow, more Americans get their news from social media (20 percent) than print newspapers (16 percent). This is because of a steady decline in newspapers, but both get crushed by the Internet and television. — American television consumption of news is still the […]

Even though no one discussed raising the gas tax in the 2018 election, it already seems like a done deal that there will be some kind of gas tax in the 2019 legislative session. This makes sense for few reasons. First, there has been no public debate about this matter in an election year, so […]

7. While riots go on in Paris over climate taxes, America is still the leader in driving down its CO2 output — More than 1,700 people were arrested and 71 were injured this weekend as protests in Paris go on for the fourth consecutive weekend over green-friendly gas taxes and fuel prices. — Meanwhile, as […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Michael Flynn pleads and could get no jail time. Is this where they get Trump? — Could 40 Democrats actually run for president? — Who is the frontrunner out of the gate for the GOP […]

7. Classless pundits of all stripes use the death of President George H. W. Bush to rip President Trump —America’s media and political pundits from the right and the left are using the events surrounding former President George H.W Bush’s death as a jumping off point to pound away on Trump in an effort to score […]

Yellowhammer News has obtained primary polling data featuring four Republicans who are considering running for the United States Senate against Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) in 2020. The poll surveyed 913 respondents on their first preference out of the given choices, showing Lieutenant Governor-elect Will Ainsworth at 23 percent, Congressman Bradley Byrne at 22 percent, […]

7. As many as 40 Democrats could run for president; Joe Biden thinks he is the most qualified — With a little less than two years before the next presidential election, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) told MSNBC of 2020, “[T]here are a lot of U.S. senators, a lot of governors … a lot of people outside […]

Before his post-Galleria shooting exploits, no one had ever heard of Carlos Chaverst, Jr. There was no reason to have heard of him. It remains to be the case that no one should know who Chaverst is. However, the media covering this sad and tragic chapter of Hoover history have a knack for tracking this […]

7. Alabama-based religious broadcaster wins its battle with the federal government over religious liberty — The Birmingham-based Eternal Word Television Network has struck a deal with the Federal government, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stop trying to force EWTN to provide Obamacare mandated birth control and abortifacients as healthcare. — This battle […]

7. Bellefonte nuke deal falls through, but it still may not be over — The purchase of the Bellefonte nuclear power plant for $111 million dollars has apparently fallen through as the purchase failed to secure the necessary funding to complete the purchase. — The CEO of Nuclear Development LLC, Franklin Haney, has sued the […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is this when they finally get President Trump? — Is it possible to get a rational reaction from anyone after a tragedy like the shooting at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover? — Is Congressman Bradley […]

7. About that border wall: One-third in migrant caravan being treated for health issues — FoxNews.com reports one-third of the migrants in the caravan at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana are being treated for “respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues,” per the Tijuana’s Health Department. — Perhaps the Trump administration should have […]

7. Looks like Speaker Nancy Pelosi is inevitable after all — Pelosi looks to be a lock after winning a Democratic caucus vote by a 203-32 margin. CNBC notes, “The 32 votes of opposition would be enough to sink her bid on the House floor, but some of those members will likely support her in […]

Since the day U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) won his election, the media has continued to hammer home a completely unsupported myth about how he won. It goes like this: Black voters showed up in record numbers to push Jones over the top. It’s just not true. It’s still not true, and it never was […]

7. Twitter’s CEO may be looking at charges for lying to Congress and could see immunity stripped —House Energy and Commerce Committee is now reviewing the testimony of  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to see if he lied to Congress about their handling of banned accounts, death threats, and other decisions at the company. — The […]

Senator Richard Shelby’s (R-Ala.) tenure atop the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee has resulted in a dramatic return to the smooth and transparent process the Founders envisioned for the allocation of government resources. Now, with a year-end spending bill nearing completion, Shelby is once again playing a leading role. For the first time in years, spending bills related […]

Alabama Republicans are licking their chops over the chance to beat Alabama’s junior Senator in 2020. The math doesn’t favor Jones and Democrats hanging onto that seat, and his vote on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh made retaining even more unlikely. The list of who will run against Jones reads like a who’s who of Alabama […]

7. President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating is up to 60 percent — After a 38-seat loss in the midterms, the president’s disapproval rating has continued to climb to match the highest of his term. — The polling shows a sub-40 approval rating for the first time since December of 2017, which was after his former national […]

It was February 1986. Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” was at the top of the charts. “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” was the current big hit at the box office. And the Riverchase Galleria, seen by some as the eighth wonder of the world, opened. As the brainchild of developer Jim Wilson, Hoover’s […]