President Donald Trump on Wednesday shared a video in which he effusively praised the COVID-19 treatment Regeneron, which is the subject of a clinical trial at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). “I went in, I wasn’t feeling so hot,” Trump says of his recent stay at Walter Reed Medical Center, where he received […]

A new television ad in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race features the jarring first-person testimony of a Chilton County woman who previously had an abortion and has since atoned. The 30-second spot was released by Republican nominee Tommy Tuberville’s campaign on Thursday and seeks to emphasize that U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) views on abortion are […]

The University of Alabama Crimson Tide’s upcoming game against the University of Mississippi has a new kickoff time, due to Hurricane Delta projections. The game was originally set for 5:00 p.m. CT on Saturday but will now start at 6:30 p.m., the SEC announced on Thursday. The SEC said that ESPN will still televise the […]

C-Store Master this week broke ground on the company’s new 120,000-square-foot automated warehouse in Huntsville. A regional distributor of convenience store products specializing in the tobacco and beverage categories, C-Store Master is based in the Rocket City. The company serves more than 2,000 independent and more than 4,000 chain convenience stores with in-stock availability for more […]

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Wednesday announced that the USDA is investing more than $3 million in grants to help rural Alabama residents gain access to enhanced health care and educational opportunities. This announcement comes as part of a nationwide $72 million investment benefiting more than 12 million Americans residing in rural areas. In […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday rescinded her executive order requiring all non-residents to leave the state’s coastal areas as updated projections indicate Hurricane Delta is unlikely to bring more than rain to the Yellowhammer State. On Tuesday, the governor had ordered an evacuation of all tourists and visitors in the Gulf area when it […]

Republican U.S. senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville on Wednesday was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), America’s largest small business advocacy organization. The endorsement specifically comes from NFIB FedPAC, the organization’s federal political action committee. The PAC is funded by member donations above membership dues, and decisions made by NFIB FedPAC are managed by […]

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Wednesday sent a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting that legible postmarks — including a date stamp — be required for all mail-in ballots this general election, in order to preserve the integrity of voting process and safeguard every American vote. Palmer, as chairman of the Republican […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday praised China, which is by far the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter. Not only is China responsible for the most emissions by a wide margin, the country’s emissions are continuing to grow. Even under the country’s most ambitious timeline unveiled last month in a video address by Chinese President […]

Troy University announced this week that it will receive a $3.5 million grant for the federal government to study how personal protective equipment (PPE) can best be recycled. Putting the money to use will be TROY’s Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences. The university says America generated 100 million tons of medical waste in 2019 […]

Alabama’s own Wickles Pickles was chosen to represent the Yellowhammer State at the Trump administration’s fourth annual Made in America Showcase. The event was slated to occur this week at the White House, however the president contracting COVID-19 changed those original plans. Nevertheless, Wickles Pickles was recognized in a statement from White House press secretary […]

Around 400 cities and towns across Alabama conducted runoff elections for mayor and city council on Tuesday, including larger cities such as Selma, Decatur, Homewood, Florence and Daphne. Races on the ballot Tuesday were between the top two vote-getters during the initial August 25 municipal elections. Most of the elections were for open positions vacated […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) believes that former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald J. Trump do not actually support Christian values. Jones in a Facebook livestream on Wednesday morning was asked by The Montgomery Advertiser to respond to a report released the day prior by The New York Times. The report, which […]

Governor Kay Ivey’s recently announced prison proposal has been mildly controversial given it has been deemed a go-it-alone approach by the executive branch without any official blessing from the legislature as a body. With the legislature’s 2020 regular session cut short and the Ivey administration seemingly unwilling to call a special session anytime soon, any […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday declared a State of Emergency in response to Hurricane Delta, a storm expected to make landfall in the United States between Thursday night and Friday morning. Mobile and Baldwin Counties are most at risk in Alabama; both are within the possible paths of the storm, according to projections. The […]

The new Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE) in Huntsville is the first high school of its kind in the United States. Yellowhammer News recently got an inside look at how it is operating, and what its plans are for the future. ASCTE is currently midway through its first semester with students in […]

Alabama has blossomed into America’s third largest automotive exporter, and the electric vehicle revolution could make the Yellowhammer State No. 1 in the near future. A video released by the Energy Institute of Alabama outlines the many benefits and opportunities for the state associated with electric vehicles. Coming on the heels of National Drive Electric […]

Although the work is not complete in what could be a months-long process of recovery, the response is much improved from the last major storm to make landfall in Alabama, according to U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope). During an interview with Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5 on Monday, Byrne remarked on the efficiency of the […]

Republican U.S. senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville is pushing back against U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) new assertion that he will be a champion of the Second Amendment in the Senate. As first reported by Yellowhammer News, Jones on Monday argued he is a “Second Amendment protector.” “I can have much more influence to make sure […]

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) is strongly backing Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court of the United States seat vacated by the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Monday, Ainsworth joined fellow members of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association (RLGA), a caucus of the Republican […]

Global Resources International (GRI), a company that makes medical and industrial products, is investing $9.5 million to open a new manufacturing plant in Dothan that will employ 70 workers. GRI has long had a presence in Houston County. Eastern Technologies Inc. (ETI), a GRI subsidiary that warehouses and facilitates distribution of GRI products, is based […]

Auburn University at Montgomery’s (AUM) Department of Political Science and Public Administration on Monday released a poll showing Republican U.S. Senate nominee Tommy Tuberville leading incumbent U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) by 12 percentage points with only four weeks to go until the November 3 general election. The AUM poll was conducted between September 30 […]

There is less than a month until Alabama voters head to the polls to vote for either former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, or incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) to represent the state for the next six years. Among many things, Second Amendment issues are a […]

President Donald J. Trump has announced that he plans to depart Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and return to the White House at 5:30 p.m. CT on Monday. Trump in a tweet on Monday at 1:37 p.m. CT said he was feeling “really good” and praised the “great” Walter Reed hospital in Maryland, where […]