Thursday, the seven top polling candidates competing in the 2020 Democratic primary for President of the United States gathered on stage in Los Angeles, California, for a debate. U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-01) and State Representative Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs), both candidates for Alabama’s Senate seat currently occupied by Doug Jones, watched the debate and […]

The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave final passage to two appropriations packages that will fund the government through the end of Fiscal Year 2020.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced that the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education has been newly awarded a total of $33 million by the U.S. Department...

The United-States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) on Thursday was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan 385-41 vote...

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby's historic work as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee continues to pay off in huge ways for Alabama.

Gov. Ivey released a statement celebrating Sen. Shelby securing the federal funds that could very well finish the project to deepen and widen Mobile Harbor

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Thursday joined eight other conservative House members in sending a letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urging them to adopt the Federal Rules of Evidence for the Senate’s eventual impeachment trial of President Donald […]

Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth announced in a tweet this week that he is working on legislation to expedite the death penalty for individuals convicted of killing a law enforcement officer. “‘Back the Blue’ must be more than just a slogan. Actions must follow words,” Ainsworth declared in the tweet. He added, “Murdering an officer who […]

Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) secured $102 million to help eliminate the backlog in rape kit and DNA testing across the United States.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) once again delivered in a historic way for his home state.

Alabama's Glenwood, Inc., which operates autism and behavioral health centers in several locations in the state, announced that Ken Oliver has assumed...

Birmingham-based athletic apparel retailer Hibbett Sports has announced Michael Longo as its new chief executive officer, the company announced in a press release this week. The ascension of Longo ends the nine-year run of Jeff Rosenthal atop the sportswear company. Rosenthal, who announced his intention to retire in March, worked at Hibbett Sports for 21 […]

Former State Senator Bryan Taylor (R-Prattville) has withdrawn his name from the Republican Primary for Alabama Supreme Court Place 1, according to a statement to Yellowhammer News. Taylor, a former aid to Governor Bob Riley, served one term in the Alabama Senate from 2010-2014 and most recently served as Governor Kay Ivey’s chief legal counsel. […]

“I’d wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet. … The thrill of the grass.” Those were the words of Shoeless Joe Jackson as portrayed in the movie “Field of Dreams.” As Shoeless Joe testifies, you cannot have baseball without the […]

NASA has selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket to power the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) into space. The GOES-T is the third of the next generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This series of satellites will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, […]

Alabama Power Company on Wednesday announced that Patrick Murphy has been named as the company's Mobile division vice president, effective January 1.

"They will rue the day they did this," Sessions stressed. "They are not hurting President Trump. They are hurting America, they are hurting their own party.

A report published Wednesday shows that Alabama has experienced the nation's best drop in unemployment since the 2016 presidential election, as well as...

President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Anna Manasco to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined Louisiana and South Dakota in filing a lawsuit that aims to prevent renewed efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA is, in the view of some of its proponents, on the cusp of becoming official due to a highly disputed legal […]

Former State Representative Barry Moore’s (R-Enterprise) campaign for Congress has released a new ad. Moore is running to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) in Alabama’s second congressional district which includes the Montgomery area suburbs down to the Wiregrass region. The ad features heavily and is narrated by Heather Moore, wife to the candidate […]

MONTGOMERY — The CEO and president of the powerful Business Council of Alabama (BCA), Katie Boyd Britt, gave the keynote address at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues breakfast Wednesday morning. At the event, Britt described the ongoing developments at BCA and outlined the major developments she foresees the state of Alabama […]

UAH-based VORTEX-SE will receive ten million dollars in the Fiscal Year 2020 funding packages set to pass Congress this week.

On Tuesday, the Ivey administration announced via a press release the governor has granted 13 different Alabama groups funds to fight homelessness. The grants together total $2.5 million. “While many of us are looking forward to the holidays and spending time with friends and family, we should also remember that some of our fellow Alabamians […]