AARP Alabama released a new set of data Monday that revealed the impact of high prescription drug prices on Alabamians, specifically for those living with cancer, prediabetes or diabetes and heart disease. “While prescription drug prices continue skyrocketing, Americans are being forced to choose between filling life-saving medications or paying rent and buying food,” said […]

The Alabama Department of Labor’s Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program is set to receive a prestigious national honor. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) on Monday announced that Alabama’s AML reclamation program has won the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Small Project Award for reclamation work at the Marvel […]

Despite being a topic of mockery for President Donald Trump, the federal government’s view of climate change weighed mightily on the cost of the Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) proposal for the $2.1 billion Mobile Bay Bridge project. According to ALDOT documents, at least $900 million of the $2.1 billion costs is for commitments to […]

Monday, President Donald Trump’s campaign announced 15 Alabama campaign co-chairmen. Among those serving in an honorary capacity for the president’s campaign is Public Service Commission president Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh indicated to Yellowhammer News that she stands ready to help and believes much is at stake in 2020. “I’m running for reelection as president of […]

Voters in the City of Montgomery will head to the polls on Tuesday for its municipal elections, with some residents also getting to weigh in on the special Republican primary runoff in Alabama’s House District 74. Municipal positions up for election include the city’s mayor, as well as all city council districts. The municipal elections […]

MONTGOMERY — Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) spoke to members of the Montgomery Rotary Club at their weekly lunch meeting on Monday, hitting on a range of policy issues relevant to his current service in Washington, D.C. While Byrne could not directly speak to his 2020 U.S. Senate bid due to Rotary rules on politicking, his […]

Some south Alabama breweries are working on a new beer to benefit a nonprofit environmental group that works to protect the state’s coast. Six breweries in Mobile and Baldwin County are teaming up to produce an ale called “Friends in Low Places IPA” as a fundraiser for the Alabama Coastal Foundation.

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that the Alabama Department of Commerce has opened a business development office in Stuttgart, Germany, to enhance the state’s strategic efforts in attracting increased European job-creating investments in the Yellowhammer State. Christoph Doerr, an experienced German businessman who spent seven years in charge of an industrial operation in Alabama, […]

The first students will graduate next week from an intense HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) “boot camp” in Jasper. Bevill State Community College and Alabama Power announced in 2017 plans for a joint HVAC training center, which opened for classes last August. The summer boot camp is an accelerated program that teaches technical knowledge and skills to repair, […]

The U.S. Senate this month confirmed President Donald Trump’s appointment of Alabama Humanities Foundation executive director Armand DeKeyser to the National Council on the Humanities. DeKeyser, who served as chief of staff to then-Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), is now filling an unexpired term until Jan. 26, 2020, on the 26-member advisory board. In a statement, […]

Last week, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) and Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) director John Cooper engaged in a spirited back-and-forth at an informational session hosted by ALDOT for legislators from Mobile County. During the meeting, Cooper made impromptu remarks and claimed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) had broad authority in determining what is law […]

The head of the Alabama Department of Commerce will lead a trade mission to Israel early next year, part of a greater outreach between the state and the country that included a forum in Birmingham this week. Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield said a trip to Israel is being planned for April or May of 2020 with […]

During an appearance on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” that aired Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey took on critics of a $2.1 billion bridge over the Mobile Bay that included toll revenues as a means of financing. Ivey categorized some of the criticism as “noise” and attributed it to politicians seeking a particular office. “We got […]

Although it is sometimes overlooked, agriculture still dominates Alabama’s overall economy as the largest industry in the state throughout all 67 counties. The annual $70 billion industry employs roughly one of every 4.6 workers in Alabama, with agricultural, forestry and related industries accounting for some 580,000 jobs in total. However, fewer Alabamians are choosing to […]

Although he represents a district that is more than 200 miles from the site of the proposed $2.1 billion new I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge that is at the center of controversy because of the possibility of the use of tolling as a means of financing, State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) said he is grateful for […]

AUBURN — The Alabama Republican Party on Saturday held its annual summer meeting in Lee County for the first time, with a host of resolutions and a proposed bylaw change on the agenda. Members of the party’s state executive committee assembled at The Hotel at Auburn University and heard a call-to-action from ALGOP Chairman Terry […]

For years – 13, to be exact – Dr. Kevin White has been on a mission to improve wastewater management infrastructure in portions of rural Alabama. He’s discovered that, in some areas, more than half of the households have raw sewage in their yards, the result of either a failed septic system or having no […]

AUBURN — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is no friend of the Alabama Republican Party. That was the takeaway on Saturday at the ALGOP’s summer meeting hosted on the Plains in Lee County after the body passed a resolution introduced by State Rep. Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) calling for Alabama’s congressional delegation to seek the expulsion […]

The city of Ashford has hired professionals to help it develop a master growth plan. Brad Kimbro, chairman of the Ashford Downtown Redevelopment Authority (ADRA), said KPS Group in Birmingham will help city leaders put together a comprehensive action plan to maximize the city’s business growth potential.

Governor Kay Ivey joined executives of DaikyoNishikawa US (DNUS) and local leaders at a groundbreaking event this week to officially launch construction on the auto supplier’s $110 million manufacturing plant in North Alabama. The DNUS facility, which will produce plastic automotive parts for the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. (MTMUS) assembly plant, will employ approximately 380 people at […]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama announced Friday a partnership with the City of Montgomery to help sponsor Montgomery’s bike share program. Blue Cross, Baptist Health and Wind Creek Hospitality are collaborating to launch the new program, which is an innovative biking system aimed at improving the quality of life and increasing tourism in […]

You can count Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill among those with reservations about supporting the proposed toll plan for the new I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge project offered by the Alabama Department of Transportation. Merrill, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2020, told Huntsville radio WVNN’s […]

The Alabama Republican Party’s summer meeting in Auburn on Saturday may not be the ideal forum for such a gesture, but when State Rep. Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) calls for the expulsion of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the U.S. House of Representatives, it certainly will not go unnoticed. Earlier this week, Hanes announced he […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday announced that 12 phone companies are adopting a set of principles to fight illegal robocalls as a result of the work of a bipartisan public and private coalition also involving 51 attorneys general. This agreement to implement practices based on these principles is an important step forward to protect […]