Yellowhammer News on Monday evening spoke with Rep. Bradley Byrne about his trip that day to the United States' border with Mexico.

Every day provides a new chapter for the saga of the new Mobile Bay Bridge toll controversy. The one trend that appears to be certain is the opposition to the toll is growing by the day. With that as a reality, many of the elected officials around Alabama are taking notice and recognizing the toxicity […]

The I-10 Mobile Bayway Bridge project has been awarded a $125 million INFRA grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Alabama has already had its deadliest year in two decades for boaters — and the summer isn’t nearly over yet.

"Jake," a K9 officer with the Alabama Department of Corrections, has died following a raid Thursday on Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County.

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) is visiting the United States' southern border on Monday. He will meet with Customs and Border Protection officials...

The University of Alabama will debut an innovative, year-round academic program for individuals with intellectual disabilities beginning in the fall 2019 semester. The CrossingPoints Certificate in Occupational Studies is a three-year, non-degree certificate program that will include six students in each annual cohort.

State Rep. Mike Holmes has prefiled legislation for the 2020 regular session that would eliminate Alabama’s traditional income tax and sales tax system...

During Yellowhammer News' “Connecting Alabama’s Rural Communities” News Shapers forum regarding broadband expansion on Thursday, the panel...

It has been three-and-a-half months since the Department of Justice released its scathing report hammering the state of Alabama for having prisons in violation of the Eighth Amendment and with an implied warning there could be serious consequences if the state doesn’t act to rectify the problem. Although nothing was done in the 2019 general […]

The turmoil within the Alabama Democratic Party over the past year has been well documented. Given the party’s alleged dysfunction, many of Alabama’s Democratic politicians are crying foul and even to the extent that the Democratic National Committee has taken notice. Among those is Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), whose special election win in 2017 […]

People around the world consumed nearly 7.7 million tons of chocolate in the last year, but the cacao crop that supports the production of these sweets is under significant environmental threat. Millions of cacao farmers in West Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America feel the pressures of ever-increasing consumption, a changing climate and devastating fungal […]

The city of Mobile and Alabama Power have partnered to bring the first residential electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to downtown. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Alabama Power Division Vice President Nick Sellers unveiled the charging stations at a news conference Monday. “The addition of the EV charging stations ensures the city of Mobile is at the forefront […]

SCOTTSBORO — On Saturday, Republicans in the northeastern corner of Alabama got one of the first glimpses of former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville on the stump. Tuberville, a candidate for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2020, spoke at the Young Republicans of Northeast Alabama before an audience of roughly 30 people, including […]

On Friday’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley reacted to tweets from President Donald Trump attacking “The Squad,” made up of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Some deemed the attack “racist,” to which Worley concurred. Worley argued such rhetoric […]

One of the concerns of many regarding the 2020 U.S. Senate race is with the presence of former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore as a candidate, the competition will draw media scrutiny from all over the country. On the eve of Moore’s announcement, national outlets sent reporters to be in Montgomery for his […]

Hard work pays off. That was a lesson learned by participants of the Central Alabama Building Trades’ Apprenticeship Readiness Program (ARP) hosted by Jefferson State Community College. The first Alabama-based ARP program had a 92% graduation rate, surpassing national benchmarks and preparing the students for the workforce of the future. Over an eight-week period, students received […]

“I’m putting the finishing touches on a book that is going to be published with selected letters to Neil Armstrong,” Hansen, professor emeritus at...

The successful landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon 50 years ago to the day is famously known as a "giant leap for mankind." However, to one Alabamian...

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Governor Kay Ivey announced that Motus Integrated Technologies, a Tier 1 supplier of automotive interior products to the world’s automakers, has selected the City of Gadsden, in Etowah County, as the location for its new manufacturing facility. Motus will invest over $15 million and create 90 new jobs at the facility, which […]

Last week at a campaign stop in Fort Payne, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill’s remarks during a post-speech question-and-answer session caught the attention of the mainstream media for a reference to “homosexual activities” as a critique of modern television programming. After the remarks were picked up by other media outlets, Merrill, a candidate for […]

Maybe you’re inspired by the coming July 20 anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. Or maybe you want to build your own rocket ship...

UAB is continuing to help Alabama address its dire shortage of primary care physicians, which especially exists in underserved rural and urban areas.

By now, you’ve likely heard of “The Squad,” a foursome of freshman congressional Democrats that wield power and influence given their heightened presences in the media. The group, consisting of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), have also been a problem for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). […]