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“Rumors and Rumblings” is a regular feature on Yellowhammer News. It is a compilation of the bits and pieces of information that we glean from...
Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Friday said that he will not be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2020 election cycle.
The Alabama Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next month in former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s appeal of his ethics conviction. The court said Thursday that oral arguments will be held June 4.
A former Alabama lawmaker best known for leading the 2017 impeachment push against then-Gov. Robert Bentley was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation for his role in a health care fraud case. U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins handed down the sentence to former Rep. Ed Henry.
“This is the largest education budget in state history, thanks to fiscally conservative practices over the past several years, we are able to..."
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) received confirmation this week that Space Launch System (SLS) will be the rocket propelling Americans to the moon in 2024. SLS is a specialized launch vehicle designed, developed and managed by Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. SLS has been billed as the only rocket powerful enough to carry the Orion […]
The Alabama Kidney Foundation (AKF) has a special event planned for Saturday to help create awareness for kidney disease. The group has a walk planned in Montgomery to raise money to support its assistance programs for kidney patients. The AKF bills the walk as a “fun event” which will attract “thousands of individual and team […]
A spokesman has responded on behalf of Donald Trump, Jr. after State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) said that the president's son is "evidently...
"That's a very, very good defense I have for abortion right there -- him Look at him. His mother should have aborted him [before] he was born."
After State Rep. John Rogers’ (D-Birmingham) abortion comments widely circulated across social media platforms Wednesday, politicians and several prominent members of the media quickly denounced the comments that he later doubled down on. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), a 2020 candidate for the United States Senate, called Rogers’ comments “disgusting.” “This is one of the most […]
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson has responded to Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) and his request that the military move forward with a national security space launch program heavily supported by Alabama’s aerospace industry. In her reply, as well as in a separate response to House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, Wilson indicated the […]
Thursday afternoon, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) offered a statement to Yellowhammer News regarding the remarks made by State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) during a debate over House Bill 314, which would criminalize abortion in Alabama. “So you kill them now or you kill them later,” Rogers said on the bill that passed by an […]
Shouldn't we be looking for someone who has more than self-admitted "good name ID" for this seat to take on the lamest of lame duck senators, Doug Jones?
Sen. Richard Shelby on Thursday re-introduced legislation proposing a constitutional amendment that would require Congress to have a balanced budget...
Republican Daniel Sparkman is calling on State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) to resign over his Tuesday remarks on abortion that made national...
According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), one case of measles has been confirmed in an infant in St. Clair County.
Milam, after running to ensure the FCPA is followed by all candidates in the state, has now been in violation of the state law for over 90 days and...
In the aftermath of the final release of the much-ballyhooed Mueller report, many congressional Democrats have turned their ire toward Attorney General William Barr, which was on display during yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing featuring Barr. Senate Democrats accused Barr of functioning as a partisan for the Trump administration instead of as the nation’s top […]
Five Alabama companies have received awards for the 2018 Hire Vets Medallion Program, which recognizes a company or organization’s commitment to veteran...
State Rep. John Rogers has made national headlines after a clip from his Tuesday House floor comments on abortion went viral, and now he is doubling...
Sen. Doug Jones has taken opposing President Donald Trump's nominees to the next level, this time voting against a fellow Alabamian for a position...
Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville is not a fan of the University of Virginia men's basketball team refusing President Donald...
Andrew Brasher, a resident of Montgomery, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the federal District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama.

