Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced that she has appointed former Justice Jean Brown to serve as the new commissioner of the Alabama Department of Senior Services. “Jean’s experience in state government and the legal field will be a tremendous asset to the Department of Senior Services,” Ivey said in a release. “I look forward to working […]

Southern Research announced Wednesday that April M. Brys, Ph.D. had been named vice president of the non-profit organization’s Drug Development division. Brys, an experienced life sciences executive, has a strong and steady track record in research and leadership positions. Southern Research President and CEO Art Tipton said Brys’ successful background will make her an asset […]

Dawn Bulgarella recognizes the value of continued learning and willingness to adapt to changes in her industry as key factors in effective leadership. Bulgarella serves as the CFO of the UAB Health System and senior associate dean of administration and finance at the School of Medicine. Bulgarella has over 25 years of experience in operations […]

State Representative Terri Collins (R-Decatur) has proposed a very strict abortion bill in the Alabama legislature. Her bill is designed to create a showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court that could end with Roe. v. Wade being overturned. This is not an attempt to get around Roe v. Wade. For Collins, in her own words, […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state is working on solutions after the Department of Justice issued scathing findings about Alabama prisons. Ivey said Wednesday morning that federal investigators “identified many of the same areas of concern that we have discussed publicly for some time.”

In what government and industry leaders are praising as a major economic development milestone for the Birmingham metro area, mayors from 20 cities across Jefferson County came together for a press conference on Wednesday and signed an agreement aimed at ending the poaching of businesses on an intra-county basis. According to The Birmingham Business Journal, […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center has named an interim president after its founder was fired and its president resigned. The Alabama-based civil rights group announced Tuesday that Karen Baynes-Dunning is interim president.

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama on Wednesday concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. According to a press release, the DOJ […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday announced that former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Sergeant Ulysses Oliver, Jr. pleaded guilty earlier the same day in federal court to assaulting two handcuffed inmates, one of whom was a juvenile at the time of the incident, at ADOC’s Elmore Correctional Facility. A DOJ press release outlined […]

Another constitutional amendment has been introduced in the Alabama Senate to legalize a lottery in the state, with this new piece of legislation fitting a more conventional definition of a “clean lottery” bill. Sponsored by State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Range) and cosponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston), SB 220 would stick to […]

Alabama-based NASCAR team Xtreme Concepts Racing saw Kyle Busch drive the iK9 No. 18 into victory lane at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch took the checkered flag in the Xfinity Series race on Saturday. It was Busch’s 95th overall win in the series and third this year in the iK9 car.

Major General Sheryl Gordon’s motto perfectly encapsulates this trailblazing Alabamian: “Have a mentor and be a mentor.” Gordon, the first female to ever command the Alabama National Guard as the state adjutant general, followed her father’s and brother’s footsteps when she entered officer candidate school after graduation from Selma High School and then college. She has […]

More news broke Tuesday in the Jefferson County electronic bingo saga as Yellowhammer News confirmed that Bruce Pettway loaned his brother’s campaign more than $50,000. Bruce Pettway loaned the campaign of Sheriff Mark Pettway a total of $56,322.25 in the 2018 cycle and donated another $2,500, according to publicly available campaign finance information. As of […]

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill appears to be growing increasingly frustrated with the behavior of United States Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham). Merrill is a Republican and these two members of Congress are Democrats, but his frustration appears to go beyond their different beliefs. Merrill appeared on WVNN’s “The Dale […]

MONTGOMERY — Yet another group of important voices has spoken up to emphasize the critical nature of the 2020 census for the state of Alabama. Hundreds of children, ranging in age from infants to high school seniors, rallied Tuesday on the South Lawn of the Alabama State Capitol to encourage state lawmakers to provide the […]

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering announced Monday that NASA awarded a $5.2 million contract to its National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, also known as NCAME, to develop additive manufacturing processes aimed at improving the performance of liquid rocket engines. The contract, which spans three years, is the most recent expansion of the […]

After speaking to Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), President Donald Trump supports John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban,” serving his full prison sentence. Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in a federal penitentiary in 2002 for his role in the death of Winfield, Alabama native Johnny Micheal “Mike” Spann’s death. However, Lindh is scheduled to be […]

More than eight years after the Alabama legislature passed a major overhaul of the state’s ethics laws, some important aspects of it continue to get ironed out. Among those are the requirements imposed on nonprofit board members. The Alabama Ethics Commission, however, could provide some clarity for them when it issues an advisory opinion for […]

Dr. Martina Bebin fights for those unable to fight for themselves – in the fight for their lives. As a professor of neurology at UAB and a pediatric neurologist at North Alabama Children’s Specialists in Huntsville, Dr. Bebin spends her days caring for the youngest and most impressionable minds in our state. She strives to […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced a special election to fill House District 74’s seat, which became vacant last week after the tragic passing of State Rep. Dimitri Polizos (R-Montgomery). The primary election will be Tuesday, June 11, the runoff is set for Tuesday, August 27, and the general election is Tuesday, November 12. If […]

A bill viewed as essential to keeping Alabama competitive with other states in recruiting jobs will be introduced in the Alabama legislature this week, according to the bill’s sponsor. Representative Alan Baker (R-Brewton) told Yellowhammer News he intends to file legislation aimed at “clarifying the process” for professionals who help locate sites to build and […]

State Representative Terri Collins (R-Decatur) on Monday announced that she is filing legislation that will work to protect unborn life and attempt to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling by banning abortion procedures from taking place within Alabama except when the life of the mother is threatened by the pregnancy. “Just last […]

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has now rebutted the latest in a long line of unsubstantiated claims by Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) regarding voter suppression, adding that Jones never would have been elected to office if his assertions were true. Jones has made headlines over the last month as he tried to sell copies […]

The Yellowhammer Podcast Network is excited to announce its second series is now available. Host Erin Brown Hollis invites you to grab a cup as she toasts the good in life, love and motherhood on the new ‘Cheers to That’ podcast. Hollis is an author, speaker, lawyer, and mother of two. In addition to building […]