Last month, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) formally announced his intentions to run for U.S. Senate in 2020 for the seat currently occupied by Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). With that, Byrne will be leaving the seat he currently holds, which is the representative for Alabama’s first congressional district. Shortly after Byrne made his Senate […]

HUNTSVILLE — Thursday at an event promoting his new book “Bending Toward Justice,” Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) fielded a question following his remarks about the potential 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary field. Jones, who is also up for election in 2020, said he expected his party to move back to the center. He said […]

Grammy-winning Alabama native Jason Isbell is bringing a new music festival to the Shoals area. The first-ever ShoalsFest is set for Oct. 5 and will feature performances by Isbell and The 400 Unit, Sheryl Crow, Mavis Staples and Amanda Shires — his wife — on the event’s main stage.

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday announced that Alabama reached a new record low unemployment rate in February 2019...

With state ethics reform anticipated as a major legislative agenda item this year, Cumberland School of Law is hosting an event to discuss the issue on Friday. John Carroll, a former acting director of the Alabama Ethics Commission and 14-year federal judge, is serving as the event’s host for the law school. Carroll told Yellowhammer […]

Domingo Francisco Marcos, a Guatemalan immigrant in the United States illegally, has been charged with vehicular homicide and fleeing the scene of the...

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh’s bill to eliminate Common Core in the state of Alabama passed the State Senate as amended on Thursday afternoon...

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh' bill that would voluntarily allow a taxpayer to divert a portion or all of their own state income tax refund to...

Both chambers of the Alabama Legislature on Thursday passed a joint resolution honoring Winfield native Johnny Micheal “Mike” Spann, who was the first...

Alabama officials say a gun maker is losing $3 million in incentives from the state. State Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield told AL.com in an email Tuesday that Remington Arms has failed to meet hiring and payroll targets at its Huntsville plant, costing it $3 million in incentives.

Respective bills to extend "stand your ground" law to churches and allow the Bible to be taught as an elective social studies class in Alabama public...

A bill authored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) that would voluntarily allow a taxpayer to divert a portion or all of their own state...

Governor Kay Ivey has released a statement on Senator Del Marsh's (R-Anniston) bill to eliminate Common Core in the state of Alabama, saying, "I support...

Count Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth as an adamant supporter of eliminating Common Core in the state of Alabama.

Former Auburn University assistant coach and 13-year NBA veteran Chuck Person pleaded guilty Tuesday to a bribery conspiracy charge in the widespread college basketball bribery scandal, ensuring that none of the four coaches charged in the probe will go to trial. Person, 54, of Auburn, Alabama, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, averting a […]

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh's bill to eliminate Common Core in the state of Alabama was given a favorable recommendation by the...

Speaking Tuesday evening at Yellowhammer Multimedia's first "News Shaper" event of 2019, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh and Speaker Mac McCutcheon...

HB 41 sponsored by Republican Rep. Shane Stringer and Democrat Rep. Barbara Drummond, both of Mobile County, is on the Judiciary Committee's agenda for...

Tuesday on Huntsville’s WVNN radio, House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) said he did not think it would be very long before Alabamians started to see tangible benefits of the Rebuild Alabama Act. The legislation that was recently signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey after she called a special session will raise the gasoline […]

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh announced Tuesday that he has filed a bill that would give immunity to any person in Alabama who rescues an animal...

Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) Tuesday filed a bill that would repeal common core in the Yellowhammer State.

After State Sen. Jim McClendon Tuesday morning announced he was filing legislation to implement a lottery in Alabama, a spokesperson for the Poarch Band...

A federal appeals court sided with news media organizations Monday in ruling that Alabama cannot keep its lethal injection protocol secret from the public. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta rejected Alabama’s argument that its execution method is not a court record and thus should remain secret.

A bill authored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh that would voluntarily allow a taxpayer to divert a portion or all of their own...