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On Wednesday, Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced his committee assignments for the newly convened 116th Congress. Alabama's senior senator will...

Wednesday, the Alabama Senate Committee on Assignments announced the composition of the chamber's standing committees for the 2019-2022 quadrennium.

Congressman Mo Brooks delivered a fiery House Floor speech Wednesday on border security, saying that ongoing negotiations over funding for a physical...

On Wednesday, Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) sent a letter to President Donald Trump praising his Oval Office speech to the nation on immigration...

Baldwin County’s Gulf State Park has been named Attraction of the Year by the Alabama Tourism Department in the 2019 Alabama Vacation Guide and Calendar of Events. The park offers 28 miles of hiking and biking trails, a nature center, programs focused on local wildlife, a saltwater fishing pier and a newly opened interpretive center. […]

Yellowhammer News founder Cliff Sims is about to embark on a high-profile media tour coinciding with the upcoming release of his book Team of Vipers, according to Axios’ Mike Allen. Team of Vipers chronicles Sims’ time serving in the White House and is the result of hundreds of pages of notes taken by Sims and […]

BP approves expansion of Gulf oil project

BP has approved a $1.3 billion expansion at one of its oil projects in the Gulf of Mexico and discovered an additional 1.4 billion barrels at two of them. In a statement Tuesday, BP says development of Atlantis Phase 3 is the latest example of its “strategy of growing advantaged high-margin oil production through its […]

Former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford dies at 72

Larry Langford, the former Birmingham mayor whose captivating political career was ended by a conviction on public corruption charges, died on Tuesday. He was 72.

In a statement responding to President Trump's speech on border security Tuesday night, Alabama Republican Party chair Terry Lathan called on Sen. Doug...

After President Donald Trump delivered a nationally televised Oval Office speech on border security Tuesday night, elected officials from Alabama...

State Rep. Kyle South (R-Fayette) is attempting to fix a problem that he views as much more than an isolated poor decision by the AHSAA.

Alabama will not face possible federal court sanctions for failing to meet mental health staffing targets after attorneys told a judge Monday they have reached a temporary agreement. A scheduled Monday contempt hearing was canceled after lawyers for the Alabama Department of Corrections and state inmates said they have agreed how to measure compliance with […]

On Tuesday, Representative Mo Brooks (AL-5) introduced H.R. 271, the No Work Without Pay Act, which requires the federal government to timely pay all employees who work during a government shutdown. “During a federal government shutdown, federal employees are treated in two different ways. Roughly 380,000 federal workers[1] are ‘furloughed’ (sent home without pay until […]

Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) on Tuesday was re-elected in a resounding, bipartisan 98-1 vote on Tuesday.

Marsh re-elected as Alabama Senate pro tem

Tuesday, the Alabama Senate re-elected President Pro Tempore Del Marsh (R-Anniston) by a vote of 32-0, with Marsh gaining strong bipartisan support from...

In an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Monday, State Sen. Steve Livingston (R-Scottsboro) previewed this year’s upcoming legislative session. Livingston cited a lottery bill and attention to the state prison system, in addition to addressing infrastructure. The Scottsboro Republican noted that the area he represents was bordered by Tennessee and Georgia, which are places […]

In an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Monday, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) warned it could be some time before a solution comes for the current federal government shutdown. The cause of the partial shutdown, which is in its third week, is the debate over funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico […]

The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday announced yet another tax cut for consumers, eliminating a tax on landline telephone service.

Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7) is cosponsoring legislation that would allow voting-by-mail nationwide, amongst other major changes to federal voting laws.

The Alabama attorney general has asked federal election regulators to investigate reports of online fakery in the 2017 Alabama Senate race, a spokesman said Monday. Attorney General Steve Marshall had previously said he wanted to look into the reports himself, but after evaluating them “has determined the matter to be under the exclusive jurisdiction of […]

Criticism of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) continues to crescendo, with ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas...

On Monday, Congressman Mike Rogers announced that he is cosponsoring the "Life at Conception Act of 2019." This bill declares that life begins at...

As part of her efforts to promote children’s literacy throughout the inaugural festivities, Governor Kay Ivey will be visiting First Class Pre-K...

Playing chicken? Spilled chicken causes traffic problems

An Alabama sheriff’s office is warning people against eating chicken that tumbled on to a rural highway after a truck wreck. An 18-wheeler crashed on Alabama 35 on Sunday, spilling boxes of chicken tenders in Cherokee County near the Georgia line. Motorists began stopping to pick up the food, which authorities say created a traffic […]