On Wednesday afternoon, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6) was overwhelmingly elected to chair the Republican Policy Committee (RPC), which is the fifth highest ranking leadership role amongst Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. Palmer won the internal Republican Caucus vote by a 130-63 margin against Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-6). The RPC, which was established […]

According to a report by WMC Action News, a tour bus traveling from Huntsville crashed in northwestern Mississippi on Wednesday, resulting in two deaths and 44 injuries. The local sheriff’s department explained that the bus overturned in DeSoto County, which is just outside of Memphis, TN, due to slick and dangerous highways that are covered by […]

Police say an Alabama man threw hot sauce on a 73-year-old store clerk during a holdup. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that police in the east Alabama town of Valley arrived at a convenience store Sunday morning to find the clerk in pain with orange liquid on her face and in her eyes.

Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-7) so far has remained silent on whether she will support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for speaker when the Democratic Caucus votes on their nominee November 28. Yellowhammer News’ email to Sewell’s spokesperson requesting comment on her intentions has gone unanswered. Democratic opponents to Pelosi’s bid to return as speaker […]

Former Auburn University linebacker Tre’ Williams spoke to members of Mobile’s Cottage Hill Christian High School football team before their first playoff game last Friday. “[T]his is a big moment. Y’all have never hosted a playoff game here, so congratulations,” Williams told the players. “You didn’t get this far, just to get this far. Don’t […]

U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Madeline Hughes Haikala on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit from four Alabama A&M students and one staff member alleging voter suppression by Secretary of State John Merrill’s office and the Madison County Board of Registrars, according to WHNT. Haikala, who was nominated by President Barack Obama in […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) confirmed on Tuesday that he will run for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020, according to a tweet by Zach Cohen of the National Journal. Jones’ comments came in a small press “scrum” on Capitol Hill, with Alabama’s junior senator reportedly saying his campaign is “[a]lready off and […]

On Tuesday, the 77-member Alabama House Republican Caucus re-elected state Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) as House majority leader and elected state Rep. Connie Rowe (R-Jasper) as its vice chair and state Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen) as its secretary and treasurer. The three leaders will hold their positions throughout the 2018 – 2022 quadrennium. “I am […]

The 77 members of the Alabama House Republican Caucus on Tuesday unanimously nominated Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) for another term leading the chamber in Montgomery. When lawmakers convene for the State Legislature’s organizational session in January, the next speaker will be officially elected by the entire body, Democratic members included. However, because Republicans currently hold […]

In a recent interview on Talk 99.5’s “The Matt & Aunie Show,” Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) discussed the ramifications of the Democrats retaking the U.S. House of Representatives, saying that hardliners like Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) will attempt to make Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) president by impeaching President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. […]

HOOVER — The good deeds of one ordinary Alabama police officer served as a shining light on an otherwise dreary fall morning on Tuesday, with hope winning the day. After Yellowhammer News last week reported on Officer Christopher Lassinger inspiring his community in Birmingham’s West End with ‘random acts of kindness,’ such as buying the local […]

The Garden Room Restaurant in Huntsville wants former United States Attorney General and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to return to the Yellowhammer State. As seen in the sign below, the restaurant said, “Come home Jeff Sessions. We want you.” With speculation rampant that Sessions might return to the Yellowhammer State in order to reclaim his […]

In a press release on Monday, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) announced that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has been named to its executive committee for the 2018-2019 term. RAGA is dedicated to electing Republican attorneys general across the nation, with the ultimate goal of supporting “the rule of law, limited government, cooperative federalism, […]

Alabama-native Torrie Miller Matous, Congresswoman Martha Roby’s (AL-2) chief of staff, is moving on to an impressive new job in Washington, D.C. On Monday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced that Matous will head its newly formed Office of External Affairs. As director of this office, Matous will handle the workload previously split between three separate […]

Secretary of State John Merrill commented on the ongoing election issues in Florida and Georgia on Monday, reaffirming his confidence in Republican Georgia gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp and criticizing Florida’s situation as “an embarrassment” that would not be tolerated in Alabama. In an interview with Yellowhammer News, Merrill commented on the situation in Florida, which […]

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Tom Parker joined Capitol Journal on Friday where he defended his association with controversial former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore. When asked by host Don Dailey on whether or not he saw himself as an “activist” like his friend Roy Moore in assuming the office of chief justice, Parker responded, […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was on hand in Mobile, Alabama, to christen a U.S. Navy ship. AL.com reports that the USNS Puerto Rico was christened Saturday at the Austal USA shipyard, where it was built.

Lieutenant Governor-elect Will Ainsworth (R-Guntersville) announced on Monday that Judy Miller, who has worked for more than three decades as the executive director of the Marshall County Legislative Office, will serve as his chief of staff in the Alabama State House. Miller is believed to be the first female appointed as chief of staff to […]

Alabama’s growing population means state driver licenses will get an additional digit. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says it is adding an eighth digit to all new driver licenses issued by the state beginning Dec. 1.

Former Alabama congressman (AL-5) and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dr. Parker Griffith appeared on the latest episode of “Guerrilla Politics,” which aired on Sunday, and joined in the criticism of the state Democratic Party and its leadership, specifically calling the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) “a racist group.” Griffith at first reflected on himself getting blown out […]

The businessman trying to buy a mothballed nuclear power plant from Tennessee Valley Authority has been given an extension to complete the $111 million purchase. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports Franklin Haney signed an agreement on Nov. 14, 2016, that gave the former real estate developer two years to complete the purchase of the […]

According to a press release issued Friday by the Department of Justice (DOJ), 18 members or associates of a violent street gang in Selma have been indicted on federal drug and firearm charges. United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam announced […]

Nick Sellers of Alabama Power recently won the Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Association’s (ARHA) annual Stars of the Industry award for tourism-related economic development, according to an ARHA press release. The presentation was made at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook at the association’s annual awards dinner honoring outstanding contributions to the restaurant, lodging and […]

Auburn University aquatic ecologist Alan Wilson and a team of biological, molecular and environmental scientists from three other U.S. institutions are taking on toxic cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae or pond scum, in a five-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project. In recent years, harmful outbreaks of noxious cyanobacteria have reached extreme levels in freshwater […]