In a press release Monday, the Alabama Farmers Federation joined agricultural groups across the country in praising the progress made by President Donald Trump’s administration on trade agreements. That same day, Trump announced a renegotiated trade deal with Canada, which sets the stage for replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the new […]

The principal of an Alabama high school is apologizing after a song with racial slurs and demeaning language about women was played at a high school football game. News outlets report that Fairhope High School Principal Jon Cardwell sent a mass email to parents following Friday night’s game against Daphne High School.

After a press conference about Alabama’s new Security Operations Center and cybersecurity website, Gov. Kay Ivey spoke with reporters about the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Ivey was asked whether or not she supported Kavanaugh’s confirmation and if she supported the FBI investigation into Kavanaugh following his hearing last week.

Charles Barkley, a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, recently was interviewed on a WBRC podcast, in-which he called the Nike ad featuring himself in 1993 the “greatest thing I ever did in my life” and said he did not agree with Nike’s recent characterization of Colin Kaepernick as a hero. Barkley, a native […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s campaign released a new television ad on Monday highlighting the record jobs, education investments and corruption cleanup under the governor’s leadership. With the tagline “Alabama is the place dreams come true,” the ad shares Ivey’s story as well as her accomplishments as the state’s 54th governor.

Every two years, the State Auditor’s office examines all 176 of Alabama’s agencies to determine if state property is being taken care of. Current Auditor Jim Zeigler has released the full list of Fiscal Year 2018 audit results to Yellowhammer News, including  32 entities that received a perfect audit. These high-achieving agencies are led by […]

The state of Alabama is getting $2 million from a nationwide settlement involving Uber. Attorney General Steve Marshall says the money is the state’s portion of a $148 million agreement with the ridesharing company.

Two Birmingham startups were named as winners in Thursday night’s Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale held at LogiCore Corporation located in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park. In the finale, six startups competed in one of two tracks – a concept stage for entrepreneurs launching businesses and a seed stage for entrepreneurs accelerating growth. Winning the concept […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) participated in an Oval Office ceremony Friday in-which President Donald Trump signed an appropriations minibus for Fiscal Year 2019 covering Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), education and related agencies. The funding covered in the package, which was made possible by Shelby’s leadership as the powerful chairman of the Senate […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) questioned Edward McGinnis, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, about the “absolutely necessary” and “utterly unique” importance of nuclear power production in America during a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Energy Subcommittee hearing last week. Brooks began his questioning by highlighting the economic […]

Former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley was featured on Chris Stirewalt’s new Fox News Radio podcast, and the two discussed American populism and another former governor from the state, George Wallace. The podcast was chapter five of the series called “Every Man A King,” which highlights the major players in Stirewalt’s new book of the same […]

Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is among 20 national finalists competing for a $150,000 Partners in Preservation grant. American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in collaboration with Main Street America, is focusing the annual Partners in Preservation campaign on sites that celebrate diversity and the fight for equality. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church […]

SCOTTSBORO – It wasn’t that long ago that the staging area for the Jackson County, Ala. Republican Party could have been a phone booth. However, this last general election primary has shown the politics of Alabama’s northeastern-most county have done a complete 180-degree reversal. Earlier this year, 93 percent of the participants in the June […]

Baltimore, Maryland-based MTC Logistics announced plans to build a $58 million cold storage facility on property owned by the Alabama State Port Authority, creating between 50 and 70 jobs and providing a boost to the port’s container operations. Company officials said the 300,000-square-foot facility will be five stories tall and will contain almost 12 million […]

Safety is the biggest concern for Alabama Power Company. Employee Russell Davidson works to ensure he and his crew stay safe so they can keep the lights on for customers. Davidson started with Alabama Power in January 2007, and has worked his way up to a plant control operator at Plant Gorgas in Walker County, […]

Toyota’s Alabama plant produced its first next-generation 4-cylinder engine after a $106 million investment to prepare the Huntsville facility for advanced production. The milestone occurred this week, exactly one year after the automaker announced the investment in Alabama to build next-gen engines using a new approach called Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). “I could not […]

This is the first in a three-part series on Southern Research’s Change Campaign. When David Powell’s mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in September 2017, she was relieved. That’s because in January 2017, she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. After years of watching her own mother suffer from Alzheimer’s, she welcomed cancer as a preferable […]

In 2001, Brenda Ladun felt a lump. She went to the doctor, who told her it was stage two breast cancer. Ladun’s first thought was, “I can’t have cancer. I have kids.” The next few years would prove strength is something she could summon when needed. “The cancer enhanced my faith and my inner strength,” […]

Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading a team of state business leaders on a trade mission this week to Romania and Bulgaria, countries that offer new markets in southeastern Europe and a potential gateway to opportunities in other regions. The multi-sector trade and business development mission kicked off Monday in Bucharest, the Romanian cultural, industrial […]

With college football moving right along, Alabama’s favorite teams are ready to tackle week five matchups. Alabama State has a bye week, but all of the Yellowhammer State’s other teams play on Saturday. Alabama and Auburn take a break from their SEC schedule, JSU celebrates its homecoming game and Troy holds its Military Appreciation weekend. […]

After Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) confirmed his intention to stick with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and vote “no” on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, liberal activists from San Fransisco to New York came out of the woodworks in support of Jones, including porn-star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti, former head […]

After a deal between Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Senate Democrats led to swing-vote Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) to join the calls for renewed FBI investigation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to delay a final floor vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court for up to a […]

Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) delivered a strong speech on the floor of the United States House of Representatives Friday in support of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, saying, “This circus must end.” This comes in stark contrast to Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) voting “no” on Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Byrne is seriously considering […]

After Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) confirmed he will vote “no” on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s conformation to the United States Supreme Court, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan released a statement criticizing Jones for “his disingenuous promise to represent the majority of Alabamians.” Lathan also thanked Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) for his support of President Donald […]