Public Service Commission president Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has outpaced her Republican opponents in fundraising for the lieutenant governor’s June primary. Cavanaugh raised nearly $150,000 in April to reach $1.1 million in total contributions. She came into the campaign with more than $500,000 from past runs. Her closest contender, state Rep. Will Ainsworth, has received just […]

Candidates for public office, once elected, bring their underlying principles and perspectives on policy issues into office with them, thus defining how they govern. It is important for citizens to know and understand the candidates for which they are voting, and Yellowhammer News and the Alabama Policy Institute (API) are partnering to bring that information […]

Unemployment dropped to 3.9 percent in April, the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, after remaining unchanged at 4.1 percent for several months, the Department of Labor reported Friday. The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed roughly 164,000 jobs were added last month, about 30,000 fewer than some experts predicted but continuing the longest streak of consecutive […]

The latest data from an annual Gallup survey shows that 11% of Americans believe they might lose their job within the next 12 months but 59% of Americans feel they are “not at all likely” to lose their job. The 11% that thinks it is “very” or “fairly likely” they will lose their job is […]

Four men are charged with murder and kidnapping in a slaying that police in Alabama say is linked to the killing of a former Green Bay Packers player. Former Packers defensive lineman Carlos Gray was shot to death Monday in a killing sheriff’s officials believe was linked to the drug trade. They say 21-year-old Darryl […]

Fire crews have recovered the body of a hiker who fell to his death in a quarry area near Ruffner Mountain in Birmingham. Authorities say he fell 60 to 80 feet.

Communications company Tombigbee has received a $3 million federal grant to expand broadband internet access to a rural community in northwest Alabama, the company’s president announced Thursday. Tombigbee Communications CEO and President Steve Foshee announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service at a news conference in Marion County alongside Alabama […]

Defeated Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is opening the door to a possible return to politics. Moore told reporters at a news conference Monday that he doesn’t plan to run for anything, including governor at this time. But Moore issued a statement Thursday saying plans change. It quotes Moore as saying he won’t be reluctant […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to create a new faith-based initiative ensuring the government’s cooperation with religious communities. Trump unveiled the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative in a Rose Garden ceremony on the National Day of Prayer, according to Religion News Service. The executive order established the White […]

A member of President Trump’s cabinet was in Mobile this week, meeting with city officials and local business owners. Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, stopped by the Port City on his way to Florida for a “Jobs & Digital Opportunity Tour.” Pai stopped by the port, where he championed high-speed internet as […]

Conservative author Matt Walsh slammed the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word “boy” from its name and accused the organization of selling out to liberal interests. “I know that this is a truth that upsets people these days because any obvious truth does, but boys are different than girls,” Walsh said on “Fox […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey continues to outpace her GOP challengers in fundraising ahead of the June primary. In fundraising reports filed Wednesday, Ivey has raised a total of $3.6 million. Ivey became governor last year when her predecessor resigned. While she has begun spending on television ads, she has $1.7 million remaining going into the […]

Police in Alabama have arrested two men following a shooting at a Selma gas station that left one dead and two wounded, and are searching for two more. The Selma Police Department says 30-year-old Jimmie Lee Tyus and Darryl Davuntay Kennedy are wanted on charges including murder. Twenty-year-old Jeffery James Bennett Jr. and 21-year-old Vincent […]

One Alabama county’s schools may be getting stashes of nonlethal weapons and first-aid supplies for their classrooms. Autauga County Schools Superintendent Spence Agee says the stashes would enhance security in case of a shooter. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the weapons and supplies would be kept in secure lockboxes with fingerprint scanners. The lockbox would automatically […]

Evangelist turned Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson said if people are surprised to see him running for governor, they are not alone. In a way, he is too. Dawson said in an interview that he got in the race because he was tired of the state being embarrassed by scandals and corruption.

The Chambers County Development Authority announced that WestRock Co. plans an investment in its manufacturing operation in Lanett that will increase the facility’s competitiveness and position the area for job growth. Atlanta-based WestRock, a provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, will expand its Chambers County operation to accommodate an increase in business, as well […]

More than 85 state and national pro-life groups as well as 41 senators and 153 congressmen and women are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to revise Title X family planning rules. “The pro-life grassroots are furious with the inability of the Republican-controlled Congress to stop taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion […]

Alabama has only a small number of illegal immigrants enrolled in a quasi-amnesty program created by former President Barack Obama’s administration, but that did not stop the state from joining the legal effort to tear it down. Alabama this week was one of six states to sign on to a lawsuit led by Texas against […]

Alabama law officers are investigating the death of an inmate at the Walker County Jail. Al.com reports that 37-year-old Bryan Michael Freeman died at the jail Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said he’d been booked into the jail April 23, after Jasper police arrested him on two warrants for failing to appear in court.

A major pharmaceutical company is donating 1,744 devices that contain an overdose-reversing drug to Alabama’s volunteer rescue squads to combat the opioid crisis. Kaleo Inc. announced the donation of 872 boxes, which include two devices, to the state’s rescue vehicles at a press conference at the Alabama State Capitol Wednesday. The Evzio device auto-injects the […]

Alabama authorities say they’ve found the body of a man believed to have been killed in retaliation for the slaying of a former Green Bay Packers player. Sheriff’s officials tell area media 21-year-old Darryl Thomas appears to have been killed in retribution for the shooting death of former Packers defensive lineman Carlos Gray.

A new lab specializing in digital forensics is operating in Huntsville, Alabama. The FBI and local leaders held a ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of the Tennessee Valley Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. The center is one of 17 such facilities in nationwide specializing in training and the analysis of digital evidence.

Spencer Gallagher has been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating its substance-abuse policy, less than a week after winning his first career Xfinity Series race. The 28-year-old Gallagher agreed to participate in NASCAR’s substance-abuse recovery program. Other details were not disclosed Wednesday.

John “Jab’o” Starks, one of the drummers who gave funk singer James Brown his driving beat, has died in his native Alabama. Starks died Tuesday in Mobile days after entering hospice care for a bone marrow disorder and cancer, longtime manager Kathie Williams said Wednesday. He was 79. Starks played with Bobby “Blue” Bland for […]