As teachers in multiple states protest for better pay, a new study warns that the fast-growing South region must invest more in public schools and higher education to ensure its homegrown talent shares in its economic prosperity. The State of the South 2018 report, released Tuesday, found that 13 states across the region have failed […]

Sen. Richard Shelby’s official ascension as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday was much more than a Capitol Hill version of musical chairs. The committee is one of the most powerful in Washington, controlling the levers of federal spending, at least in the upper chamber. “It’s a reasonably big deal,” said William Stewart, […]

President Donald Trump is hailing the University of Alabama football team’s “win for the ages” in their latest championship season. Trump hosted Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban and the players at the White House on Tuesday to honor their fifth national title in nine years.

Yellowhammer News announced today that it will begin carrying articles written by the scholars at the Mises Institute, a world-renowned economics research center located in Auburn. “Many conservatives are likely unaware that our beliefs in the free market were significantly, if not entirely, shaped by Ludwig Von Mises and his students,” said the site’s editor, […]

WASHINGTON — Apologetic Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told senators Tuesday it had been “clearly a mistake” to believe the Trump-linked data-mining company Cambridge Analytica had discarded data that it had harvested from social media users in an attempt to sway 2016 elections. Zuckerberg told members of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees that Facebook considered […]

A hug counts as sexual harassment, the New York City government said in an April 4 press release. The New York City Commission on Human Rights launched a new ad campaign to fight sexual harassment in the workplace, according to the Wednesday release. The bilingual Spanish-English campaign posters feature common excuses people use to disguise […]

Auburn center Austin Wiley has put his name into the NBA draft pool after being held out last season but doesn’t plan to hire an agent. Wiley announced his decision Tuesday, becoming the third player to declare for the draft from the Tigers, who shared the Southeastern Conference regular season title with Tennessee. He has […]

Some National Guard members have started arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with more expected as federal government officials seek ways to curtail illegal immigration. The Republican governors of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico on Monday committed 1,600 Guard members to the border, giving President Donald Trump many of the troops he requested to fight what […]

Over the past several days, at least three Alabama newspapers have warned that President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs could come at a significant cost to their businesses. The Cullman Times, The Selma Times-Journal and The Jackson County Sentinel say a tariff levied against Canadian-manufactured newsprint at the behest of a single newsprint mill in the […]

Sen. Doug Jones, the Alabama Democrat who unexpectedly prevailed in one of the country’s most Republican states, has a book coming out next year. St. Martin’s Press told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Jones’ “Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights” is scheduled for January. Before his […]

A former police officer charged with murder in the death of his exhibitionist wife pleaded not guilty Monday, and the victim’s mother tearfully said she believes him. William Jeffrey West, 44, entered the plea during a hearing in Shelby County, Alabama, where he is charged in the death of 42-year-old Kathleen Dawn West.

Charley Tarver has dedicated his life to conserving the longleaf pine ecosystem. So in 1999, when presented the opportunity to buy a plantation in southwest Georgia, he did not hesitate. Tarver, a 1968 alumnus of Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and founder of Forest Investment Associates, has turned his longleaf pine forest […]

Three men are facing charges they raped a 22-year-old woman after she left a Tuscaloosa bar. Capt. Kip Hart of the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office told local news outlets that the woman contacted authorities on March 29 to report the alleged rape.

Federal judges will hear arguments Tuesday appealing an overturned law that let judges put minors seeking abortions through a trial-like process and appoint a lawyer for the fetus in Alabama. A 2014 law changed the process that allows minors to get an abortion with a judge’s waiver instead of parental consent. It allowed the judge […]

Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby is on the brink of becoming the new chairman of the Appropriations Committee, a post with great influence over more than $1 trillion in annual spending. Shelby was confirmed by panel members to lead the committee and is sure to be ratified by the full Senate soon.

A judge is considering whether to lower the bond for an Alabama man charged with murder in the death of his wife, a suburban mom and exhibitionist who posted racy photographs of herself online. Shelby County Circuit Judge William Bostick scheduled a hearing Monday afternoon for 45-year-old William Jeffrey West, who’s charged in the January […]

Alabama colleges are luring more Illinois high school seniors away from in-state universities partly through financial perks. The Chicago Tribune reports that more than 1,600 Illinois students enrolled at the University of Alabama last fall, up from about 150 students a decade ago.

Funeral services to honor the life of civil rights icon Frederick D. Reese have been set for Thursday and Friday. Reese, who was known as F.D., was an early leader in the civil rights movement and invited Martin Luther King Jr. to work in Selma. Reese died on April 5 at the age of 88. […]

An aviation company will create at least 200 new jobs through an expansion in central Alabama. Al.com reports that Stewart Industries International has leased the former Kaiser Aircraft facility adjacent to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The company said this week they expect to provide maintenance support to the east coast-based aviation industry.

Birmingham’s public transit system is getting $3.6 million in federal grant money for new buses. The U.S. Department of Transportation says the funding will go for the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority to replace old buses that have outlived their usefulness. An announcement from the agency says the new vehicles will reduce maintenance and other costs […]

Google is marking the start of construction at its $600 million data center in northeastern Alabama. The tech giant plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at the 350-acre plant site along the Tennessee River in Bridgeport.

Praising it as a job-recruitment tool, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed into law a bill that will exempt economic developers from the state ethics law. Ivey’s office announced that she signed the bill approved by lawmakers this session after sometimes-contentious debate over whether it was a job-recruitment necessity or a gaping new hole […]

Birmingham-based Yellowhammer Multimedia on Monday announced a new strategic partnership with leading Mississippi political news site Y’all Politics. Y’all Politics was founded in 2004 and has built a loyal audience who value honest news and insightful conservative opinion. The site has been recognized around the country for its work and is regularly cited in national […]

A central Alabama farm dating back to the 1800s is being honored as the state’s 2018 Farm of Distinction. The Shelby County row-crop operation run by John and Kate DeLoach received the honor during a luncheon in Birmingham on Thursday.