No one knows who will benefit from Trump’s auto tariffs. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

7. Some residents are asking if recycling is even happening when they separate their garbage and aldotcom is tracking RePower South’s promise to sort and recycle waste from Birmingham suburbs at its Montgomery facility. However,  the experiment showed that items from Homewood and Vestavia Hills consistently landed at Big Sky Environmental landfill, not Montgomery, even […]

Gambling bill is coming and everyone in Alabama can potentially get a piece of the action. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

Over the past ten years, the following question has been posed to me, “Flowers, why in the world does Alabama not have a lottery, and why can’t we receive the revenue from gambling that every one of our surrounding states and almost every state in America thrives on?”  Over this past decade, I have spoken […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk […]

The push to legalize more intoxicants will never stop, they really want these tax dollars. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

7. Calls for NPR to be defunded continue after NPR CEO Katherine Maher spent the day conceding that NPR dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop story as a distraction was a mistake, reflecting on the outlet’s initial skepticism during the 2020 election. She faced tough questions from the DOGE subcommittee, chaired by House Republicans, about NPR’s […]

The Magic City Acceptance Academy does not need to exist. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

President Donald Trump laid out his tariff strategy very clearly. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

 Why in the world would U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) show up at one of these insane town halls? Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM […]

7. Alabama and Auburn could be one step closer to adding a wrinkle to their football-heavy rivalry as they have both advanced to the Sweet 16 with Auburn stomping Creighton 82-70, and Alabama obliterating Saint Mary’s 80-66. This marks only the third time in history and the first since 1985-86 that both teams made the […]

7. Auburn beats down in-state opponent Alabama State, breaking the potential Cinderella’s glass slipper after an 83-63 defeat to the overall No. 1 seed. While Auburn plays on, ASU Coach Tony Madlock celebrated the team’s first tournament victory over Saint Francis and the team’s potential. The remaining Alabama-based teams will play today: the Crimson Tide […]

Richard Scrushy and Don Seigelman are clearly guilty, everyone knows this and these losers need to go away. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from […]

7. In a hilariously tone-deaf move, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be leveraging his embarrassing national profile from the 2024 vice presidential run with Kamala Harris and launch a town hall tour Friday in the GOP-held districts of Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa and Rep. Don Bacon in Nebraska, expanding soon to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and […]

7. A federal grand jury indicted nine people – Eusebio Cruz-Zurita of Mexico and Edgar Esmain Rivas-Martinez of Honduras, and seven others – for illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations, signaling a crackdown on immigration violations. Karim Arguello-Barraza, 22, of Mexico was separately charged with possessing a firearm as an alien, adding to […]

7. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) took to the Senate floor to rally Republican support for her Child Care Availability and Affordability Act, a bipartisan effort she claims modernizes tax credits to ease the “crushing” cost of childcare, referencing a $122 billion annual economic hit and statistics like 59% of non-working parents eager to return […]

You would think that the Democratic Party would have learned from President Donald Trump’s electoral victory. Trump won the popular vote, the swing states, most of the districts in the country shifted toward Republicans, and Democrats lost control of the House, Senate, and Presidency. But the Democrats just can’t help themselves. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk […]

7. At a Montgomery federal courthouse news conference, former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy claimed to have uncovered “bombshell” evidence of Department of Justice misconduct, alleging prosecutors hid exculpatory details from 19 of 24 FBI interviews with key witness Nick Bailey that could clear him and former Alabama Governor. Don Siegelman of their 2006 bribery convictions […]

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer says “nah” to town halls. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and from 10-11 a.m. on Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440, with a rebroadcast on WVNN at 10 p.m.

7. Alabama Republicans are working on multiple issues regarding religion, including a bill by State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) that would require mandatory elective credit for released-time religious courses which is backed by 4,000 petition signatures statewide. But the Alabama State School Board Association, led by President Scott Suttle, resisted, labeling it government overreach that […]

7. Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) stood firm at the Business Council of Alabama legislative series, defending his filibuster last week against State Sen. Chris Elliott’s (R-Josephine) bill to change the Alabama Department of Archives and History board, insisting it’s about deliberate process and he’ll persist despite GOP frustration. Elliott cautioned on the same platform […]

7. Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban broke his long-standing political silence by endorsing Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox’s re-election campaign, citing Maddox’s exceptional leadership as pivotal to making Tuscaloosa the best college town he’s ever experienced. Saban’s endorsement is especially significant given his typical apolitical stance and underscores the deep community ties he […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk […]