DOTHAN — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt will have to have a strong showing in the Wiregrass on May 24 to move on to the next round of the race for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in November. She looks to be on track based on the crowd she drew Tuesday night at a […]

Although she is running for governor of Alabama, Lindy Blanchard does have a background in the geopolitics of Eastern Europe by virtue of having served as U.S. ambassador to Slovenia during the Trump administration. During Tuesday’s broadcast of Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Blanchard said had former President Donald Trump still […]

Tuesday night, the Alabama House of Representatives voted 75-27 to pass legislation aimed at deterring riots by strengthening penalties for those who partake in violent uprisings. Under the bill’s provisions, the crime of assaulting a first responder in the first and second degrees would carry a minimum of six and three months in jail, respectively. […]

Tuesday evening, the Alabama House of Representatives passed State Rep. Shane Stringer’s (R-Citronelle) constitutional carry bill by a vote of 65-37-1. The House-approved legislation would allow lawful citizens to carry a firearm without having to pay a fee to purchase a pistol permit. The law would not eliminate permits due to the need to obtain […]

Oakwood Adventist Academy this past Saturday was forced to forfeit its Class 1A Boys’ Northeast Regional Basketball Semi-Finals game after the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) failed to grant the team a religious accommodation in scheduling. Due to its game beginning prior to 5:31 p.m., which marks the end of the Sabbath for Adventists, […]

I am deeply concerned about the direction America is heading. Democrats and the Biden administration are destroying our country. Everything they do is wrong. That is why I speak up and make my voice heard in this critical Alabama Senate race. That is also why I am compelled to respond to tax collector Brent McCarver’s […]

Tensions rose in Ukraine on Tuesday as Russian forces entered Ukrainian territory, which U.S. officials say could lead to a more wide-scale invasion of the Eastern European country. Following the escalation, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a statement calling on President Joe Biden to ramp up […]

Constitutional carry, or permitless carry legislation, could be brought to a vote on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives as early as Tuesday afternoon. If passed by both chambers and signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey, the legislation would allow law-abiding citizens to possess and carry firearms without first having to purchase […]

7. aldotcom’s “reporters” continue whining about Alabama holidays In Alabama, former President Abraham Lincoln doesn’t get mentioned in Alabama’s Presidents Day, since the state still calls the holiday George Washington/Thomas Jefferson Day. So, while Lincoln doesn’t get a specific mention, neither do most presidents, past or current. Lincoln’s birthday isn’t even a national holiday, and […]

On Saturday, the Alabama Republican Party’s candidate committee removed three candidates from its May 24 primary ballot in state legislative races during its winter meeting in Birmingham. Senate District 21 GOP hopeful Tripp Powell, Senate District 10 hopeful Teresa Rhea and House District 10 hopeful Anson Knowles were ousted from the ballot due to challenges […]

Alabama taxpayers, small businesses and construction workers share my concerns about anti competitive and costly policies attached to federal and federally assisted construction projects as a result of recent executive actions by the Biden administration. With the stroke of a pen and some federal agency sleight of hand, the Biden administration is pushing controversial policies […]

Monday, the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt released a video highlighting Alabama’s outdoors and natural resources. The video, titled “Alabama the Beautiful,” was shot at Selwood Farm in Talladega County. From her childhood to the present, the video outlines the role that outdoor recreation has played in Britt’s family life. Watch: Britt, […]

Oakwood Adventist Academy made the state’s 1A high school basketball playoffs and advanced to a game that would have been played at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Because of their faith, this is not a time the students could play this game, and they sought a rescheduling, something all the schools involved agreed to. In spite […]

With the Alabama Republican Party opting to remove the primary opponents of State Sens. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) and Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) from the upcoming May ballot, the number of Senate Republicans facing primary challengers drops to seven. The following provides a breakdown of each candidate in the contested races. District 1 State Sen. Tim Melson […]

7. AHSAA refuses to accommodate Christian high school  Oakwood Adventist Academy High School Varsity Boys Basketball Team had to forfeit a playoff game because the body overseeing the game refused to move the game three hours to accommodate their religious beliefs. The Alabama High School Athletic Association issued one statement on the matter, which read, […]

So, one-third of the 2022 regular session of the legislature is now complete. What remains to be discussed are controversial things such as gambling, school choice, permitless carry and a transgender bathroom bill. All four are as controversial as can be. But legislation was introduced last week, which is much more educational and light-hearted, and […]

Friends from around Alabama, my name is Brent McCarver, and I live in Jasper. I am a 48-year-old Christian, father and husband who is striving to make life better for my daughters and my two-year-old grandson. As someone who worked in the public sector, from a U.S. congressional office to municipal government, I have been […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Why is Governor Kay Ivey attacking Canada over mandates while she has refused to do anything about mandates in her state? — Do the new filings from special counsel John Durham’s finally confirm that former […]

Yellowhammer News has learned the Alabama Republican Party’s candidate committee has removed at least three names from its May 24 primary ballot involved in state legislative races. Senate District 21 GOP hopeful Tripp Powell, Senate District 10 hopeful Teresa Rhea and House District 10 hopeful Anson Knowles will not be Republican candidates for those respective […]

Former President Donald Trump was a very-popular president with Alabama Republican voters. Trump was a proven conservative president. He walked the walk. He did not just talk the talk. He has a legacy as president, especially in changing the philosophical tilt of the U.S. Supreme Court. He remains popular with GOP primary voters in the […]

The Alabama Republican Party’s winter meeting is underway, where members of its state executive committee are conducting the party’s official business. Watch:

Under the 2019 Literacy Act, children who cannot read at a third-grade level by the end of their third-grade year would not be promoted to the fourth grade. Since its passage, the law has been a target of some Democrats and the Alabama Education Association. Last year, the law staved off a delay because Gov. […]

The lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) alleging that his January 6, 2021, speech contributed to the Capitol Hill riot will be dismissed, a federal judge indicated on Friday. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote in a 112-page order that he will dismiss the suit against Brooks once his attorneys file a motion to […]

What has been deemed as one of the more controversial pieces of legislation thus far this quadrennium has been HB 2, which is anti-rioting legislation brought by State Rep. Allen Treadaway (R-Morris). Treadaway’s bill had made it to Thursday’s agenda and was set to be under consideration for a floor vote. However, Democrats threatened to […]