Active head coaches of major sports at Auburn University and the University of Alabama, whether it be football or basketball, rarely ever enter the political fray, although Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl appears to have provided an exception. At an event preluding the “Bruce, Barkley and Basketball” golf tournament in Lee County over the weekend, […]

Congressman Mike Rogers (AL-03), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, took to the chamber floor on Friday to push back against H.R. 3525, which requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish an expensive electronic health record system for all illegal aliens within its custody within 90 days. During his speech, Rogers […]

President Donald Trump is apparently a big fan of Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the venerable chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee who has been praised as “Alabama’s greatest statesman” in history. Amidst the annual federal appropriations process coming to a head, Trump applauded Shelby in a tweet on Thursday evening. Calling Shelby his “friend,” Trump […]

In a speech spanning over four minutes long on Thursday, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) took to the floor of the United States Senate to passionately advocate for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying, “We didn’t take oaths to support the president of the United States.” “We’re in some troubled times,” Jones began in […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is seemingly in support of the House’s official impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, which is being led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of “The Squad” like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). In an interview with The Hill on Wednesday, Jones claimed that the inquiry into Trump is not about […]

Count Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) as being against the impeachment inquiry by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democrats into President Donald Trump. In a statement on Thursday, Palmer advised that the “inquiry is not about high crimes and misdemeanors, but about politics.” Palmer is the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, which is […]

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) has appointed State Senator Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to serve on the Alabama Small Business Commission. The appointment was announced on Thursday. Created in 2014, the Alabama Small Business Commission is an appointed group of small business owners and legislators who are tasked with advising the governor and state […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Judge Bill Thompson for reelection to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Thompson, a resident of Homewood, was first elected to this court in 1996 and was reelected 2002, 2008 and 2014. He became presiding judge of the court in 2007. In a statement, […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01), also a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2020, on Thursday called on former Vice President Joe Biden to release transcripts of his calls with leaders from Ukraine and China. This comes as Democrats in Washington, D.C. are launching an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Byrne has bashed this […]

Associate Justice Brad Mendheim has all of the momentum in his bid for a full term in place two on the Alabama Supreme Court. A Republican, Mendheim was first appointed to the state’s highest court by Governor Kay Ivey in 2018. He lost election to a full term to that office in the 2018 election […]

Democrats appear to be speeding towards impeachment at a break-neck pace. This is not happening over Russia stealing our elections or violations of the emoluments clause. It’s over a phone call where the president of the United States spoke to the president of Ukraine. Seriously. Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) spoke to WVNN radio’s “The Dale […]

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday announced that the chamber will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump regarding a recent phone call he had with the president of Ukraine. Pelosi’s announcement was met with instantaneous pushback from many Republican leaders in Alabama, including members of the state’s congressional […]

In addition to making an endorsement in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race, the Alabama Farmers Federation’s political arm on Tuesday announced their support of a number of 2020 candidates, including two prominent conservative names. FarmPAC officially endorsed President Donald J. Trump for reelection, as well as endorsing Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R-AL) for […]

Tuesday might go down as one of the biggest days in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race when all is said and done. As first reported by Yellowhammer News, former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville has been endorsed by FarmPAC, the influential political arm of the Alabama Farmers Federation. The endorsement has been ratified […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Monday announced its endorsement of State Rep. Matt Fridy (R-Montevallo) for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals seat being vacated by Judge Scott Donaldson. In a statement, AFA executive vice president said,  “We believe that Matt Fridy is the most qualified candidate in this race. He has the background […]

The dumpster fire continues to burn within the Alabama Democratic Party. In the latest escalation amidst a highly publicized internal party battle, Alabama Democratic Party vice-chair Randy Kelley has called Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) “a racist,” according to a Monday report by the Washington Examiner. Kelley, an African-American, was one of the candidates opposed by […]

Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill on Tuesday will join hundreds of partners from across the country to observe National Voter Registration Day, a national holiday celebrating our great American experiment. In 2018, more than 860,000 people across all 50 states registered to vote on this annual holiday. In the Yellowhammer State specifically, 7,617 […]

Alabama continues to set new jobs-related records and now boasts the largest over-the-year unemployment rate drop in the United States. Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday announced that the Yellowhammer State has yet again set a new record low unemployment rate, along with four additional milestones. The state’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the powerful chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, on Thursday warned that vital military and national security priorities “could be undermined” after Senate Democrats blocked consideration of the Fiscal Year 2020 defense appropriations bill the day prior. Shelby’s remarks came during the committee’s markup of the FY 2020 bills for […]

State Representative Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) on Monday pledged that he will join the U.S. House Freedom Caucus if he wins election to Alabama’s 2nd congressional district in 2020. The Freedom Caucus is generally considered the furthest-right caucus within the ranks of House Republicans. Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) was the organization’s first chair, and Congressman Mark […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Monday announced its endorsement of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Brad Mendheim in the Republican primary for place two on the court. Mendheim was first appointed to the state’s highest court by Governor Kay Ivey in 2018. He lost election to a full term to that office in the 2018 […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville, a 2020 Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the Yellowhammer State, on Monday appeared on Fox Business’ “Varney & Co.” to discuss his support of President Donald Trump and the state of the race to unseat Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). Tuberville reiterated his belief that “President Trump has […]

This weekend, the New York Times published unsubstantiated accusations of sexual assault regarding Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, only later admitting in an editor’s note that the alleged accuser does not actually recall the incident and would not even speak on record about it. Facts aside, the New York Times and other coastal media outlets […]

Yellowhammer Multimedia on Friday announced that the 5th annual Power of Service event will take place Thursday, October 17, in Montgomery. For the last eight years, Yellowhammer has released an annual list of the most powerful and influential people in Alabama business and politics. That tradition will live on this year in a new and improved format. […]