MONTGOMERY — Charlotte Meadows on Tuesday won the special Republican primary runoff election in Alabama’s House District 74. Meadows garnered 3,800 votes (55.06%), with Michael Fritz getting 3,101 votes (44.94%). Turnout was 22.34% of the registered voters in the district. Meadows will run against Rayford Mack in the special general election for HD 74 on […]

Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. and the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Monday announced the members of the Alabama Trump Victory leadership team. This esteemed group of Republican elected officials in the state will help deliver Alabama for Trump and fellow conservatives throughout the ballot in 2020. A regional political director will also be […]

Voters in the City of Montgomery will head to the polls on Tuesday for its municipal elections, with some residents also getting to weigh in on the special Republican primary runoff in Alabama’s House District 74. Municipal positions up for election include the city’s mayor, as well as all city council districts. The municipal elections […]

MONTGOMERY — Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) spoke to members of the Montgomery Rotary Club at their weekly lunch meeting on Monday, hitting on a range of policy issues relevant to his current service in Washington, D.C. While Byrne could not directly speak to his 2020 U.S. Senate bid due to Rotary rules on politicking, his […]

The fight over tolls on the Mobile Bay Bridge and Bayway project has turned into a statewide issue that could have ramifications in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race and beyond. State Auditor Jim Zeigler has been at the forefront of this movement and will tell anyone that listens that he was the first member of the […]

AUBURN — The Alabama Republican Party on Saturday held its annual summer meeting in Lee County for the first time, with a host of resolutions and a proposed bylaw change on the agenda. Members of the party’s state executive committee assembled at The Hotel at Auburn University and heard a call-to-action from ALGOP Chairman Terry […]

AUBURN — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is no friend of the Alabama Republican Party. That was the takeaway on Saturday at the ALGOP’s summer meeting hosted on the Plains in Lee County after the body passed a resolution introduced by State Rep. Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) calling for Alabama’s congressional delegation to seek the expulsion […]

There are good things happening in education within the state of Alabama, but overall, the quality of education in this state lags behind the rest of the country. In the past, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) claimed they were an organization that fought for quality education, but the results of their decades of control on […]

Judge J. Elizabeth “Beth” Kellum has officially announced her intention to seek reelection to a third term on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. She will be on the statewide Republican primary ballot on March 3, 2020. Speaking to a group of friends, family and supporters in Montgomery, Kellum on Thursday outlined her reasons for […]

The rollercoaster internal battle among Alabama Democrats and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) reached another milestone on Thursday when a DNC committee voted to recommend stripping Alabama Democratic Party Chair Nancy Worley and Vice-chair Randy Kelley of their credentials. The committee decision will now go before the full DNC this weekend for a final vote. […]

After it was announced on Thursday that longtime Limestone County Sheriff Michael Anthony “Mike” Blakely has been indicted on 13 state ethics counts, separate press conferences featuring his personal attorneys and the spokesperson for the sheriff’s department pumped the brakes on those looking to equate Blakely merely being charged with actually being guilty. First, Mark […]

It was reported on Thursday that a New York Times political editor has a history of anti-Semitic comments on social media, with Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) reacting by saying this could explain the newspaper’s defense of Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). Breitbart detailed that Tom Wright-Piersanti, a senior staff editor at the […]

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) on Wednesday told Yellowhammer News that he will not run in the 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary against Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). Rogers began considering a potential bid towards the tail-end of the Alabama legislature’s regular session this spring. At that time, he told Yellowhammer News, “I don’t want to […]

Yellowhammer News has obtained a new internal polling memo from Tommy Tuberville’s U.S. Senate campaign that shows the former Auburn University head football coach gaining 10% since June and stretching his lead well into double digits. The memo summarizes the results of a survey conducted by Moore Information Group, a well-respected national polling firm, from […]

BIRMINGHAM — Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Tuesday delivered the keynote address at an event entitled, “Opportunities for Technology Partnerships Between Alabama and Israeli Businesses.” During his speech and in comments to the media afterwards, Jones made it clear that he is generally a supporter of Israel and values its friendship with the United States and […]

Autauga County Commissioner Van Smith is the presumed winner of the Republican special primary election in House District 42. The primary to fill the vacancy left by the the death of State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton) occurred on Tuesday in parts of Autauga and Chilton Counties. According to the Alabama Republican Party, unofficial results of […]

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl on Saturday held the grand opening for his campaign headquarters in the race for Alabama’s First Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne’s (AL-01) bid for the U.S. Senate. Carl, a Republican, is running in a field that includes State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) and former State […]

As usual with Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth, there was no mincing of words on his opposition to the proposed Mobile River Bridge and Bayway toll. Ainsworth is a member of the Alabama Toll Road and Bridge Authority that could act on this toll and kill it outright. Ainsworth cited his conservative principles and his fear […]

The United Kingdom’s “secret government dossier” detailing preparations in case Brexit occurs later this year without a deal first being struck with the European Union has been leaked, and the plan’s codename is one that Alabamians will take interest in. The Sunday Times over the weekend reported that it has obtained the report, “Operation Yellowhammer,” […]

The Alabama Democratic Party has allowed the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) August 17 deadline to hold new elections for the state party’s chair and vice-chair to pass. This August 17 deadline was an extension past the 90-day window originally handed down to the state party by the DNC.

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday took time out of the workweek to visit San Diego, California. The unannounced trip to California was revealed by San Diego Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, a fellow Democrat, in a tweet.

A massive $2.1 billion road project is causing people in the Mobile area to bristle at the idea of a toll costing $6 every time they cross the bridge. According to a poll, 77% of those in the region oppose the toll project. But the question remains, “Does the rest of the state care?” If AL.com’s […]

Aug. 15, 1968 Lurleen B. Wallace Community College was founded in Andalusia and named for the first female governor of Alabama. The Alabama State Board of Education authorized a junior college in Andalusia in 1967 and selected Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College as its name on Aug. 15, 1968. Now known as Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday interviewed with Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie” show, discussing his 2020 Republican candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Alabama and some of the recent headlines that have stemmed from his campaign. Some of the issues that Tuberville touched on included requests to see his driver […]