GARDENDALE, Ala. — While President Donald J. Trump is taking steps to save jobs at the federal level by leaving the Paris Climate Accords, one Alabama City is limiting job opportunities for teens by requiring a business license to cut lawns. According to news reports from ABC 33/40, teens in Gardendale, Alabama have been threatened […]

Late last week, the Rick & Bubba Show’s Rick Burgess tweeted that he would make a big announcement today about the 2018 Alabama governor’s race. While many of his fans expressed hope that this meant he’s running for governor, Rick spoke with Yellowhammer this weekend and explained that his announcement “will be better than that.” […]

By Chris Reid At no time since the Civil War began has our country seen this level of partisan tension.  In a survey done in 1960, less than 10 percent of Americans said they would have a problem marrying someone from the other political party. In 2010, that number shot up to nearly 50 percent. […]

Governor Kay Ivey—along with the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education—announced in a press release yesterday that Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program will add 122 new classrooms in the fall of 2017. The new classrooms will increase the size of Alabama’s voluntary pre-kindergarten program to 938 classrooms, which will enroll approximately 16,884 four-year-olds (28 percent […]

Though illegal for nearly 50 years under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the possession and sale of marijuana seems to be losing its negative stigma. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states, and the recreational use of marijuana is legal in Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and the nation’s capital. Despite many […]

On Tuesday, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks joined President Donald Trump in calling for an end to the Senate filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to pass legislation. The same day, the President took to Twitter to advocate for a simple majority vote in the Senate. “The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised Alabama’s new sex offense legislation recently signed by Governor Ivey. The new bill that will strengthen the state’s sex offense laws passed the Alabama legislature with strong, bipartisan support. It was jointly proposed by the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of Prosecution Services, the state agency that provides […]

In the wake of two important executive orders from President Trump this year regarding refugees, Governor Ivey has pulled the plug on a lawsuit filed by her predecessor, Robert Bentley. The suit challenged the federal government’s attempt to resettle refugees against without providing key information to the state. The President filed one executive order in […]

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a lot of heat from liberal special interests and members of the mainstream media for his effort to roll back soft-on-crime policies put forth by the Obama Administration. Now, one key advocacy group representing federal prosecutors is fighting back against the attacks. On May 10, Sessions released a […]

Alabama Rep. Bradley Byrne shares the frustration of most in his district when it comes to the federal government’s overregulation of red snapper fishing. According to him, Coastal Alabamians are infuriated over the announcement that the much-anticipated red snapper season will only last a pitifully short three days. He believes they have a right to […]

This week, Governor Ivey went to Maxwell Airforce Base last week to sign a package of eight pro-military bills into law, one of which may bring new state-of-the-art fighter jets to Alabama. Most of these bills were sponsored by Senator Bill Holtzclaw, which he ushered through the Senate as Chairman of the Military and Veterans […]

As reported yesterday, Governor Kay Ivey appointed Will Sellers to serve as Associate Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. Today, Justice Sellers was kind enough to spend a few moments with Yellowhammer before starting his Memorial Day weekend.  In our brief visit together, we simply asked him how he thinks his experience as a private-practice […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — At 12:15 a.m. today, Alabama put Tommy Arthur, 75, to death after he had previously eluded seven dates when he was scheduled to be executed. Known as the Houdini of Alabama’s death row, Arthur was convicted of murder in 1982. An Alabama jury convicted him of the murder of Troy Wicker, a […]

Common Core, an Obama-era education initiative that has concerned Alabamians for years, is losing its grip on Capitol Hill. During an exchange with Alabama Congresswoman Martha Roby, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has pledged that her agency will refuse to unlawfully coerce states into adopting any curriculum, including Common Core standards. The commitment was […]

In 2013, Alabama passed a school choice plan called the Alabama Accountability Act, which allows low-income students to apply for scholarships to attend better schools, including private schools. As Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) put it, “The program gives more parents control of their child’s education, empowering them to attend great schools, regardless […]

Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks, once a passionate opponent of House Republican’s first draft of the American Health Care Act, is now praising the latest version of the proposed law. His reaction follows a report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which Rep. Brooks says validates key changes he insisted upon in the original bill. […]

Governor Kay Ivey announced today that she has appointed William Sellers from Montgomery as Associate Justice to the Alabama Supreme Court. “I am extremely pleased to appoint Will Sellers to the Alabama Supreme Court. I cannot think of an individual who is more qualified, capable and who exemplifies the qualities of a true public servant. […]

On Wednesday, President Trump announced that another Alabamian would be selected to fill a key role in his administration. J. Paul Compton Jr, a Mountain Brook resident and partner in the law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, has been chosen by Trump to serve as the General Counsel at the Department of Housing and […]

The formal name of Obamacare—The Affordable Care Act—has proven to be quite the misnomer, to the surprise of virtually no one. The fact is, Obamacare has doubled the cost of health insurance premiums for more than 60% of Americans, and in Alabama, the news is even worse. Here, the average cost of health plans has […]

After taking extensive action to crack down on the unlawful policies of so-called sanctuary cities, the Justice Department and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have taken another step aimed at penalizing jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement officials. On Monday, the Attorney General released a memo providing clarity on the definition of a […]

t. House Resolution 1862, known as the Global Child Protection Act, would expand the definition of “illicit sexual conduct” to cover “sexual contact.” The small addition to the nation’s law is set to make a big impact: it will allow authorities to crack down on global sex tourism and empower them to punish criminal abusers. […]

State lawmakers tackled a number of challenging issues amid a turbulent year in Alabama politics. Following last week’s conclusion of the legislature’s 2017 Regular Session, following are the bills that passed as well as those that fell short. NOTEWORTHY BILLS THAT PASSED The General Fund Budget: The G.F. Budget was sent to the Governor two […]

At the end of last week, Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer was part of a subcommittee hearing concerning the critical roles played by canines in the protection of our country, especially in our airports and transportation hubs. TSA’s Melanie Harvey testified about the importance dogs play in protecting traveling Americans, stating “TSA procures, trains, and deploys […]

The Alabama legislature has passed legislation to reduce the time death row inmates spend awaiting their sentence. Senate Bill 187, which received final passage on Thursday, has been titled the “Fair Justice Act.” If enacted into law, it would streamline the appellate process, allowing direct appeals to take place simultaneously with post-conviction stages of a […]