MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile Airport Authority will receive $2.2 million for structural improvements thanks to a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation. USDOT’s grant is part of its Airport Improvement Program, which will directly benefit the Mobile Regional Airport in South Alabama. The distribution of the money is overseen by the Federal […]

Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday that the unemployment rate in the state of Alabama has decreased to its lowest level since 2008. The rate decreased from 5.8 percent in the month of March to 5.4 percent in April. The total number of unemployed is now 119.256, as opposed to 128,610 in the previous month. “Today’s […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Legislature took the final steps to pass Senate Bill 60 on Friday, which will make it significantly harder to remove historical monuments from government property. The so-called Alabama Memorial Preservation Act will protect monuments 50 years and older by prohibiting their relocation or removal, while the alteration of monuments less […]

Alabama lawmakers have approved changes to the state veteran’s scholarship program, which directly impacts dependents of disabled servicemen and women. Ultimately, the changes may have saved the benefit altogether. The move is bittersweet. While several members of the House and Senate acknowledged they would have preferred to leave the Alabama G.I. Dependent’s Scholarship Program as-is, […]

morning. Upon the legislation’s approval, Sen. Allen remarked on the grave importance of recognizing the actions of significant historic figures, flawed as they may be. “Where does it end?” Allen asked. “Are all parts of American history subject to purging, until every Ivy League professor is satisfied and the American story has been re-written as […]

I would like to clear up a rumor started because of my opposition to the Alabama Legislature recently mandating private and public insurance plans cover a specific therapy – I have no tail, no horns, but I do have a conservative heart. The debate over whether the Legislature should mandate specific autism therapy coverages to […]

Good afternoon Mr. Attorney General. I’d like to start by asking when you first become interested in the law and what sparked that interest? It wasn’t until I was in college. Earlier in life, I’d hoped to become a professional golfer. However, I was the first person in my family to attend college and, once […]

Following his re-election victory, former Governor Robert Bentley reportedly told one of his confidants that political opponents would no longer see the “nice” governor. Instead, he warned that his “other side” would come out during his second term in office. That’s according to Spencer Collier, the former head of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top White House Policy Advisor Stephen Miller will be writing President Donald Trump’s address to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a group that he and the president have previously criticized. Prior to his role in the Trump Administration, Miller worked as a staffer for then-Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for several years. NATO […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson has introduced a potential city ordinance that would decriminalize several minor marijuana offenses. First brought forward at last night’s City Council meeting, the vote on the measure has been pushed back in order to ensure it complies with state law. Decriminalization differs from legalization in that the former […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate passed a bill today mandating coverage of autism therapy by a margin of 33-1. The House unanimously passed a similar version earlier this session and the bill now returns to the House for consideration today. The biggest difference between the two versions came in the form of a Senate […]

Alabama Rep. Bradley Byrne (R) joined four other members of Congress in writing a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross asking the administration to extend the length of the Red Snapper season in federal waters. Currently, the season for Red Snapper in those waterways is three days. Byrne was joined by representatives Garrett […]

Time is ticking until the Alabama legislature wraps up the 2017 session. With only a couple of days left before the House and Senate adjourn for the year, a number of key bills are still in need of passage. Here are the critical bills we’re watching this week: The Education Budget The state Education Trust […]

As the legislature wraps up this week, one measure that’s encountered intense debate is the state’s redistricting bill. Back in 2012, the Alabama legislature reconfigured its districts, which is standard procedure following the census every decade. While the 2014 elections were based on these districts, the Alabama Democratic Conference and the Legislative Black Caucus challenged […]

By Chris Reid Last Friday, I attended a dinner celebrating Senator Shelby’s 83rd birthday and his thirty years of service in the Senate. Most political dinners can be a little heavy on policy and the politics of the day. However, the reason I enjoyed this one so much was because it was not about Senator […]

AUBURN, Ala. — After failing to prevent white nationalist Richard Spencer from speaking on its campus last month, Auburn University is now paying $29,000 in legal fees to end a lawsuit that successfully challenged their cancellation. The legal fees will be paid to Cameron Padgett of Georgia, who sued the University after it refused to […]

Across the nation, the Trump Administration has led a crackdown against so-called “sanctuary cities.”  While U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has threatened to pull funding from governments that harbor illegal immigrants, Senator Luther Strange is going a step further. Yellowhammer News learned today that the Senator’s filed a new bill entitled the Securing the Border […]

Current federal laws make it difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to buy a suppressor for a firearm. Some members of the U.S. Senate, including Senator Luther Strange, are working to change that. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has introduced a piece of legislation that’s co-sponsored by Senator Strange entitled the “Hearing Protection Act.” As the name indicates, […]

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is following through on a promise to strengthen law enforcement against gangs across the United States. On Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced that over 1,000 with connections to gangs have been detained. Of 1,378 total arrested, 1,095 were confirmed as gang members […]

Publisher’s Note: The following is an open letter from parents of Alabama students currently benefiting from the Alabama Accountability Act. Dear fellow Alabamians, It is amazing the difference a year or two can make. Our children are recipients of a scholarship through the Alabama Accountability Act. Each of our stories is different, but in many […]

NEW YORK, N.Y. — As a guest on ABC’s “The View” earlier this week, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rebuffed liberal conspiracy theories that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin threw the 2016 presidential election for Donald Trump. Rice politely discussed the hosts’ allegations surrounding this assertion. In particular, they seemed fixated on former National Security […]

Facebook has hired one of Jeff Sessions’ former top aides to join their growing policy team. Axios reported on Thursday that Sandy Luff, a former Army veteran who once served as the legislative director of Sessions’s Senate office and later joined Trump’s transition team, will now become the “director of executive branch public policy” for […]

Alabama has consistently been named as having the most conservative voters in the nation, and now the state also boasts the most conservative legislator in the country. The American Conservative Union (ACU) released their annual scorecard this week. Of all 535 members of the House and Senate, Rep. Gary Palmer was ranked as the most […]

Sometimes the substance of a position is so flimsy the only path forward is to divert attention from it—in other words, create a red herring. That’s precisely what the Democrats have done in the wake of FBI Director James Comey’s termination two days ago. In short, they’ve seized the moment, launching a well-coordinated campaign to […]