MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Monday, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary issued an order denying State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore’s request to dismiss ethics charges filed against him. The same court also denied a motion from the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission to dismiss Moore from the bench without trial. The ethics charges stem […]

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has thrown in the towel on pushing for tax increases to fund the growth of the state’s Medicaid program, announcing recently that he is instead calling a Special Session of the legislature for the specific task of approving a lottery to fund “essential services.” Gov. Bentley asked the Legislature to include […]

President Obama continues to abuse executive power in an unprecedented, reckless manner to systematically release high-level drug traffickers and firearms felons. These 214 individuals are not so-called ‘low-level, non-violent’ offenders – which simply do not exist in the federal system. They are serious criminals, including 56 with federal firearms convictions, several career offenders, fugitives, many […]

The negative impacts of ObamaCare just keep on coming as Alabamians are set to face another rate hike courtesy of President’s signature legislation. According the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama will be forced to increase rates by an average of 39 percent on individual plans offered through […]

Apparently frustrated by their unsuccessful attempt to stoke racial tensions at the University of Alabama late last year, Alabama sports website and liberal political blog al.com is back with another shot at the UA System. With an “investigative report” titled, “How the University of Alabama System funneled $1.4 million through a ‘dark money’ web,” an […]

In June I relayed the good news that the House had passed Appropriations legislation providing funding for our nation’s response to the Zika Virus. It is important for Congress to ensure agencies like the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health and others had the resources they need to combat the disease and […]

Some promises are too good to be true. Last week, Governor Bentley told the people of Alabama that implementing a state lottery would be “a permanent solution” that “will provide funding that we can count on year after year.” This is simply not true, as evidenced by the experiences of other states with lotteries. Governor […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday released a proposed Constitutional Amendment (CA) that would institute a state-sponsored lottery, with the revenue from it flowing into the General Fund, rather than the Education Budget, to fund Medicaid, prisons and other agencies. The synopsis of the CA reads as follows (read the full CA […]

(Video above: Rick & Bubba tackle socialism) Alabama-based, nationally-syndicated talk radio hosts Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey took to the airwaves Thursday to address the rise of socialism in the United States, pointing to horrifying recent events in Venezuela as evidence that the socialist system simply does not work in practice. “Sadly, a large […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed (put on hold) a lower federal court order forcing a Virginia high school to allow transgender access to school restrooms based on gender preference, not the sex of the student. Alabamians opposed to a similar mandate issued by the Obama administration see the ruling as a […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his decision to commute the sentence of 214 federal convicts, including five convicted Alabama drug dealers. The Alabamians who received commuted sentences Wednesday are as follows: Scottie Ladon Dixon (Atmore): In 2010, Mr. Dixon received a life sentence for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. He also received […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Republicans are almost evenly split when asked whether they believe the state should create a lottery, but remain overwhelmingly against the further expansion of casino gambling in the state, according to a recently-released. The Alabama Forestry Association, one of the state’s most influential conservative groups, commissioned a survey of 600 likely […]

By Katherine Robertson and Caleb Crosby There are a number of policies, particularly those that stimulate economic growth, that are proven solutions to poverty. Just as easily identifiable are policies that exacerbate poverty. Sometimes these policies have good intentions of serving the poor, but then the Law of Unintended Consequences strikes. Other times, policies are […]

The State of Alabama recently sent a letter to a Mobile woman who died in 1999, inviting her to register to vote in the upcoming November elections. The story was first reported by south Alabama Fox affiliate WALA earlier this week, and subsequently picked up by Yellowhammer News. Since then, Yellowhammer has received numerous emails […]

In the wake of former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard being removed from office after being convicted on 12 counts of felony public corruption, House Republicans have tapped one of his top lieutenants, Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Huntsville), to take over as speaker. This decision led to immediate backlash from some grassroots activists and members of […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is weathering another round of attempts to have him removed from the bench, but he still enjoys the support of a majority of Alabama Republicans. The Alabama Forestry Association, one of the state’s most influential conservative groups, commissioned a survey of 600 likely Republican primary […]

MOBILE, Ala. — The State of Alabama recently sent a letter to a Mobile woman who died in 1999, inviting her to register to vote in the upcoming November elections. “You are receiving this mailing because our records indicate that you MIGHT not be registered to vote,” the mailer read, according to local Fox affiliate […]

(Video above: De’Anthony Hampton and Jimmy Rivera share their experience with the Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund) UNION SPRINGS, Ala. — “Well, if you, like, look at a person the wrong way they might try to fight, and I don’t like fighting.” That’s how De’Anthony Hampton remembers the beginning of his high school education. As for […]

(Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions appears on CNN “State of the Union” on Sunday, July 31, 2016) MOBILE, Ala. — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Sunday defended Donald J. Trump against a variety of accusations, saying the billionaire businessman is taking on all comers while Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is “hiding from the press.” […]

Birmingham, Alabama is one of the worst-run cities in America, according to a new analysis by WalletHub, a company that describes itself as a “one-stop destination for all the tools and information consumers and small business owners need to make better financial decisions and save money. In order to identify the best-run cities in America, […]

WalletHub, a company that describes itself as a “one-stop destination for all the tools and information consumers and small business owners need to make better financial decisions and save money,” ranked America’s “best-run” cities and found that Montgomery takes the top spot in Alabama. In order to identify the best-run cities in America, WalletHub’s analysts […]

Michael G. Vickers is a low-key guy. His unassuming demeanor would never leave anyone with the impression that he has, as the New York Times put it, “participated in virtually every significant global crisis of the past four decades.” And yet that statement would not be met with even the slightest resistance in the shadowy […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley’s office is refusing to release many of his calendar records, which include his scheduled appointments, transportation arrangements and information on the people with whom he spends his working hours. According to the Bentley administration, complying with such an open records request made by Alabama sports website and liberal political […]

Alabama native and former Auburn University and NBA basketball star Charles Barkley is doubling down on his support of police, in spite of intense criticism for his previous comments on race and policing in the African-American community. During an interview on The Dan Le Batard Show several weeks ago, Barkley acknowledged that police “have made […]