(Video above: Congressman Bradley Byrne demands Secretary of Defense Ash Carter release strategy to defeat ISIS) WASHINGTON – Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, on Thursday said the Obama administration’s newly released plan to defeat the so called Islamic State is so poorly done it is “insulting.” In the […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley has become a serious impediment to Alabama’s job creation efforts, according to multiple economic development professionals Yellowhammer spoke with on Thursday. The Bentley administration has been mired in scandal since last week when Yellowhammer exposed the existence of audio recordings that captured sexually charged conversations between Bentley and his […]

WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama for commuting the sentences of criminals convicted on gun charges, while simultaneously working to impose increased firearms restrictions on law-abiding citizens. As part of his effort to reform jail sentences for “non-violent” offenders, President Obama on Wednesday commuted the sentences of 61 prisoners, […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley personally bought multiple disposable cell phones — often referred to as “burners” — at a Tuscaloosa Best Buy last year, according to the store’s employees. Prepaid phones were widely used in the early days of cell phone proliferation, but went out of vogue as smartphone technology became more accessible. […]

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. — In his first one-on-one interview since becoming embroiled in scandal last week, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley told the New York Times his conduct in office has not been “all that egregious,” and pledged to bypass the “errors and misconceptions and opinions” of the press and social media by taking his message straight […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley’s senior advisor and mistress has resigned. In a statement released by the Bentley administration, Mason said she plans to return to life outside of the public sphere. “I have resigned as Senior Political Advisor to Governor Bentley and will no longer be paid from his campaign fund,” said Mason. […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers are making preparations to bring forth articles of impeachment against Governor Robert Bentley on the grounds that he is unfit to serve in the office to which he was elected. Articles of impeachment, which function as the charges against the accused, must be passed by a simple majority in the […]

The U.S. government is basically keeping the state of Alabama afloat, according to a new study researching which states are the most reliant on federal dollars to pay their bills. Personal finance site WalletHub has released an in-depth analysis of the Most and Least Federally Dependent States of 2016, and Alabama came in as the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Attorney General Luther Strange announced Alabama has joined a coalition of 26 states in filing a merits brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in opposition to the Obama administration’s order granting de facto amnesty to some four million illegal immigrants. The brief, which was filed Monday, argues the administration’s Deferred Action for […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A staffer in Governor Robert Bentley’s press office on Tuesday took to social media to express his frustration with media sources who are exposing unflattering information about his boss, saying they are “the public’s worst enemy.” Daniel Sparkman, who is the Bentley administration’s Digital Media Coordinator, expressed his frustration shortly after Yellowhammer […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and his senior advisor and mistress Rebekah Mason share a secret safe deposit box at a Montgomery bank, Yellowhammer News has exclusively learned. The names on the box are Robert J. Bentley and Rebekah A. Mason, who alone share access to the box’s contents. The addresses on the […]

When the Alabama legislature returns from spring break next week, one of the first bills that will receive consideration would create a structure by which the state government can regulate the booming fantasy sports industry. Over 700,000 Alabamians — roughly 20% of the state’s population over the age of 18 — played fantasy sports last […]

A group of liberal students at the University of Alabama-Huntsville is not happy with the university’s choice for commencement speaker this spring, but their attempts to force the university to make a change are being rebuffed. After hearing that U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) had been tapped to deliver the commencement speech at UAH’s graduation […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in Alabama Wednesday raising money for the effort to hold the GOP’s majority in the House, which is the largest it has been since prior to the Great Depression. Ryan will be appearing in Birmingham with the Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation at a […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yellowhammer sources have confirmed that both the Alabama Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney’s office have launched criminal investigations into possible wrongdoing stemming from Governor Robert Bentley’s inappropriate relationship with his senior advisor Rebekah Mason. Multiple sources close to the investigations say the U.S. Attorney is looking into the possible misuse of […]

The Rebekah Mason scandal has rocked the state of Alabama and Governor Robert Bentley (R-Al) has gone from limping to crawling just two years into his second term. After revelations that the governor apparently lied about having a physical affair with Mrs. Mason, many of his colleagues are now calling for him to resign. RELATED: […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Last week, the Birmingham law firm Maynard Cooper & Gale announced that one of their attorneys would be clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. That lawyer, Mrs. Kasdin Miller Mitchell, will be one of Thomas’ four clerks for the 2016 term beginning this summer. Mitchell received both her undergraduate and […]

Then-First Lady Dianne Bentley, suspicious that her husband, Governor Robert Bentley, was having an affair with his senior advisor, Rebekah Mason, on multiple occasions pressed “record” on her cell phone, left the room, and captured the governor having intimate conversations with his mistress. Included in those recordings, which were obtained by Yellowhammer News, is overwhelming […]

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley insists he did not have a physical relationship with his senior advisor Rebekah Mason, but his own words — captured in a recording made by his then-wife — suggest he is not being entirely forthcoming. “I want everyone to know though that I have never had a physical affair with Mrs. […]

(Video above: Chris Adler sings “Bentley was framed!”) What do O.J. Simpson, Tiger Woods, Richard Nixon, the Unabomber and Robert Bentley have in common? According to Rick & Bubba producer Chris Adler, they were all framed. Governor Bentley is enduring the biggest scandal of his administration after Yellowhammer News released audio evidence that the governor […]

“I want everyone to know though that I have never had a physical affair with Mrs. Mason,” Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said defiantly in response to allegations that he’d had an affair with his senior political advisor. Bentley conceded that he had made “inappropriate comments” to Rebekah Mason, a married staffer with three children, but […]

As a proud son of Alabama, I found myself called to draw on the most recent episode of Redneck Governor Theater. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” – President Bill Clinton “I want everyone to know though that I have never had a physical affair with Mrs. Mason.” – Governor […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey and a close circle of advisers are mapping out a transition plan in case Gov. Robert Bentley is compelled to resign from office, according to multiple Yellowhammer sources. The planning began in earnest last summer in the wake of Dianne Bentley, the governor’s wife of 50 years, […]

(Video above: Hear the audio recording of Governor Robert Bentley having an inappropriate conversation with Rebekah Mason.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A clip of the audio recordings revealing Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s illicit affair with a staffer has now surfaced online. Yellowhammer was given exclusive access to the content of audio recordings captured by Dianne Bentley, […]