https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6PlZmX81k (Video Above: The Alabama Free Market Alliance explains the true cost of regulations) The Alabama Free Market Alliance released a video over the weekend describing what they say are the true costs of government regulations. Here are a few highlights from the video: – Regulations cost Americans $2 trillion every year, more than the […]

Alabama lawmakers will convene this week in Montgomery for a Special Legislative Session with the sole purpose of passing a balanced budget. You will hear legislators say there is not enough money to fund the essential services of state government. What they are really saying is they do not have the courage to reform a […]

At this very moment, the national debt sits at over $18 trillion dollars, and it shows no signs of going down anytime soon. Our spending problems are reaching crisis level, and we are set to leave behind a catastrophe for the next generation. Take my grandson MacGuire for example. Before his first birthday, his share […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A survey taken of recipients of the state’s first school choice program shows parents are overwhelmingly satisfied with their child’s new school and academic progress. 2013’s Alabama Accountability Act provided children in habitually failing schools an opportunity to apply for a scholarship to a participating non-failing public or private school. Though the […]

GREENSBORO, Ala. — Alabama State Rep. Ralph Howard (D-Greensboro) was arrested earlier this week for shooting out the tires of his wife’s car during a domestic dispute, according to a report by the Sumter County Record-Journal. He made bond after spending Sunday night in the Hale County Jail and is being charged with harassment, domestic […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disturbed by recent videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials attempting to sell the tissue of aborted babies, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) led more than fifty U.S. House members in writing a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting that an independent counsel be appointed to fully investigate the possibility that Planned […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday giving the Department of Veterans Affairs more power to remove underperforming employees in an effort to bring more accountability to the agency plagued with scandals. The VA Accountability Act, sponsored by Florida Congressman Jeff Miller and cosponsored by Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-AL2), authorizes the VA to […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After the release of three separate videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials seeking to sell the tissue of aborted human babies, protests of the federally-funded organization have swept the nation. Protestors have consistently called for the end of taxpayer subsidization of clinics that perform abortions and allegedly sell fetal tissue on the […]

The Shelby County Republican Party announced Wednesday they will be hosting a “Southern Social” with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and moon pies as part of a series of events the presidential candidate has scheduled that day in Alabama. Cruz will be meeting voters and speaking at the Pelham Civic Complex on Sunday August 9 from […]

(Audio above: Cliff Sims discusses gambling on Yellowhammer Radio) On Wednesday’s edition of Yellowhammer Radio, host Cliff Sims delivered a thought-provoking monologue on the gambling debate that is once again beginning to heat up in Alabama. The must-hear audio is above, along with a transcript below. If you’re unsure about where you stand on gambling, […]

The Alabama Legislature caught its share of grief after adjourning from the regular session without passing a budget. The alleged infighting between the House and Senate and the bickering over how to solve the shortfall dominated the headlines in early June as the session wrapped up. Yet, nearly eight weeks later, it’s easier to examine […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yellowhammer obtained Wednesday morning the results of a poll commissioned by the Alabama Council for Excellent Government (ACEgov), a tax-exempt group that was launched to help Governor Robert Bentley win public support for his agenda. Conducted by polling firm Public Opinion Strategies, the survey makes the case that Alabama Republicans want taxes […]

WASHINGTON — A bill which could drastically roll back many of the costly regulations passed each year by executive agencies won overwhelming support from U.S. House Republicans Tuesday, including the affirmative vote of every Republican member of Alabama’s delegation. The “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny,” or REINS Act, would require congressional approval […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Wednesday morning Yellowhammer obtained a copy of each bill the Bentley administration sent to legislators to consider during the upcoming special session, as well as an email the governor’s top legislative affairs staffer sent to lawmakers. The draft bills and email show that the governor is recommending a dual approach to the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit struck down another regulation created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The defeated rule, known as the ‘Cross-State’ regulation, set stringent air pollution limits on Alabama’s sulfur dioxide emissions crossing state lines. The ruling orders the EPA to rewrite sulfur-dioxide and […]

(Special to The Yellowhammer News by New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews) I have long been proud of my heritage.  While unable to trace ancestors to the Mayflower and unaware of any noble blood in my veins, I am from Alabama.   Born in Birmingham’s West End Hospital in 1959, I still live in […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Alabama Education Association (AEA) leaders are lashing out at the teachers’ union’s current trusteeship under its parent organization, the National Education Association (NEA), saying in a letter that the AEA is being “occupied” by the NEA. The letter, dated July 2nd, is signed by former AEA leaders Joe Reed and Nancy […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, sent Alabama’s lawmakers a stern letter Tuesday warning them to stop looking for an easy way out of the state’s current General Fund budget crisis. Heading back into the Special Session, which will reconvene August 3rd, state politicians have floated a bevy of tax […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQKq3IzHcg&feature=youtu.be (Video above: Congresswoman Martha Roby introduces the “Failing VA Medical Center Act”) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Martha Roby (R-AL2) introduced a bill in the U.S. House on Tuesday that would compel top Department of Veterans Affairs officials to take over failing VA medical centers and improve them. Roby’s bill, “The Failing VA Medical Center […]

(Video Above: Congressman Bradley Byrne details the ways the government’s out of control spending is harming future generations) WASHINGTON — With a current national debt of around $18.3 trillion and climbing, The United States’ budget crisis is no secret. But the perceptions that many have about government spending, and how it might be reined in, […]

(Video Above: Rep. Gary Palmer speaks at a House Oversight Committee press conference calling for the removal of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen) WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) joined his fellow members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Monday evening to call for the removal of IRS commissioner John Koskinen, saying he […]

Like many of you, I often grow frustrated with our local, state and national elected leaders, and even occasionally feel powerless as I watch political events unfold. But this past week provided me and many others around Alabama with indisputable evidence that our voices combined truly can make a difference. Consider this timeline… Sunday, July […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the wake of the Chattanooga shooting, in which four Marines and one Navy sailor were killed by a radical Islamist, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced Monday he has ordered all Alabama National Guardsmen to be armed during active duty, as well as those at the state’s four National Guard recruiting centers. […]

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is undoubtedly one of the most powerful people in the state. When he speaks, pretty much every member of the media listens, but an excerpt from a newly-published unauthorized biography of the coach has people scratching their heads. Wall Street Journal sports reporter Ben Cohen tweeted out […]