Yellowhammer News correspondent Cort Gatliff went to Railroad Park in Birmingham to test Alabamians’ knowledge on politics and sports in a brand new feature called “Pavement Press.” It went… ok, just watch for yourself.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is one of the most recognizable faces in American politics. But even before being tapped to be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate, Ryan was a powerful figure inside the Republican Party, and even more so inside the Republican conference of the U.S. House of Representatives. As the chairman of the […]

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) told Breitbart News late last week that the United States senate should oppose any nominee to replace outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder who does not “firmly reject” President Obama’s executive amnesty plan. “The Attorney General is the top law enforcement position in government. But Mr. Holder’s DOJ has taken numerous […]

Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims took to social media on Friday to express frustration with the mainstream media’s coverage of the beheading of an Oklahoma woman by a Muslim former co-worker. According to workers at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma, Alton Nolen, 30, had tried to convert several of them to Islam. After recently being […]

With an unprecedented illegal immigration crisis raging, the President announces not enforcement actions to reduce illegality, but yet one more in an endless series of executive actions to further undermine immigration law. Once more, he has taken unilateral executive action that signals to the world that our borders are not being enforced. The President is […]

Last Wednesday night, students from throughout the First Congressional District gathered in a Mobile auditorium to learn details about attending one of the five United States Service Academies. My staff and I were hosting an “Academy Night” for prospective students to hear directly from representatives of the service academies. At a time when the United […]

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Thursday added his considerable inside-the-beltway influence to the anti-amnesty movement by publicly declaring President Obama’s executive amnesty plan “both unwise and unconstitutional.” Shelby’s Alabama colleague, Sen. Jeff Sessions, has been the Senate’s most outspoken opponent of amnesty, holding court on the Senate floor for hours on end decrying any move […]

The Alabama Education Association (AEA) has donated $300,000 to Parker Griffith, the Alabama Democratic Party’s nominee for governor, according to the Griffith campaign. Yellowhammer spoke with Mr. Griffith by phone this afternoon and he confirmed the amount of the AEA’s donation, but said that his campaign has not yet decided how it will put the […]

According to numerous reports Monday, deputy state attorney general Henry “Sonny” Reagan has asked for an independent investigation to be launched into accusations that he took “action to impede or obstruct the investigation” currently taking place by a Lee County Grand Jury. According to a letter written by Attorney General Luther Strange on January 31, […]

If Alabama’s state government agencies and institutions changed the font they use to type documents, they could potentially save millions of taxpayer dollars per year, according to an analysis by the Alabama Legislative Fiscal office at the request of state senator Slade Blackwell (R-Mountain Brook). All of the state’s documents are currently printed in Time […]

(This is Part 2 of the Alabama Policy Institute’s 3-part “Budget Basics” series: exploring Alabama’s budget system, the current fiscal climate and related challenges, and the implications for taxpayers. Part 1 can be read here.) The Alabama state budget process begins with the Alabama Department of Finance’s Executive State Budget Office (EBO), as required by […]

(Above: audio from Jesse T. Smith radio interview) Jesse T. Smith, The Democratic nominee for Congress in Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District hasn’t been able to gain much traction against longtime Republican incumbent Mike Rogers, but he did make national news earlier this month by claiming that the Republican majority in Congress is “worse than ISIL.” […]

Many taxpayers are familiar with the federal budgeting system, thanks to incessant coverage of budget standoffs, government shutdowns, and increasing national debt. Yet many Alabamians remain completely unfamiliar with Alabama’s budget and the budgeting process. When the Legislature convenes in March, leadership will face the daunting task of balancing the FY2016 budget at a time […]

All eyes are on the 35 U.S. Senate seats up for grabs this year. Republicans need to pick up 6 seats to regain the majority and the election map is tilted in their favor. 21 of the 35 seats in play are currently held by Democrats; 7 of the seats held by Democrats are in […]

U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller, who was appointed to the federal bench in Alabama’s Middle District in 2002, was arrested in the early morning hours of Aug. 10 after his wife called 911 and told the dispatcher “he’s beating me… please help me.” According to the subsequent police report, Fuller’s wife had lacerations to her […]

WASHINGTON — In 2011, the U.S. House and Senate both passed a bill that granted the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to prohibit welfare beneficiaries from withdrawing their cash benefits at vice institutions, such as liquor stores, strip clubs, and casinos. In April of this year, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions was […]

The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Thursday to pass for the second time a package of energy-related bills they say would lower energy costs and create a wave of new jobs in the American energy sector. The American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, […]

(Above: Lou Dobbs interviews Rep. Mo Brooks) In an appearance on Lou Dobbs’ Fox Business Network program Tuesday evening, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) was adamant that the United States should not commit to a military conflict with ISIS if the President is not willing to do whatever it takes to win. “I’m troubled by […]

WASHINGTON — The plague of domestic violence incidents in American society has captured national attention in recent weeks after the story — and subsequent video — of star NFL running back Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancé became public. The NFL’s botched handling of the incident has led to growing calls for current NFL commissioner Roger […]

Imagine this: a thunderstorm rolls through Southwest Alabama and causes a small puddle to develop on an Escambia County farm. Under a rule proposed by the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this puddle could be subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. This proposed rule is the epitome of big government. The proposed […]

(Above: Sessions speaks on the Senate floor Sept. 12, 2014.) WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took to the Senate floor Thursday to criticize the White House and Senate Democrats for “surrender(ing) their constituents’ jobs to the open borders lobby,” which is being led by FWD.us, an advocacy group founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg […]

During the 2010 election cycle, Alabama Republicans campaigned on a list of promises called the “Handshake With Alabama.” The campaign was wildly successful, propelling Republicans into the majority for the first time since Reconstruction. It was so successful, in fact, that Kentucky Republicans are openly copying it with their 2014 campaign platform, dubbed the “Handshake […]

(Above: Gov. Bentley discusses a revealing conversation he had with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy) President Obama’s executive amnesty plan and the growing threat of the so-called Islamic State in the Middle East are the two issues getting the most attention nationally, and deservedly so. But while the country is focused on those two crises, the […]

WASHINGTON — Flanked by senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and a host of other conservative lawmakers, Alabama congressman Mo Brooks urged the U.S. Senate to take up House-passed legislation that he believes would solve the border crisis and prevent President Obama from expanding amnesty. On Aug. 1 the House passed a bill […]