Montgomery – House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) on Thursday announced that members of the body’s Republican Caucus successfully enacted all of the items in its “Flag, Family, and Country” legislative agenda during the 2018 regular session. “House Republicans have once again kept our promises and followed up our words with actions,” Ledbetter said. “The […]

The Alabama Jobs Enhancement Act, HB317, was passed in this week’s legislative session. Through the passing of HB317, Alabama maintains the ability to competitively position itself for economic development prospects, as well as the investment and jobs associated with these projects. The main purpose of HB317 is to provide clarity to professional economic developers in Alabama. It clarifies […]

MOBILE — As this year’s legislative session winds down, Alabama gubernatorial hopeful State Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) finds himself juggling the duties of running a statewide campaign and the responsibilities of being an Alabama state senator with the legislature in a rush to adjourn for 2018. With the June Republican primary around the corner, the […]

The list of 2018 Yellowhammer Women of Impact includes the governor, business leaders, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and educators. But it is quite possible that the woman who has touched the most lives is Brittany Howard, a 29-year-old Alabama native who is a founding member of the musical sensation Alabama Shakes. It took about two years for […]

Media personality Dr. Gina Loudon may have grown up in Missouri, but the firebrand conservative commentator who regularly appears on national television and radio says she will always call Alabama her “sweet home.” Loudon, who got her talk radio and TV start in St. Louis, moved to Alabama to host the popular “Dr. Gina Show” […]

http://media.blubrry.com/warrior_wednesday/content.blubrry.com/warrior_wednesday/EP_15_From_West_Point_to_the_battlefield_to_business_owner_Captain_Clayton_Hinchman_talks_about_his_life_as_an_Airborne_Ranger.mp3 Retired Airborne Ranger, Captain Clayton Hinchman attended West Point. Hinchman wanted to spend his career in the military, but an unfortunate encounter with an IED changed his plans. Warrior Wednesday host Scott Chambers spoke with Hinchman about his time in combat, how he became a business owner, and his run for U.S. Congress in […]

How do you know when you’ve made it? When your employer names a program after you. That is what happened last year to Cathy Randall, the longtime director of the University of Alabama’s computer-based honors program. It now is called the Catherine J. Randall Research Scholars Program. Randall isn’t just the director of the program. […]

The First-Time Homebuyer and Second-Chance Savings Account (FHSA) bill, HB 248, passed the Senate last week with a vote of 22-2. The House unanimously concurred Thursday morning with a vote of 97–0. The bill now goes to Governor Ivey’s office for consideration. “On behalf of our 14,000 members, thank you to the Alabama Legislature for […]

When Birmingham lawyer and child advocate Elizabeth “Liz” Huntley describes her childhood, she says it was filled with “nightmarish events” and “tremendous adversity” that she overcame with the life-giving support of mentors and teachers who helped her see her potential. In an inspiring 2015 TEDxBirmingham talk, she described her harrowing early life: Her dad was […]

Tuesday on Auburn radio’s WANI, former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville gave his endorsement to Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle in the race for governor. In an appearance on the station’s “Auburn/Opelika This Morning with Bob Wooddy,” Tuberville explained how he came to the conclusion Battle would be best suited to be Alabama’s next chief […]

AUBURN, Alabama — Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation’s fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn – then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He’s one of several operations managers at GE’s Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at  Southern Union State Community […]

Alexia Borden’s trajectory at Alabama Power has been rapid and in one direction — up. Borden last year became senior vice president and general counsel of Alabama Power, only a year after joining the company. She is both the youngest person and first woman ever to hold the position. She also is a 2018 Yellowhammer […]

In the 20 years that Tom Benz has been doing orphan ministry in Ukraine, he has built a “bridge of faith” between the Eastern European country and his home in Alabama. Bridges of Faith, Benz’s Clanton-based ministry, works with orphaned Ukrainian children, helping to facilitate adoptions and cultural exchange programs throughout the year.

ATHENS — For the last 30 years, evangelist Scott Dawson has preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to crowds far and wide. Now the founder of the Birmingham-based Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association is making a foray into the bloodsport of Alabama politics and seeking the state’s top job. It’s Thursday afternoon at Athens, Ala.’s Square Clock […]

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The Alabama Legislature has approved a bill to create a resource center housed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System to provide support for nonprofit, rural, public hospitals in the state that are facing economic pressures. The bill, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Greg Reed, R-Jasper, and in the House by Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Cullman, would […]

A little rust was evident after a long hunting season. The first tap at the end of the line meant a fish was interested in the bait, but the reflexes hadn’t been tested for a while. By the time I set the hook, I had felt the second tap. I knew that, in all likelihood, […]

The countdown is on! What’s happening as the session winds down? Read below to find out! 1. Gun bills might be finished for this session . . .   With time quickly winding down in the legislative session, the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee had a meeting scheduled on Tuesday to consider several […]

An Alabama program called First Class Pre-K is seeing such extraordinary results that Harvard University is producing a documentary about the effort and more than 30,000 four-year-olds were pre-registered last year in hopes of snagging one of the less than 17,000 available spots state-wide. The program is overseen by Alabama Secretary of Early Education Jeana […]

This summer, Debbie Long will call it a career at Protective Life Corp. What a career it has been. Long, who also is a 2018 Yellowhammer Woman of Impact, served as executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of the insurance company before taking on a part-time advisory role this year. She is […]

HUNTSVILLE — For the last several decades, Alabama’s northernmost major city has been one of the state’s crown jewels for economic development. From rockets in the 1950s to landing a Toyota-Mazda joint venture manufacturing facility earlier this year, little stays the same in Madison County. For the last 10 years, a number of Huntsville’s achievements […]

Growing up in Hoover, Chris Parks worked at a family owned butcher shop. After high school he attended Auburn University. Almost 16 years and multiple combat missions later, Major Chris Parks is about to leave the U.S. Marines. Parks joined Scott Chambers, host of Warrior Wednesday to share his story. Parks talks about his days […]

Evangelist and gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson won a straw poll earlier this week conducted by the Pike County Republican Club. Dawson received 52 percent of the vote from the club’s members, followed by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle with 38 percent, Governor Kay Ivey with 6 percent and State Sen. Bill Hightower with 4 percent, according […]

Evangelist Scott Dawson stopped by the Ford Faction on Wednesday to talk about his run governor, and how we have too many politicians and not enough leaders in Montgomery. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.