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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took to the mic on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday and unleashed one of his most passionate rebukes of billionaire big businessmen who are attempting to push so-called comprehensive immigration reform through Congress. Specifically, Sessions took exception to the tech executives’ push for more guest workers in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced full committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations bill, which contains funding for ships being built by Austal USA at its Alabama manufacturing facility. The bill will now go to the full Senate for […]
BESSEMER, Ala. — Steyr Arms, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious firearms manufacturers, will hold an unprecedented two-day factory-direct sale of Steyr, Merkel and select Anschutz firearms at its new headquarters in Bessemer, Alabama, the company announced Wednesday. Steyr Arms, located at 2530 Morgan Road in Bessemer, will open the doors to its […]
Thursday marked the tenth day of Operation Protective Edge, a coordinated push by Israel to stop Hamas from continuously launching rockets from Gaza into areas of Israel heavily populated by civilians. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered to fly to Cairo or Jerusalem to negotiate a cease fire, but was “politely rejected” […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL6) on Wednesday expressed concerns that the regulatory reach of the U.S. Federal Reserve has been extended too far and may be crushing smaller insurance companies and asset managers. During a hearing in the the House Financial Services Committee, Bachus pushed Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to implement more […]
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) continued his rise as a national conservative thought leader on Wednesday, with Fox News “Special Report” touting his opposition to President Obama’s immigration executive orders. Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry noted that Obama’s recent immigration proposals have hit a “brick wall,” namely, Sen. Sessions. “The details [of President […]
Alabama’s primary season officially came to a close Tuesday as the state’s runoff elections went off without a hitch — other than some open-carry activists trying to enter polling places with their weapons. Before we dig in, here’s a quick look at the winning candidates: Statewide races — Secretary of State: John Merrill Auditor: Jim […]
Gary Palmer concluded a stunning upset Tuesday night, besting Paul DeMarco in the Republican primary for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District seat after starting with a 14-point disadvantage going into the runoff. Yellowhammer News called the race with Palmer up 62% – 38% with half of precincts reporting. We will update this story as the final […]
The United States House of Representatives today passed the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, which seeks to make the temporary Internet tax moratorium passed in 1998 the permanent law of the land. The Act, which was co-sponsored by three Republican members of Alabama’s Congressional delegation (Bachus, Brooks and Aderholt), permanently bans state and local governments […]
Executives from major U.S. tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn, YouTube, Netflix and Instagram have joined forces — and finances — to help the Obama administration push through so-called comprehensive immigration reform and boost the number of foreign worker visas. Their argument is that the the U.S. economy is in desperate need of more skilled […]
FARNBOROUGH, England — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced from England on Tuesday that GE Aviation plans to bring high volume additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to its facility in Auburn. This facility will be the first of its kind to mass produce additive components for the jet propulsion industry. “GE Aviation’s decision to […]
Chris Cillizza, editor of The Washington Post’s political blog “The Fix” had this to say on Twitter Monday afternoon: These are the 10 most politically boring states. Prove me wrong. http://t.co/IfuPSyeUA0 — Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) July 14, 2014 After clicking through to the article and realizing that Alabama was on The Fix’s list of the […]
Parker Griffith, the Democratic Party’s nominee for Alabama governor, made some… well… interesting comments at a recent campaign stop. In response to a voter asking whether Griffith’s frequent Party switching (“from a Democrat to a Republican and back again”) has affected his support, Griffith had this to say: It’s still difficult. Religion and politics are […]
New revelations of negligence, mismanagement and cover-ups within the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) seem to have become a weekly — even daily — occurrence at this point. First, employees were caught falsifying records to cover up long wait times. Then CAVHCS director James Talton lied about firing the offending staffers, but instead got rid of the […]
(Above: Airbus Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Allan McArtor and Hoar Program Management President Mike Lanier discuss the Mobile Aeroplex) MOBILE, Ala. – Construction work on the Airbus Alabama passenger jet production facility is moving forward on schedule, with the steel skeleton of a logistics center soon to rise near the assembly hangar already […]
LONDON, England — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley addressed a group of economic development leaders and city officials from around Alabama Sunday morning at a London hotel, signifying the start of several intense days of business meetings and networking at the Farnborough International Air Show meant to bring new aerospace investment and jobs home to the […]
Alabama runoff elections are set to take place on Tuesday, with several hotly contested races still very much in doubt. With turnout expected to be historically low — the Alabama Secretary of State is estimating around 5 percent — every vote will count. Here are four races that Alabamians should be paying particularly close attention […]
It’s not uncommon in Alabama to see a pickup truck riding down the highway with a load of people in the back, especially in rural areas of the state. I did it growing up. Pretty much everyone I know has done it at some point. In some cases it’s for practical reasons, but in most […]
(Video Above: Pat Boone endorses Chip Beeker for PSC) Legendary entertainer Pat Boone, spokesman for the 60 Plus Association, often described as the conservative alternative to AARP, over the weekend endorsed Republican Chip Beeker in his campaign for a seat on the 3-member Alabama Public Service Commission. “I’m still singing at concerts, but today on […]
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday harshly criticized the Obama administration’s handling of the immigration crisis at the southwest border. He also rejected the idea of borrowing money to fulfill the administration’s $3.7 billion “emergency” funding request to address the influx of child immigrants coming into the country, […]
Businessman and Prattville City Council member Clyde Chambliss was just 19 votes short of winning the crowded Senate District 30 Republican primary outright. But when all the votes were counted on June 3rd, he came in just shy of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. He was followed by Harris Garner of […]
Montgomery, Ala. – 22 Republican probate judges from counties across Alabama today threw their support behind their former colleague Reese McKinney, who is locked in a tight runoff with state representative John Merrill in his bid to become Alabama’s next secretary of state. Probate judges are the chief election officials in the counties they represent. […]
The Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHCS) has racked up seven-figures worth of unpaid bills to local area hospitals who wanted to help the VA relieve its backlog of veterans waiting to receive care. According to documentation obtained exclusively by Yellowhammer News, CAVHCS as of June 26, 2014 owed Jackson Hospital in Montgomery $1.6 million, […]