It has been a whirlwind few weeks in the race to become Alabama’s next U.S. representative from the 6th Congressional District. Paul DeMarco won 33 percent of the vote in the crowded Republican primary, giving him a commanding lead going into the runoff against Gary Palmer, who came in second in the primary with 19 […]

Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims sat down with legendary meteorologist James Spann in the ABC 33/40 studio recently to record an episode of The Exchange, Yellowhammer’s weekly interview with an Alabama politician, business leader or otherwise notable Alabamian. The interview is being rolled out in pieces throughout this week. Part 1: James Spann: ‘Alabama is […]

Ivan Cash, a filmmaker from San Francisco, California came to Alabama recently to continue a multi-part video series he calls “Last Photo.” Cash walks up to random people on the street, asks them to show him the last picture they took on their phone and films them telling the story behind it. In the video […]

The two chimneys atop the Powell Avenue Steam Plant have been fixtures of the Birmingham skyline for over a century. Originally constructed only 25 years after the City of Birmingham’s founding, the 60,000 square-foot facility was built to power a “new south” city rising out of the mineral-rich soil of central Alabama. “It was like […]

WASHINGTON — “Whistleblowers” who exposed fraud and abuses inside the Veterans Affairs System around the nation testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday, several of them detailing shocking stories of harassment and retribution that occurred after they came forward. Although no one involved in the Central Alabama VA scandal testified before the committee, […]

The State of Alabama is used to topping the list of college football powerhouses, but a recent study also places the Yellowhammer State at the top of a much less desirable list. According to research conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabamians take more narcotic painkillers than residents of any other state […]

(Above: Cliff Sims talks to James Spann about climate change) Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims sat down with legendary meteorologist James Spann in the ABC 33/40 studio recently to record an episode of The Exchange, Yellowhammer’s weekly interview with an Alabama politician, business leader or otherwise notable Alabamian. The interview will be rolled out in pieces […]

The Waltons. The Kennedys. The Rockefellers. The Mellons. The names of the United States’ wealthiest families are well-known to many Americans, although Alabamians feel far-removed from the northeastern dynasties, many of which trace their fortunes to generations — even centuries — past. But there is at least one name in Alabama that can count itself […]

“Follow the money” has been a term coined to describe where candidates get their political contributions. During a 2010 special session, the Republican-led legislature enacted a variety of laws to clean up the way money was spread around to candidates. One new law prohibited PAC-to-PAC transfers, in order to provide transparency to discover who is […]

House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Oh.) plan to sue President Obama for misusing executive powers has been met with a combination of praise, skepticism, and outrage. Many conservatives have been calling for Republicans in Congress to use whatever means they have at their disposal to halt the expansion of executive power and force the Administration to […]

Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims sat down with legendary meteorologist James Spann in the ABC 33/40 studio recently to record an episode of The Exchange, Yellowhammer’s weekly interview with an Alabama politician, business leader or otherwise notable Alabamian. The interview will be rolled out in pieces throughout this week. In Part 1, Spann talks about […]

13,000 Alabama jobs are at risk, but the problem has gotten relatively little attention, possibly because it is somewhat complex and not in an area that typically gets a lot of headlines — international trade law. So what is going on? In short, the Obama Administration’s refusal to vigorously and fairly enforce trade laws is […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration is expected to put forward on Tuesday a request for $2 billion in funding to cover the costs of the immigration crisis on the southern border. The Administration will cast the request as an emergency appropriation that would not require Congress to find any spending or tax offsets to cover […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) has created a registry of private physicians prepared to help veterans across Alabama get the timely care they need outside the Veterans Affairs system, which is mired in scandal and maintains an extensive backlog of patients waiting to receive care. “Our nation is […]

Gov. Robert Bentley and numerous local and state elected officials came together today to celebrate the grand opening of Jack Daniel’s new barrel manufacturing facility at the Mallard Fox West Industrial Complex in Trinity, Ala., just west of Decatur. Glad to be in Lawrence County today to thank Jack Daniels for expanding into AL and […]

Target, the United States’ third largest “mass merchant” retailer, last week issued a public statement requesting that shoppers no longer bring guns into their stores. “As you’ve likely seen in the media, there has been a debate about whether guests in communities that permit ‘open carry’ should be allowed to bring firearms into Target stores,” […]

Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) had some strong words for the President Barack Obama over the holiday weekend, blaming the president’s administration for gas prices spiking to the “second highest level ever for this time of year.” Here’s an excerpt from an email blast Roby sent out Sunday evening: Summer in the South is heating up, […]

Gary Palmer and Paul DeMarco are locked in a contentious Republican primary runoff in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. For the past several weeks, a lot of attention has been given to the two candidates’ record on taxes. In one of the most conservative Congressional districts in the country, there are few things that could sink […]

(Above: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence makes the case that the next U.S. President should be a governor) While Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was in Birmingham to speak at the Alabama Republican Party summer dinner, he sat down with Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims to film an episode of The Exchange, Yellowhammer’s weekly interview feature. Rather than releasing […]

(Above: the top 10 common sense quotes from Jeff Sessions’ campaign speech) Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) made a campaign stop in Eutaw, Ala. on Monday and delivered a brief but wide-ranging speech to the assembled crowd. Yellowhammer was on hand to capture the action. In the video above and the text below you can check […]

Follow Scott on Twitter @SStantis More of Yellowhammer’s recent immigration coverage: 1. BACKTRACK: Obama Administration no longer considering housing illegals in Alabama 2. Byrne: Obama continues eroding separation of powers with immigration edict 3. Sessions to GOP: Champion working class, not ‘activist CEOs’ who want cheap immigrant labor 4. Alabama congressman urges Obama to use […]

(Above: the latest online Club for Growth ad utilizes a segment of Paul DeMarco’s appearance on the Matt Murphy Show) State Rep. Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) has had a tough two-week stretch in his bid to become central Alabama’s next congressman. After finishing the Republican primary well ahead (33%) of second place finisher Gary Palmer (19%), […]

Alabama state senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) has been asked to testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations on the State of Alabama’s approach to prison reform. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) submitted the invitation to Ward in a letter Tuesday morning. “I’ll be discussing conservative solutions […]

(Above: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defends his “Healthy Indiana” plan in an interview with Yellowhammer’s Cliff Sims) While Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was in Birmingham to speak at the Alabama Republican Party summer dinner, he sat down with Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims to film an episode of The Exchange, Yellowhammer’s weekly interview feature. Rather […]