(Above: Sen. Jeff Sessions speaking about PSC Candidate Chip Beeker during a campaign stop) During a campaign stop in Eutaw, Ala. on Monday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) praised Republican Alabama Public Service Commission candidate Chip Beeker, who is locked in a contentious runoff set to take place July 15th. “Chip Beeker is a first-rate guy,” […]

After receiving intense pushback from Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and the public at large, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this morning that they are no longer considering the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. as a possible location to house illegal immigrant children who came across the border unaccompanied. […]

Yellowhammer broke the news on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to house illegal immigrant children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. Many of them were apprehended at the U.S. border, which is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis brought on by children being […]

It’s been a bad year for the Obama Administration at the U.S. Supreme Court. Just last week the Court released opinions striking down three of the President’s recess appointments and nullifying a law that prevented pro-life protests in certain spaces around abortion clinics. This week, the Court handed down its long-awaited decision in the Hobby […]

According to Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL03), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to house illegal immigrant children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. Many of them were apprehended at the border, which is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis brought on by children being sent […]

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will take executive action to push forward with immigration reform, since the Republican-controlled U.S. House has not taken up the Gang of Eight bill passed by the Democrat-controlled Senate last year. Obama said that some Republicans in the House are using unaccompanied children coming across the border as […]

The investment analysts at Nerd Wallet recently crunched the numbers and came up with a list of the 10 best Alabama cities for homeownership. In an effort to compile their list, Nerd Wallet sought to answer three questions: Number one, “are homes available?” “We looked at the area’s homeownership rate to determine the availability of […]

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 the entire interview at once, Yellowhammer will be rolling it out in pieces throughout this […]

FindTheBest.com (FTB), a site that provides data, analytics and analysis on a wide range of topics, today released to Yellowhammer News their comprehensive guide to choosing a college in Alabama. FTB assembled the data for colleges and universities around the state to give each institution a “Smart Rating,” which the site says is designed to […]

Dale Peterson, viral video star, convicted thief and current candidate for Alabama State Auditor, is out with a YouTube campaign ad touting his credentials and explaining why he would do the best job of keeping track of taxpayer-owned property. Just kidding. The ad has absolutely nothing to do with the job he’s asking the people […]

(Above: Matt Murphy’s full interview with Paul DeMarco) Conservative talk radio host Matt Murphy skewered Republican 6th Congressional District candidate Paul DeMarco on his radio program Monday morning for being “deceptive” and refusing to directly answer the question of whether he’s ever sponsored a tax increase. Murphy’s initial criticisms centered around a DeMarco campaign ad […]

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 the entire interview at once, Yellowhammer will be rolling it out in pieces over the […]

In one of the most contentious cases in recent memory, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the government cannot force companies to provide birth control or abortifacients to their employees if they object to the requirement on religious grounds. In 2011, the Obama Administration began requiring companies to provide contraceptives to their […]

If Alabama were a country, it would have a higher percentage of its citizens in jail than any other country in the world. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, a criminal justice think tank, 861 out of every 100,000 Alabamians are in jail. The U.S. as a whole incarcerates 716 people for every 100,000 residents, […]

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com (Above: Darius Foster appears on Fox & Friends, Sunday, June 29, 2014) At the time when Yellowhammer posted Republican Alabama House candidate Darius Foster’s YouTube ad last week, it was roughly a month old and had received about 500 plays. In the few days since, it has jumped over […]

Milo and Bea Carlton founded Milo’s Restaurant in Bessemer, Ala. in 1946 after Milo returned from serving our country in World War II. Milo’s philosophy was simple – use high quality, fresh, natural ingredients, listen to your customers and never sacrifice taste. In 1989, Milo’s began selling its fresh brewed Famous Sweet Tea to local […]

Since the year 2000, all of America’s employment growth has gone to immigrant workers — both legal and illegal — while the total number of working-age Americans without a job increased by 17 million over the same time period. That is the stunning conclusion of a just-released report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). […]

Actions always speak louder than words. President Obama has talked a lot about lowering energy costs, but in reality his policies only make things worse. From shutting off land for energy production to his continued stalling on construction of the Keystone Pipeline to his self-declared war on coal, President Obama’s energy policies are hitting families […]

(Above: Darius Foster’s ad, “In a Box”) Republican Darius Foster is running for Alabama House of Representatives in District 56, which includes the suburban Birmingham areas of Bessemer, Lake Cyrus, Lipscomb, Oxmoor Valley, Ross Bridge and Shannon. Foster is one of a record number of black Republicans who decided to put their name on the […]

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce on Wednesday announced that America’s economy shrank by a whopping 2.9 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2014. That’s a far more precipitous decline than two previous estimates had predicted. The Commerce Department estimated last month that the economy had experienced shrinkage of 1 percent, and prior to […]

(Above: Sen. Richard Shelby calls for special prosector to investigate the IRS) Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) during a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday said he believes the American people have lost all faith in the integrity of the IRS. The agency claims that it lost years of ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s emails during the timeframe […]

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court provided states with the opportunity to reject the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion without jeopardizing existing Medicaid funds, the expansion has become a political football. Governor Bentley has called the ACA Medicaid expansion “a federal government dependency program for the uninsured.” On the other end of the political […]

A report submitted to the White House by an independent Federal agency says that a pulmonologist at the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) falsified records of at least 1,200 patients. According to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, the Montgomery VA pulmonologist duplicated the readings from previous patient tests, rather than recording new […]

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) overcame tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel in a runoff Tuesday night after finishing second behind him in the primary three weeks ago. Although he now faces a Democrat in November, Cochran’s runoff victory likely secures him a whopping seventh term in the U.S. Senate. Alabamians were paying unusually close attention to […]