Republicans delivered on a campaign promise in 2011 by passing a law requiring Alabama voters to show a photo ID before being allowed to vote. The law finally goes into effect for this year’s primary elections, which are set to take place June 3. Numerous types of photo IDs can be used by voters, including […]

According to multiple news sources, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 33 Christians believed to be working with South Korean Baptist missionary Kim Jung-wook. Kim Jung-wook was arrested by authorities in 2013 after having worked to start roughly 500 underground churches in North Korea. The North Korean dictator is now accusing […]

The effort to completely repeal Common Core State Standards in Alabama has been met with fierce resistance over the last couple of legislative sessions, but it appears that a compromise bill may now have a chance to advance in the legislature for the first time. Senate Bill 443 is sponsored by Sen. Scott Beason and […]

A new report by the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute provides overwhelming evidence that welfare in Alabama and many other parts of the country has become more like a spider web than the safety net it was intended to be. According to the Cato study, welfare recipients in Alabama can receive benefits that are the equivalent of […]

The phrase “cooped up” won’t hold quite the same meaning much longer if Californians have their way. In 2008, voters in California inexplicably passed a proposition requiring California-based egg producers to provide either free ranges or larger cages for their hens. After concerns were raised that this would put California’s egg producers at an economic […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yellowhammer News, Alabama’s leading source of news and political commentary, was named State Blog of the Year at BlogBash on the first night of the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “This is an incredible honor for our company,” said Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims. “It’s exciting to see our reach and […]

Carly Chandler is a 3-year-old from Birmingham who suffers from an extremely rare neurological disorder called CDKL5 that causes her to have daily seizures. There are believed to be less than 700 people in the world with the disorder, and there are only a couple hundred known cases in the United States. Carly’s seizures are […]

President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2015 budget blueprint on Tuesday, a plan which Democrats said would build on the debt ceiling compromise they made with Republicans last year. “This budget adheres to the spending principles members of both Houses of Congress have already agreed to,” President Obama said on Tuesday. But as budget analysts […]

When Erick Wright, Democratic Candidate for Congress is Alabama’s 2nd District, removed a YouTube video of himself talking politics while sitting on the toilet, he thought he nor anyone else would ever see the video again. “When I decided to run for office, I removed that video because on the larger scale, that may be […]

Dr. Scott Beaulier’s résumé is nothing if not impressive. It reads something like this… • Ph.D in Economics from George Mason University • Distinguished Fellow at The Laffer Center for Global Economic Growth (You remember Art Laffer, right? Ronald Reagan’s top economic policy adviser? Yea.) • Economics Department Chair and Distinguished Professor of Capitalism at […]

The Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules aimed at phasing out coal-fired power in favor of low-carbon fuels will come at a high cost, according to a newly released report. Over the next two decades, the EPA’s rules to fight global warming will cost the economy $2.23 trillion, raise energy prices and lower families’ incomes. Using economic […]

Now that everyone has had a couple of weeks to digest the 2014 Yellowhammer Power & Influence 40, our 3rd annual list of the state’s top political power brokers, let’s take a look back at this year’s list by the numbers. The Yellowhammer team put together the infographic below to illustrate the demographics of the […]

The pranksters of The Magic of Rahat YouTube Channel have become well known online for their antics in fast food restaurant drive-throughs, but this week they decided to put the shenanigans aside and help a man in need. Rahat, the channel’s host, recently began noticing a homeless man hanging out near a local shopping center. […]

Rep. Bradley Byrne, AL-01, delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today highlighting the plight of Christians in nations overseas that have experienced systematic persecution at the hands of oppressive governments, or in the absence of a functioning government. “Our nation has a moral responsibility to contribute to ending Christian […]

A new map by New York-based accounting firm O’Connor Davies lays out the top marginal income tax rate for every state in the country, and it reveals some interesting data points. For instance, how do red states stack up against blue states? Using the 2012 election results, The Fix, found that “the average state income […]

Rep. Mike Rogers, AL-03, today called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bill rolling back regulations that discourage the use of America’s coal reserves. Rogers said H.R. 3826, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act, would help ensure America can maintain a diverse and affordable electricity portfolio, which includes natural gas, nuclear power, […]

Nationally syndicated talk radio host and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham has made up her mind who she wants to run for President of the United States in 2016, and it’s not any of the names the so-called mainstream media has been trumpeting. “Jeff Sessions, we need Sessions for President,” Ingraham said earlier this week […]

The Alabama House of Representatives passed four pro-life bills on Tuesday in an effort to move the state from the middle-of-the-pack to near the top of the list when it comes to states with the most stringent pro-life laws. RELATED: National pro-life group ranks Alabama 20th ‘most pro-life’ state “In Alabama, we will fight tooth […]

Much has been made about the continual refusal by Governor Robert Bentley to expand Medicaid. In the push to pass the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), President Obama explained in 2009 that “we can’t simply put more people into a broken system that doesn’t work.” Medicaid was originally created to provide healthcare to […]

President Obama sent Congress an enormous $3.9 trillion budget on Tuesday that includes $1 trillion higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations and countless spending hikes. Republicans responded quickly, calling it the president’s most irresponsible budget yet. “It’s disappointing that the president produced a campaign document instead of putting forth a serious budget blueprint that […]

Sean Parker, the founding President of Facebook, has frequently said that he tries to say at least one thing a day that would disqualify him from running for public office. Fortunately for Parker, he’s already a billionaire and doesn’t have to think about the more basic necessities of life — like trying to land his […]

The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is trying to stop a bill that would make teacher effectiveness a consideration when school districts are forced to make layoffs due to tight budgets. When districts face budget cuts or enrollment decreases, school leaders sometimes have to carry out what is called a “reduction in force” (RIF) in teaching […]

Democrat Erick Wright, who describes himself as an activist, neighbor, friend, consultant and businessman, is currently challenging incumbent Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The Alabama Democratic Party has struggled to fill the ballot with candidates this year, and as Yellowhammer previously pointed out, they even appear to have continued adding candidates […]

The national media has begun bringing widespread attention to the serious problems in Alabama’s underfunded, overcrowded prison system. In the last several days alone, the New York Times, Washington Post and Associated Press have all published widely disseminated articles on the ongoing problems in the system, most notably at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, where […]