Ala. State Rep. Becky Nordgren, R-Gadsden, announced this morning that she has introduced a bill to create an annual state sales tax holiday on the weekend prior to the Fourth of July for the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and firearm supplies. “The anti-gun agenda being pursued by Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats, and other D.C. liberals […]

Troy University professors today provided research supporting Gov. Bentley’s previous claim that a UAB study touting the benefits of expanding Medicaid under ObamaCare was “bogus.” Scott Beaulier and Phillip Mixon of Troy’s Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy assert that the UAB and Univ. of Alabama studies on Medicaid expansion relied on faulty assumptions […]

Last week, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel previewed some significant changes coming for our nation’s military. Though the details won’t be public until President Obama releases his proposed budget, we know the size and scope of our Armed Forces will be greatly reduced. In fact, under the President’s proposal, the Army would shrink to its […]

Auburn University alumnus Tim Cook succeeded the legendary Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO in August of 2011. But in spite of Cook being the leader of the world’s most valuable company, very little is actually known about him. That may change soon, though, thanks to a new book titled “Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs” […]

Blount High School Cheerleaders Fight from Yellowhammer News on Vimeo. Mountain Brook High School’s boys basketball team won its second consecutive Alabama Class 6A state championship Friday night by defeating Blount High School at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Areana in Birmingham, Ala. But as hard as the boys fought on the court in Mountain Brook’s […]

Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace manufacturer, announced this week that it will be increasing its output of A320 jets, thanks to a rise in profits. According to the BBC, Airbus’ “net income rose 21% to 3.6bn euros ($5bn; £3bn) in 2013, a year when Airbus delivered a record 626 planes. Revenues rose 5% to 59.3bn euros.” […]

Over the next several months, Yellowhammer will travel to every corner of Alabama, capturing video footage as we go. We will produce a series of videos we’re calling “This is Alabama…” that we hope will show people around the world a side of our state they may have never seen before — the real Alabama, […]

(Above: Sen. Sessions tells Obama climate scientist to stick to the facts and quit promoting a political agenda) White House science czar Dr. John Holdren wasn’t in the mood to be contradicted on whether global warming was causing “extreme weather.” Holdren described climate scientists whose work contradicts the White House’s global warming claims as outside […]

Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, called in to the Leland Live program Thursday evening to discuss language that had been inserted into the state’s Education Budget halting the expansion of Common Core in Alabama. “Some school boards have been going gangbusters trying to put Common Core in,” Beason said. “The language that we inserted into the […]

The Alabama Taxpayer Bill of Rights passed out of the Alabama Senate Thursday after a prolonged debate and over the objections of Senate Democrats. The bill seeks to remove the Alabama Dept. of Revenue from the tax assessment appeals process because they essentially have a vested interest in siding with the state in such appeals. […]

Alabama’s Rainy Day Patriots (RDP) announced this afternoon that today marks their 5th anniversary as one of the state’s most active conservative grassroots groups. “It all started on Feb. 27, 2009 when 15 or so us original folks stood in a storm holding signs with no idea what we were getting into and how hard […]

Alabama’s state budgets are making their way through the house and senate this week as legislators scramble to appropriate the state’s limited resources. Much of the public debate has centered around the roughly $6 billion education budget, by far the largest pot of money in state government. The Alabama Education Association (AEA) called for an […]

The Alabama Senate passed a package of welfare reform legislation on Wednesday, including a bill prohibiting welfare recipients from spending public assistance benefits in certain ways. Senate Bill 116, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would prohibit welfare recipients from spending public assistance benefits on alcohol and tobacco, and at strip clubs and gambling facilities. […]

The Alabama Senate passed a package of welfare reform legislation on Wednesday, including two bills that would require applicants to put in some work before receiving their taxpayer-funded check. Senate Bill 87, sponsored by Sen. Bryan Taylor, R-Prattville, requires able-bodied adult food stamp recipients without dependents to participate in at least 20 hours of work, […]

The Alabama Senate passed a package of welfare reform legislation on Wednesday, including a bill requiring drug testing of welfare applicants who have a drug possession or distribution conviction in the past five years. If the bill ultimately becomes law, individuals would be cut off from receiving benefits after three failed drug tests, but others […]

As Yellowhammer reported this morning, liberals continue to deride Voter ID laws, calling them everything from racist to classist and sexist. Never mind that in addition to keeping our voting process as fraud free as possible, the law also offers anyone who needs a valid ID to vote the opportunity to get one for F-R-E-E […]

At a reception in honor of Black History Month on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden said he hopes Congress will “modernize” the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to counter the “hatred” behind voter ID laws in Alabama, North Carolina and Texas. “These guys never go away,” Biden said of supporters of voter ID. “Hatred never, […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing today on Sen. Scott Beason’s, R-Gardendale, SB354, which would allow citizens to carry a loaded gun in their vehicle without a concealed carry permit. Under Alabama’s current law, individuals must obtain a permit to carry a loaded gun in their car, otherwise they must keep the […]

At a reception in honor of Black History Month on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden said he hopes Congress will “modernize” the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to counter the “hatred” behind voter ID laws in Alabama, North Carolina and Texas. Alabama’s photo voter ID law kicks in this year, but voters without photo identification […]

Yellowhammer already told you which Alabama cities are the most dangerous, now let’s take a look at which are the most expensive. Using data compiled by NeighborhoodScout.com, here are the ten most expensive cities to live in the State of Alabama. 1. Mountain Brook Population: 20,369 | Median home value: $486,017 Mountain Brook was designed […]

Three Alabama cities are among America’s most dangerous, according a new study released by NeighborhoodScout.com, a site the provides comprehensive data information about communities all over the the nation. “Our research reveals the 100 most dangerous cities in America with 25,000 or more people, based on the number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents,” NeighborhoodScout […]

So called green energy companies have long been the beneficiaries of favorable treatment by the federal government. Tax breaks, subsidies, and often a total lack of regulation have given them a leg up on their heavily regulated fossil fuels competitors. But now that a bill to at least somewhat “level the playing field” is making […]

(Above: Rep. Alvin Holmes doubles down on his racist comments on the Hannity show) Alabama State Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, found himself in the spotlight last week when he called US Supreme Court Justice Clarence an “Uncle Tom” and criticized his interracial marriage while speaking at the mic on the floor of the Alabama House […]

So, you’re running for public office. It’s a crowded race in the middle of a packed election cycle and you’re trying to figure out how to cut through the noise and get your message out. How are you going to do it? Oh, and by the way, you’re in Alabama, the most Ro’ Tide’n, War […]