The Obama Administration has decided to go around Congress once again and unilaterally make it easier for individuals with incidental or loose ties to terrorism to get into the United States. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for one, does not think it is a good idea and is voicing his displeasure with the policy change, as […]

Pro-abortion advocates often like to say that no one likes abortion, that it is an unfortunate part of being a woman in today’s society. But actions speak so much louder than words. Yesterday, in response to the White House’s twitter campaign #WhatWomenNeed for Valentine’s Day, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards posted a vine video flipping […]

This is Part 1 of a three-part series on the race to become Alabama’s next congressman. Going in alphabetical order, Yellowhammer will give you our take on the seven candidates who qualified for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District (no Democrats qualified). The candidates are Scott Beason, Will Brooke, Paul DeMarco, Chad Mathis, […]

Yellowhammer has already given you the big picture lay of the land for this year’s legislative races, now let’s take a look at some of the most hotly contested House and Senate districts to watch in 2014. Remember, with Alabama having become a bright red state in 2010, it is fairly rare for there to […]

During the opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympics NBC heralded the Communist Revolution as a “pivotal experiment” in world history. Sure, if by pivotal, NBC meant something that proved once and for all that communism was a horrible failure that cost tens of millions of human lives, and most of a century of economic and […]

Though Governor Bentley continues to hold the line on not expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, there has been a concerted effort by special interest groups and left-leaning editorial writers recently to pressure the Governor to change his mind. Advocates of big government solutions to healthcare issues have even trumpeted Medicaid expansion as a potential economic and […]

One of Yellowhammer’s missions is to give our readers a peak behind-the-curtain of Alabama politics. In keeping with that mission, the first major feature Yellowhammer Politics, the predecessor to Yellowhammer News, ever published was the 2012 Power & Influence 40 list. This 40-person list featured who we considered to be the most powerful and influential […]

2010 was a historic year in Alabama politics. 136 consecutive years of Democratic control in the Alabama legislature came to an end as Republicans won supermajorities in both the House and Senate. Since then, both Republicans and Democrats have started adapting to the new lay of the land, as have lobbyists, trade associations and other […]

Former Alabama Gov. Jim Folsom made waves earlier this week when he filed paperwork with the Alabama Secretary of State creating a “principle campaign committee,” which seemed to indicate that he would be running for political office again this year. However, sources close to Folsom said it was simply a legal requirement that he file […]

Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, who announced only a week ago that he would not seek re-election to his state senate seat, will be a last-minute qualifier to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. Multiple sources close to Beason told Yellowhammer by phone today that Beason did not make a […]

Greenville, Ala. – Longtime Democrat State Rep. Charles Newton of Greenville on Friday announced that he is qualifying for re-election to his House seat with the Alabama Republican Party. He has served in the House as a Democrat since 1989. Newton said he made the decision to switch parties after much consideration because he believes […]

Alabama may be facing a dire shortage of substitute teachers during the coming year thanks to *drum roll* ObamaCare. Marshall County school superintendent Tim Nabors shared his concern about the sub shortage on Thursday with Huntsville news station WHNT. Nabors said ObamaCare will affect the availability of substitute teachers in the school system due to the […]

The United States is ridiculously wealthy. Of course, you probably already know that. However, you may not realize just how wealthy most of us really are, especially when compared to people in other parts of the world. Here are a few quick facts to consider: If you make over $34,000, you are among the world’s […]

On Wednesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Alabama Education Association (AEA), the state’s teachers’ union and most powerful liberal political organization, can no longer receive dues from their members by automatic payroll deduction. When Republicans came into power in 2010, they passed a bill stopping government employees from arranging for a […]

Following a heart bypass surgery and a gallbladder removal in previous weeks, Rep. Mac McCutcheon, R-Huntsville, issued the following statement expressing gratitude for the outpouring of support he has received and providing an update on his recovery: Debbie and I have been overwhelmed by the amount of support and prayers we have received over the […]

A report released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday confirms what many economists and conservatives have been saying for the last four years: ObamaCare has, and will, cost Americans literally millions of jobs. CBO estimates mark the number at nearly 2.3 million jobs. That’s around half the population of Alabama. And those jobs […]

Local school board members from across the country are in Washington, D.C. this week meeting with their representatives about U.S. Dept. of Education policies. And based on a letter Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, wrote to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Wednesday, it’s clear that school board members from Alabama had one main thing […]

Over the last few days there has been an onslaught of national media pundits, liberal bloggers and even the President of the United States renewing a push for solving all the country’s poverty issues by increasing the minimum wage. The Alabama reporter class all sound as if they are reading from the same sheet of […]

North Alabama, a Democrat stronghold up until recent years, is fast becoming one of the most reliably Republican areas of the state. Sen. Tammy Irons, D-Florence, was one of the last remaining North Alabama Senators after the Republican surge in 2010. However, redistricting left her in a much more conservative district, leading her to announce […]

Gary Palmer today became the first Sixth Congressional District candidate to air a radio spot this election cycle. The first Wednesday in February is always one of the most exciting days of the year for college football fanatics because it’s National Signing Day, the first day a high school senior can sign a letter of […]

Supposedly the State of Alabama owns 6,560 individual pieces of real estate. The State “supposedly” owns them because the database from which this information comes, the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (DCNR) “State-Owned Land Registry,” is replete with low-quality information. For instance, 1,957 of the 6,560 property listings have no explanation of how […]

After several high profile members of the state legislature left office mid-term to become lobbyists, Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, decided he wanted to stop what he referred to as the “revolving door.” Marsh’s Senate bill addressing the issue, aptly dubbed “The Revolving Door Act,” also made it into the House GOP’s legislative agenda, and was […]

Based on Paul Harvey’s seminal essay, “If I were the devil,” Free Market America produced one of the most viral conservative videos to hit the web in the last couple of years, titled “If I Wanted America to Fail.” “If I wanted America to fail; to follow, not lead; to suffer, not prosper; to despair, […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation, the state’s largest farm organization with 365,000 member families, today endorsed State Rep. Paul DeMarco, R-Homewood, in his bid for United States Congress. Federation President Jimmy Parnell said he believes DeMarco is a fiscal conservative who has worked to make government more efficient and transparent. “Rep. DeMarco has a proven record […]