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During this time of year, it is easy to be distracted by the hustle and bustle of the season. Most of us are busy planning festive get-togethers, making travel arrangements, and managing our budgets while fulfilling Christmas wishes. But it is a joyous time to spend with family and to share God’s blessings with others. […]
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, has introduced legislation that would limit President Obama’s ability to approve the placement of Russian monitoring stations (GLONASS) on U.S. soil. As Yellowhammer reported last month, the U.S. State Department under the leadership of Secretary of State John Kerry wants to allow Russia to build these facilities in the United States. […]
Aaron Weiss, a law enforcement officer and Iraq combat veteran rose earlier this year to speak out for the repeal of New York’s gun-grabbing “SAFE Act,” which was passed by the New York legislature and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. After nearly coming to tears while describing the sacrifices he and his friends […]
The Mike Huckabee for president movement is picking up steam. Conservative activists trying to convince him to take another shot at the White House in 2016 have commissioned polls showing the former Arkansas governor leading Republican primary races in the two key early primary states of Iowa and South Carolina. In Iowa, the caucus state he won […]
Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal made a stop in Birmingham, Ala. last week to address the city’s Rotary Club, the second largest club of its kind in the world. Local business leaders packed into the The Harbert Center to hear the two-term governor and potential 2016 presidential contender riff on everything from his childhood to his […]
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, made an already bad week for Alabama enviro groups even worse by calling for a U.S. Department of Energy investigation into whether the groups inappropriately used taxpayer money to advance an “anti-coal agenda in Alabama.” Shelby wrote to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Friday requesting he launch an investigation […]
In 2006, Vanessa Willock asked Elaine Huguenin — co-owner of Elane Photography in New Mexico — to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony” between Willock and another woman. Huguenin declined because same-sex marriage contradicts with her religious beliefs. Willock was able to find another photographer for her ceremony, but decided to also file a complaint with […]
Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, and Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, will emphatically vote “no” on the Ryan-Murray budget deal that skated through the U.S. House Thursday by a vote of 332-94. Sessions, the top Republican on the Budget Committee, went a step further and said he and his Senate GOP colleagues will filibuster the deal. Democrats concede […]
Late Thursday, the U.S. House approved a budget deal brokered between House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., by a bipartisan 332-94 margin. Alabama’s congressional delegation reflected that vote, with the lone “no” vote coming from Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville. “While parts of the Murray-Ryan spending deal […]
Warrantless surveillance, prisoners held without charges and presidential death warrants. A juvenile selfie at a memorial service seems the least of this Administration’s sins. Follow Scott on Twitter @SStantis
60 Plus Association — the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization — has chosen Alabama to be the first state in the country where they will launch a state-based chapter. 60 Plus has over 7.5 million “senior supporters” nationally, including 80,000 here in Alabama. “Alabama is the perfect place to launch the first 60 Plus state […]
Alabama kicker Cade Foster has received a lot of harsh words, even death threats, from fans after missing three field goals during Alabama’s 34-28 loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl. But this week, Foster, who wears number 43, received words from encouragement from another #43 — former president George W. Bush. In a letter […]
Boeing CEO James McNerney, Jr. and University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban don’t make a combined $20 million a year because they’re dummies. University of Alabama Chancellor Robert Witt called Saban “the best financial investment [Alabama] has ever made.” Forbes estimates the University of Alabama has garnered a $100 million return on the […]
It has been a rough week for the organized environmental movement in the state of Alabama. Yellowhammer was first to break the story of financial disclosures showing millions of dollars being funneled to enviro groups to implement the ‘War on Coal’ on Alabama. Alabama coal miners have since then called for a congressional investigation into […]
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced a breakthrough on what could be the first federal budget passed by Congress since April 29, 2009. However, Murray’s counterpart on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, won’t be supporting the agreement. […]
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, announced he is co-sponsoring legislation that would protect Alabama’s 75 volunteer fire departments from a provision of ObamaCare that would threaten their staffing levels. The Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act was introduced by Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa. Currently, the IRS defines volunteer firefighters […]
Fayetteville, Georgia resident Robert Burton isn’t one to sync his Christmas lights to the typical background music. Sure, he did “Jingle Bells” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” when he was first getting started, but he’s since moved on to songs that normally get identified with Christmas, like “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller.” But this year the […]
In response to revelations that environmental groups have received millions of dollars to advance the “War on Coal” in Alabama, the Alabama Coal Association is calling on congress to investigate whether two of the groups used taxpayer money “in their attempt to kill coal jobs in Alabama.” Alabama Coal Association president George Barber sent a […]
The Alabama Congressional delegation has issued a bipartisan statement of support for Gov. Robert Bentley’s proposal to Boeing Chairman, President and CEO, James McNerney, Jr., to build the aerospace giant’s planned 777X aircraft in the state. Huntsville is a world leader in aerospace and aviation innovation, and Alabama’s workforce is second to none. There is […]
Two Alabama state senators joined roughly 100 state legislators from 32 states at Mt. Vernon, Virginia this past weekend to discuss the ground rules of a potential convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution. The idea has gained steam in the nationwide conservative grassroots community this year after conservative talk show host Mark […]
New financial disclosures released by the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation reveal that millions of dollars have been funneled to local Alabama environmental groups with the stated purpose of shutting down coal-fired power plants. For the last several months, Yellowhammer has detailed environmental groups’ efforts to hijack Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) hearings under the guise […]
Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, on Monday let it be known in no uncertain terms that he views President Barack Obama as one of history’s greatest con artists. In an appearance on Steve Malzberg’s radio show on Monday, Brooks blistered the president’s controversial healthcare law, criticizing both the way it was sold to the American people […]