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First-term Republican Shelby County Commissioner Mike Vest has decided not to run for Alabama’s sixth congressional district seat, after indicating in mid-November that he was strongly considering it. Vest told Yellowhammer Tuesday afternoon that after further prayer and discussions with his family he decided that a run for congress is not in the cards for […]
Happy holidays from the Obama administration. Federal agencies are currently working on rolling out hundreds of environmental regulations, including major regulations that would limit emissions from power plants and expand the agency’s authority to bodies of water on private property. Last week, the White House released its regulatory agenda. It lists hundreds of pending energy […]
Last week, ThyssenKrupp announced the $1.55 billion sale of its Calvert, Ala. plant to a 50-50 joint venture owned by Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal and Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. ThyssenKrupp spent about $5 billion to build the now three-year-old plant that provides steel for auto manufacturers with production facilities in the southeastern United States. According […]
John Archibald of AL.com wants Alabama conservatives to know that they’re being childish by not wanting to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare. “Petulance,” he says, is one of the main reasons conservatives are pushing back. Archibald also wants Alabama’s governor, Dr. Robert Bentley, a man who knows a thing or two about, you know, actual healthcare, […]
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson is leading a delegation Alabama economic developers who have traveled to Germany this week for the 2013 Hamburg Aviation Forum. The delegation is working to entice aviation suppliers to locate in Alabama. The conference in Hamburg largely attracts suppliers looking to work with aerospace giant Airbus, which is currently building a […]
For most Alabamians, honoring our military men and women is not confined to the few days in a year designated for that purpose. It is knit into the fiber of our being to honor them every day. Our hearts swell with pride and gratitude at the sight of the American flag being carried onto the […]
The Sioux City Journal is priming to post a story Sunday looking at the potential alternatives to Hillary Clinton if she decides against a 2016 presidential run. But Bret Hayworth has published a preview that includes an eye-popping on-the-record quote from an Iowa Democratic party official. Call Woodbury County Democratic Party chairman Greg Guelcher the dissenter […]
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is 72-years-old and an avowed socialist who doesn’t even formally identify as a Democrat. But he’s signaled that he may just be willing to run for president in 2016 if the field lacks a progressive voice. If Hillary Clinton decides to embrace the policy menu of liberals, Sanders would likely render his […]
A couple of weeks ago, Yellowhammer reported on a disturbing “game” called “Knockout” that is growing in popularity in inner cities, particularly in the northeastern United States. The game consists of choosing a random, defenseless person on the street and attempting to knock them out in one punch. The ultimate victory in the game? A […]
(Above: 60 Minutes gets a behind-the-scenes look at Amazon.com and its CEO Jeff Bezos) “Amazon prides itself on disrupting the traditional way of doing things,” 60 Minutes correspondent Charlie Rose said to open the show Sunday evening. Rose and the 60 Minutes crew then spent the next 14 minutes showing just how disruptive Amazon CEO […]
In 2008, under the leadership of Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana launched an educational scholarship program in New Orleans. The Louisiana Scholarship Program, similar to Alabama’s new scholarship program created by the Accountability Act, is designed to provide low-income students zoned for underperforming schools with opportunities to attend qualified private schools within the State. In 2012, […]
Shortly after Blake Leeper was born, his legs were amputated and doctors said he’d never walk. 24 years later he’s working toward becoming the first disabled American to compete in the Olympic Games. Leeper was a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show this week to tell his inspirational story. “When I was a kid and […]
Yesterday’s evening newscast on Huntsville’s ABC affiliate WAAY featured angry Alabamians in the Tennessee Valley lashing out at President Obama as they’ve begun feeling the effects of his disastrous healthcare law. “It’s a topic that’s been discussed for years,” WAAY anchor Debra Daniel said to open the segment, “but only now are people across the […]
The Post’s Ezra Klein passes along a nugget from last week’s Scott Walker media tour that grants one a glimpse into his theory against divided government: Walker did something amazing at this breakfast. He did something I’ve never seen a presidential aspirant do. When asked about the gridlock and polarization in Washington, he refused to say […]
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1. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise Freshman representative Barry Moore is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur. He’s a founder or investor in multiple successful businesses, most notably Barry Moore Industries, a commercial waste management company based in Enterprise. Every vote he casts in the legislature is informed by his extensive private sector experience. If it’s about smaller government, […]
The hype surrounding one of the most anticipated Iron Bowls in recent memory has made its way to the Alabama Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, an Auburn University graduate, and Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, a Bama grad, have entered into a gentleman’s agreement in which the loser will wear the winning team’s […]
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has overtaken Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in The CHASE for the 2016 Republican nomination. Christie’s ascension to the top slot of TheRun2016.com’s rolling monthly rankings of the presidential nomination battles comes after his crushing re-election victory earlier this month and a band of new polling charting his upswing. A national Quinnipiac University survey released Nov. […]
Alabama Reps. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, and April Weaver, R-Brierfield, recently joined state legislative leaders from across the country at the National Conference for State Legislatures (NCSL) Symposium for Emerging Leaders. The meeting brought together up and coming legislators from around the country for seminars, lectures and small-group discussions geared toward developing the country’s next crop […]
USA Today Sports has named the fanbases of both Alabama and Auburn among the “most beloved” in all of college football. So, what exactly does “most beloved” mean? “[T]he true test of loyalty is how deep the fandom goes,” Paul Myerberg of USA today wrote. “This is what separates good fan bases from the country’s […]
Scott Walker’s national tour promoting his new book recounting his vigorously contested 2012 recall win is essentially a belated victory lap designed to elevate his stature in anticipation of a White House run. The 46-year-old Republican governor of Wisconsin has barely hidden the fact he’s testing the waters for a 2016 presidential bid, a prospect […]
WASHINGTON – On Monday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, blasted President Obama and a small group of CEOs who have allied with him to push comprehensive immigration reform, and urged the GOP-controlled House to stand strong against them. “House leaders must lay out clearly to the American people the President’s dismal record on immigration,” Sessions said in […]
If Christmas spirit is measured in the amount of Christmas lights a family has up around their house, then this family from Australia takes the fruitcake. The Richards family hung 502,165 LED lights on their house and across their yard to achieve a new world record, according to Guinness World Records. That measures out to […]