(ABOVE: Molly Anne Dutton is interviewed by Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck) Molly Anne Dutton’s inspirational life story has swept the country since Yellowhammer initially wrote about it on Monday. Since then, multiple national media outlets have flocked to the story, including Fox News, which reposted Yellowhammer’s article on its website, and invited Dutton […]

Rep. Steve Hurst, R-Munford, has pre-filed a bill ahead of the Alabama legislature’s 2014 sessions that calls for child sex offenders to be surgically castrated. Under Rep. Hurst’s proposal, convicted sex offenders would be castrated before being released from prison if their victims were under the age of 12. The offender would also be responsible […]

Gov. Chris Christie had another crisp, forceful debate Tuesday night toward his effort to secure a second term in New Jersey. But there was one line he delivered that could come back to haunt him in 2016. It was the governor’s response to whether he believes climate change had anything to do with the force […]

On Tuesday, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, introduced legislation that would fund NASA for FY2014 and end the current furlough of the space agency’s workforce. Brooks, the vice-chairman of the Space Subcommittee, explained that his support for the measure is the result of extenuating circumstances brought on by the government shutdown. “Today I introduced a bill […]

On Tuesday afternoon, Republican congressional hopeful Bradley Byrne received another endorsement from one of his former competitors, State Rep. Chad Fincher, R-Semmes. Byrne now has endorsements of the third and fourth-place runners up in last month’s Republican primary for the first congressional district seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner earlier this year. “I trust […]

If you are a business owner in the state of Alabama, odds are you recently received a letter in the mail from the Department of Revenue notifying you that beginning October 1, 2013, businesses can file their taxes through a new online system. This system, known as ONE SPOT (Optional Network Election for Single Point […]

Marco Rubio’s had a rough six months. He’s been whipsawed by the right for his efforts on immigration reform.  His standing in the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination has dwindled to single digits in a swath of polling.  Most distressing, I’m sure, is that he’s even been dethroned as leader of The RUN’s CHASE rankings (!). […]

Hillary Clinton repeatedly mentioned Vice President Joe Biden’s opposition to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden during a speech in Atlanta, marking the first time she’s directly engaged her potential Democratic rival in a public setting since leaving the State Department, according to an account in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Her remarks at the National Association […]

Governor Robert Bentley underwent minor hernia repair surgery in Tuscaloosa Tuesday morning. The hernia was found at an early stage of development. The 70-year-old governor chose to have the procedure performed before his upcoming economic development trip to Japan. The governor’s office said the outpatient surgery was done laparoscopically and was a success. Governor Bentley […]

Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, is returning to Alabama this weekend to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Million Man March. Farrakhan will be the featured speaker this coming Sunday at an event being held in Tuskegee. “Please know that you can count on our full support, and cooperation, in making […]

National Review has obtained a copy of the internal talking points House Republican leadership plans to use to sell their version of the Senate’s deal to end the government shutdown. NR has obtained the leadership’s new internal talking points http://t.co/0mrTSNgtk5 — Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 15, 2013 The deal, which is already being panned by […]

(Above: David Smitherman of the Better Business Bureau discusses ObamaCare scams on Fox 6) David Smitherman of the Better Business Bureau told Fox 6’s Janice Rogers last week that ObamaCare scams are already rampant in the Magic City. Scammers look at opportunities where there’s confusion, where people don’t really understand what perhaps the new law […]

Matt Pitt, founder of The Basement student ministry, was back in court this morning for a probation revocation hearing. Judge Dan Reeves decided to revoke Pitt’s probation, meaning he has to serve the remaining 10 months of a 1 year sentence handed down after he pleaded guilty to impersonating a police officer in 2012. Reeves […]

New York Rep. Pete King, the newest addition to The CHASE, suggests to Bloomberg Television that the impetus behind his possible 2016 presidential run is to blunt Ted Cruz. He also makes clear that when he says no other Republican in the country would take on Cruz, he’s not targeting border state Gov. Chris Christie. Here’s the […]

Former President Jimmy Carter heaped effusive praise on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over the weekend, dubbing him “very effective” and noting that he’s been complimentary of Democrats. “I was filled with admiration for what [Christie] did, not only helping within New Jersey but also his influence in making sure that the Congress didn’t continue […]

Ted Cruz’s ObamaCare antics may have earned the ire of establishment Republicans, but his steely, if not truculent obstinance has simultaneously propelled him to near-messianic status among the base of his party. That’s why the Texan senator has ascended to the #3 position on The CHASE — our rolling monthly rankings of the most likely 2016 presidential […]

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, over the weekend named Reps. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, and Mike Rogers, R-Saks, to serve on the conference committee charged with negotiating a final agreement on the Farm Bill. The House and Senate passed different versions of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, commonly known as the Farm Bill, […]

House Speaker Mike Hubbard announced on Monday that he has appointed Rep. Lesley Vance, R-Phenix City, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. “Rep. Vance possesses a deep knowledge of banking issues and other fiscal matters that are vital to this committee, and he has set himself apart as a leader within the body,” Hubbard […]

Over the weekend, Auburn University’s student body elected Molly Anne Dutton the school’s 100th Miss Homecoming, and boy what a story this young woman has to tell. A couple of decades ago, Dutton’s biological mother, who was living in California at the time, was the victim of a sexual assault that resulted in her becoming […]

When Mark Kennedy resigned as chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party and launched his new group, the Alabama Democratic Majority, he indicated that he’d support Republicans and Independents in races where he didn’t think a Democrat could win. Apparently he’s willing to support socialists too — seriously. On Thursday of this week, Kennedy’s crew will […]

In anticipation of the debt ceiling fight in Congress, NPR created the below graph to illustrate to whom the U.S. government owes its massive $17 trillion debt.   Business Insider added the following observations: 1. We owe most of the money to ourselves. 2. We owe a big chunk of the money — about $5 […]

Gary Palmer, President of the Alabama Policy Institute, is going to announce his candidacy for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District seat next week, according to sources close to the long-time conservative think tank leader. Palmer founded API as the Alabama Family Alliance in 1989. Since then, he has built the non-profit organization into the state’s leading […]

Four teams comprised of staffers for some of Alabama’s top elected leaders recently duked it out in the Inaugural Goat Hill Kickball League Championship. The league consisted of four teams: Executive Order (Offices of Governor/Lt. Governor) Ocho Cinco (Offices of the Speaker of the House and Senate President Pro Tem) All Night Filibusters (Employees of […]

WASHINGTON – While much of the focus on Capitol Hill has been on the government shutdown and the pending negotiations over raising the federal debt ceiling, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, has been working on how to prevent another terrorist attack similar to the September 2012 attack in Benghazi. Roby chairs the House Armed Services Subcommittee on […]