Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson delivered an epic pro-life, pro-Founders speech to a Pennsylvania crowd recently in which he proclaimed, “you have the God-given right to life, for crying out loud!” “Listen, from the time you started inside your mother’s womb — Thomas Jefferson had it right — you have the God-given right to life,” […]

“Where is red state Alabama on education, jobs and health care?” MSNBC asks rhetorically on their website. “Ed [Schultz] wants to talk about it!” MSNBC host Ed Schultz will hold a “radio town hall meeting” at the Sheraton Birmingham in downtown Birmingham this Friday evening, starting at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). The town hall […]

Imagine for a second Hillary Clinton is not the 2016 Democratic nominee. Would a generic, run-of-the-mill Democrat still enter election night with a floor of 246 electoral votes — just 24 shy of the 270 necessary for victory? That’s the scenario conservative Myra Adams raises in her column for The Daily Beast – the fundamentals of an electoral map […]

A conservative-leaning poll showing Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu trailing in her own reelection bid also shows Hillary Clinton defeating Gov. Bobby Jindal in the Bayou State if they were to meet in a 2016 presidential match-up. Harper Polling was in the field last week: Q: In an election for President in 2016, who would you most […]

This is Part 2 (see Part 1 here) of a three-part series written after Yellowhammer News’s state political reporter, Adam Thomas, spent a day with Governor Bentley and his team on the governor’s “Road to Economic Recovery Tour.” The magic number is 5.2. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley pledged not to take a salary until Alabama […]

The Daily South, a section of Southern Living magazine that calls itself “the hub for southern culture,” has just released their “100 place to eat now” list, and nine of the restaurants are located right here in Alabama. The list includes restaurants located all over the south, but Alabama’s nine honorees make it one of […]

Alabama House District 74 candidate Heather Sellers doesn’t believe her Republican primary opponents are concerned about crime, and she’s delivering that message to voters in a mail piece dropping this week. Business owner Dimitri Polizos and former Montgomery Public School Board president Charlotte Meadows are Sellers’ opponents. Their names are displayed prominently on Sellers’ mailer […]

The average American lives 28,835 days. Once you reach the age of 16, the “threshold of adulthood,” as the video above calls it, you have approximately 23,360 days left on earth. Here’s what you’ll be doing: Sleeping: 8,477 days Eating, drink or preparing food: 1,635 days Working: 3,202 days Commuting or traveling: 1,099 days Watching […]

When Chris Christie boasted in Boston last week about his winning ways, he was ostensibly arguing his ability to carry Republicans to the White House in a general election. But the self-assured New Jersey governor will only get that chance if he can master the rubric of a Republican primary first, which means plotting an […]

Is it appropriate for school teachers to distribute political fliers while on the job? That’s the question Yellowhammer posed to state and local school officials today after receiving numerous emails from parents who were given pro-common core pamphlets by their child’s teacher during “open house.” A parent of a Farley Elementary School student told Yellowhammer […]

On Monday, the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation’s political arm Heritage Action announced it would be launching a $550,000 so-called “Defund Obamacare” ad campaign. This campaign is set to hit 100 Republican-controlled congressional districts with the goal of encouraging holdouts on defunding Obamacare in the House Republican caucus to support those “conservative efforts” to defund […]

A student-drawn poster hanging in a classroom at Alcovy High School in Newton County, Ga., declaring “God is dead” has sparked outrage from some students and parents in the community. But school administrators say the drawing won’t be coming down any time soon. The poster and phrase were inspired by the Arthur Miller play, “The […]

A husband and wife team in the Alabama legislature? It’s a heck of a storyline, and sources say it will become a legitimate possibility on Monday when Susan Hightower, wife of State Sen. Bill Hightower, R-Mobile, announces that she’s running for the State House of Representatives in District 104. Mrs. Hightower will be vying for […]

The New York Times’ Frank Bruni devotes his Sunday column to the attributes of a Jeb Bush presidential candidacy, but concludes with the prevailing wisdom that it’s ultimately an unlikely prospect. I’m told by people in the know that while Bush is definitely mulling a candidacy, there’s only a 20 to 30 percent chance that he’ll press […]

This is Part 1 of a three-part series written after Yellowhammer News’s state political reporter, Adam Thomas, spent a day with Governor Bentley and his team on the governor’s “Road to Economic Recovery Tour.” “THE PEOPLE’S GOVERNOR” “My favorite time of the week is when I get to get out of Montgomery,” Governor Bentley said […]

Allen West, the smashmouth former Florida congressman, heads to New Hampshire Friday night for a Nashua GOP dinner. Not every visit to the Granite State is created equal through the 2016 lens, of course. It’s advantageous for West or any other ambitious pol to leave the door open to a presidential run, but actually going […]

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally-adjusted July unemployment rate is 6.3%, down from June’s rate of 6.5% and well below July 2012’s rate of 7.6%. According to release by the Governor’s office, July 2013’s rate represents 135,089 unemployed persons, down from 140,024 in the previous month and 163,932 in July […]

The American Conservative Union (ACU) Political Action Committee (PAC) has officially endorsed Quin Hillyer for U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s First District. “Quin Hillyer stands out among the candidates for Alabama’s First District as a principled conservative who will bring Alabama’s values to Washington rather than the other way around,” said ACU Chairman Al […]

Speaking at the Republican National Committee’s meeting in Boston Thursday, New JerseyGov. Chris Christie sounded like a 2016 candidate, according to attendees in the room. His overarching message: I know how to win. But he also took a not so veiled swipe at a potential GOP rival and fellow governor Bobby Jindal: “I won’t go around calling our party […]

It’s a flashback to the nineties: Newt Gingrich vs. The Clintons. Except, this time, it’s Hillary of course. Speaking to his new employer, Newt said Clinton’s real risk as a 2016 candidate would be running too far to the left to quash a primary: ‘First of all Hillary Clinton may beat Hillary Clinton,” Gingrich told CNN […]

A proposed amendment to the bylaws of the Alabama Republican Party would remove from the Party’s steering committee any member who publicly supports a position contrary to the most recent GOP platform, which was adopted during the 2012 Republican National Convention. Don Wallace of Tuscaloosa and Bonnie Sachs of Double Springs are the amendment’s sponsors. […]

Senator Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, and Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, are asking some pointed questions about the so-called “Obamaphone” program (known officially as “LifeLine”) that provides free cell phones to millions of Americans at a cost to taxpayers of over $9 billion a year. Jon Paepcke of Birmingham television station WVTM revealed in an investigative report […]

Hundreds of thousands of Alabamians have jumped on board a federal program allowing them to get a free cell phone paid for by taxpayer dollars, some even getting more than one phone. According to a recent report by WVTM in Birmingham, 211,519 Alabamians currently have a taxpayer funded phone through a program called “Lifeline.” That […]

The Attorney General and Homeland Security offices on Washington Ave. were evacuated Wednesday morning when an envelope in Attorney General Luther Strange’s reception area was opened containing a white powdery substance. Federal, State, and Montgomery City first responders were called to the scene and found that eight staff members in the Attorney General’s office had […]