Forgive Kelsey Hall if she isn’t smiling for pictures – sometimes, celebrities get burned out. Hall, a University of Alabama sophomore majoring in chemistry, has a festive lineup of Christmas-themed clothes. But, thanks to an unexpected gift from her mother and a not-so-serious tweet, Hall has worn a Christmas tree costume across campus this […]

  Politics has never been my thing, but as a life-long conservative and someone who has served my country for over three decades, I care deeply about Alabama, and the mess we’re in right now. Discouraged by my choices for who we send to represent us and our values to Washington, I felt I had […]

Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon and U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, will join Judge Roy Moore for a rally in Midland City on Monday night, according to the campaign. The details: — Where: Jordan’s Activity Barn, 10135 County Road 59 South, Midland City, Alabama 36350 — When: 6 p.m.

  Nestled between knee-high grass and mobile homes, a cell tower in this small community in Cullman County will soon demonstrate cutting-edge technology. It is here that AT&T will run fiber-optic cable and then beam internet signals to nearby homes with antennas installed on their rooftops, a service known as fixed wireless. This rural area in […]

    I am probably too exercised over the never-Trump faction, because in the end, it’s doubtful it is strong enough numerically to make a significant impact on our electoral politics, but it still bothers me to witness intramural conservative battles. I have no quarrel with those who once self-identified as never-Trumpers but now appraise his […]

A conservative writer for the Washington Post asked this week what many in our movement nationally have been pondering while watching Alabama creep ever closer to sending Roy Moore to the U.S. Senate: “What’s the matter with Alabama?” Examining a recent poll, columnist Jennifer Rubin bemoaned that Moore received nearly 60-percent of the female vote, […]

    Why did Gen. Mike Flynn lie to the FBI about his December 2016 conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak? Why did he not tell the FBI the truth? As national security adviser to the president-elect, Flynn had called the ambassador. Message: Tell President Putin not to overreact to President Obama’s expulsion of 35 […]

  The Talladega-Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area was rated the best place in the U.S. for manufacturing jobs in a detailed analysis by SmartAsset, a financial technology company that studied data on nearly 500 cities. SmartAsset singled out the high concentration of well-paying manufacturing jobs in Talladega-Sylacauga area in its analysis. Here’s what the firm says […]

  Sen. Luther Strange addressed his fellow senators for the final time Thursday. “After nearly a year in this chamber, I am both its newest member and the next to depart. As such, I have both the optimisim of a young student and the battle scars of a man in the arena.”  Strange offered this praise […]

After being outed for false advertising by Secretary of State John Merrill, the Montgomery Advertiser, and the Roy Moore for US Senate Campaign, Alabama television stations are pulling from rotation misleading ads paid for by the Highway 31 political action committee. As of Thursday morning, two stations have pulled the ad, and others are expected to […]

  A recent Pew Research study found that more than 80 percent of U.S. citizens believe they’ve achieved the American dream, or at least that they’re on the way to doing so. Only 17 percent of those surveyed said the American dream is “out of reach” for their family. But what about Alabamians? This high […]

  Executives from global auto supplier BOCAR Group said Tuesday that construction on a new $115 million manufacturing facility in Alabama will begin in spring 2018, with production launching at the site two years later. The 350,000-square-foot plant, located on Bibb Garrett Road just off Interstate 65 in the Limestone County portion of Huntsville, will bring […]

    A criminal justice system that operates in the dark is arbitrary, unjust and criminal. In Oklahoma this year, a Kafkaesque set of sealed motions, secret orders and closed-door hearings completely shut out a criminal defendant, his public defenders and the public. A trial judge served as handmaiden for the prosecutors, even failing to […]

  If you commute to work in Alabama, chances are you are in a car. No state in the country has a smaller share of commuters using public transportation. According to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, just .4 percent of the state’s workers 16 and older use public transportation, tied with Mississippi […]

    Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham has been voted among the 100 Best Restaurants in America for 2017, a list published by the popular dining forum OpenTable. What makes Highlands special: The restaurant has many unique dishes, but perhaps its most distinguishing feature is its oyster bar, which serves mollusks sourced from the […]

    The head of the Birmingham Business Alliance said the metro area is coming off a very successful year for economic development, but the prospects for even more growth in 2018 are “at an all-time high.” BBA CEO Brian Hilson said at the organization’s annual Chairman’s Meeting Tuesday that economic development in the seven-county […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you back to a story that we’ve covered several times on this program, but it’s finally come to fruition in the sense that the Masterpiece Cake Shop case has gone to the Supreme Court. […]

    What started as an unconventional way to teach math and reading to special-education students has put them in the restaurant business. You’ll find them cooking using multiple-step recipies, taking orders, working the cash register, taking inventory, and ordering food and supplies at the Beautiful Rainbow Cafe, serving lunch and afternoon coffee from the […]

Today Wes Thompson joins The Ford Faction, we comb through Facebook trying to use AI’s to track depressed people, a “dancing” robot, and the scanner app that will make you through your printer away! http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/Tep_io_s_Wes_Thompson_makes_his_weekly_visit_on_Tech_Tuesday_to_give_The_Ford_Faction_some_good_Facebook_news_.mp3   Click here to listen in a new window. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on […]

    The Senate passed a tax bill last weekend. The details must be ironed out in conference negotiations with the House, but the plan includes a corporate income tax overhaul. This was a campaign promise of President Trump, and is long overdue. The corporate income tax does not apply to all businesses, only those […]

    Don’t want to vote for Roy Moore because of the allegations? Cannot support Doug Jones because he’s an abortion extremist? Think a write-in candidate will only help elect a Democrat? Conservatives in Alabama have a viable fourth option – voting a straight ticket. Voters will find a section for straight party voting at […]

  Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota called reports claiming he will announce his retirement Thursday inaccurate and asked that outlets reporting the inaccuracies to correct their stories. “Not accurate, @MPR @Stowydad. No final decision has been made and the Senator is still talking with his family. Please update your story,” Franken tweeted Wednesday evening. Minnesota-based […]

    The news surrounding the Alabama corrections system seems to be one negative story after another with much of the focus on the need for reform and consolidation in the system as well as higher quality of service and better outcomes.   Much of this is true and is a result of inadequate funding, […]

    It’s the month when we swipe, click and fork over cash with abandon — putting us at risk for shopping scams. A recent survey suggests we should keep our shopping guards up, even if we think we’re already aware of the risks. A DomainTools survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers found that two in […]