7. Beto O’Rourke coming to Alabama Former U.S. Representative (D-TX) Beto O’Rourke, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, will be in Montgomery Friday at the Goat Haus Biergarten at 7 p.m. to speak and take questions. O’Rourke will also be in Birmingham on Saturday to speak at the Alabama Democratic Conference. He will be the fifth […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) may be taking a pass on hitting his Republican primary opponents for the U.S. Senate for now, but he is not taking a pass on hitting who would be his opponent in the general election: Democratic Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). In an exchange on Twitter, which started with Jones calling out […]

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, is partnering with Alabama Power, with additional support from the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) and the Alabama Department of Commerce, to launch the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator. The new venture is a startup accelerator focused on innovations in energy technology to be located in Birmingham. The Techstars Alabama EnergyTech […]

One of the most outstanding congressmen and leaders in Alabama history is Congressman Jack Edwards. He passed away three weeks ago at age 91. He was born with the full name of William Jackson Edwards, III. However, he was always known as Jack. Although he was renowned as a Mobile/Baldwin County congressman, he was born […]

Huntsville is in the running to be the headquarters of the new U.S. Space Command, a move that is a natural fit for Alabama’s Rocket City and its longtime support of space and defense programs. Goals of the new command are to better organize and advance the military’s extensive operations in space and to seek […]

Incumbent members of Alabama’s U.S. House delegation are seeking reelection in 2020 in all but two districts. These five representatives this week filed their latest finance reports with the Federal Election Commission, disclosing what they raised in the third quarter of 2019 and how much money they have in their campaign accounts. The two incumbents […]

Some of the pseudo-intellectuals that make up the punditry of Alabama’s legacy media are crying foul over the “no” votes cast by U.S. Reps. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) on a resolution opposing President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces in Northern Syria. Brooks and Byrne joined 58 other congressional Republicans on […]

7. Birmingham student went home with a fake gunshot wound Amonn Jackson, a second-grader at Phillips Academy in Birmingham, attended drama class where the teacher painted a gunshot wound on Jackson’s forehead. Jackson’s mother, Zakiya Milhouse, said she didn’t think painting something like a gunshot wound on young children is an appropriate lesson. The teacher […]

A total of six University of Alabama athletics programs, including the perfectly-scored men’s basketball team, led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures released Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). With an overall GSR of 91 this year, Alabama ranked third among SEC schools. The average GSR for all NCAA […]

NASA on Wednesday announced that it has officially taken the next steps toward the mission that will carry the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024. The agency is now committing to build Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stages to support as many as 10 Artemis missions. To accomplish this, NASA […]

Dale Jackson is joined former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna to talk about how he went from the life of sex, drugs, and rock and roll to leading the music department of Calhoun Community College in Decatur. Vrenna describes how his love of music took him all over the world, granted him the awards […]

A rested DrunkAubie is back from the bye week ready to discuss South Carolina beating Georgia last week and the upcoming matchup with Arkansas. In this episode, Rodrigo “Hot Rod” Blankenship goes to the eye doctor, Auburn Fans Anonymous and DA takes a college football midterm exam.

Last September, just before midnight, Senator Doug Jones grabbed his phone, went on Twitter and in no more than 50 words, told the people of Alabama that he would be voting NO on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. Immediately, I was overcome with shock and indignation. Yes, more often […]

Three weeks. Just three weeks. That was the time between the greatest high of his life and the greatest low. Today, 14 years later, the memories of two college football Saturdays please him, yet haunt him. From heaven to hell in a span of three weeks, and to this day, both places remain with him. […]

Much like last year with the gas tax, legislators know that the issue of prisons is looming, and they are trying to get out ahead of it. And like the gas tax play, it appears a special session during the 2020 regular session will be used. We have been hearing for a while now that […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) introduced a House resolution Wednesday requiring impeachment related hearings, witness interviews and communications, document production and examinations, proceedings and other work be done in an open setting for public view. “House Democrats are conducting a hyper-partisan impeachment effort in the Capitol basement that even members of Congress are barred from attending,” […]

I was really touched by the scene I saw Sunday as the Cincinnati Bengals faced the Baltimore Ravens in a key NFL matchup. Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick suffered a knee injury early in the game. As medics and trainers attended to the Gadsden native, it was not a Bengals teammate that knelt by Dre’s side, […]

Sometimes, Congress comes up with a bill that would be bad news for Alabama’s small businesses. This time, though, it’s come up with three competing bills, each even worse than the other. In the House, we have the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019. In the Senate, there’s the ILLICIT CASH Act and the TITLE Act. […]

The Alabama Association of Justice and its members invite all courthouse employees and judicial staff to celebrate 230 years of the Seventh Amendment guaranteeing the right to a civil jury trial.  Join the fun: Monday, October 21, 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm, 251 South Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL in the Jury Assembly Room on the […]

Four University of Alabama football players on Tuesday were named as midseason All-Americans by the Associated Press, however, record-breaking quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was snubbed for first-team honors. Wide receiver DeVonta Smith was actually the only Tide player named to the first team. Smith is suspended for the first half of Bama’s Saturday home game against […]

Candidates running in Alabama’s two open 2020 congressional races have now filed their FEC finance reports covering the third quarter of 2019, with one Republican candidate in each competitive field standing out when it comes to cash-on-hand. In Alabama’s First Congressional District, the seat to be vacated by Congressman Bradley Byrne’s (R-Fairhope) U.S. Senate bid, […]

7. Halloween on Saturday This year, Halloween falls on a weeknight, so once again there’s a petition making its rounds that would move Halloween to the last Saturday of October rather than always being on October 31. The petition was started by the Halloween and Costume Association. The organization also altered the petition this year […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) continues to find that an overwhelming majority of his financial support base comes from outside of Alabama, raising 77.85% of his itemized individual contributions from out-of-state in the third quarter of 2019. This means just 22.15% of his itemized individual funds raised were from individuals with Alabama addresses in Q3, according […]

Yellowhammer News has obtained a copy of former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s first video advertisement in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate campaign cycle. The ad, set to run on digital platforms online starting this week, embraces Tuberville’s status as the only competitive candidate in the race who has never before ran for or […]