In an interview with NBC on Thursday, Alabama native and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed back on assertions that race relations are worse currently than in recent American history, including during times of segregation and civil rights conflicts. NBC News’ Sheinelle Jones said, “There are people who will say it feels worse […]

With 700 animals and a beautiful lush landscape just minutes away from downtown, it’s easy to see why the Birmingham Zoo is one of Alabama’s most well-loved attractions. While the zoo serves as a fun experience for visitors, many may not know it doubles as a nonprofit focusing on local and global wildlife conservation efforts. […]

Father’s Day has come and gone, and sadly so too has the concept of fatherhood in many parts of Alabama. Nearly half of all babies born here are to unmarried women, according to the latest information from the Alabama Department of Public Health. This is a crisis. It is a crisis that researchers have shown […]

7. Gun buyback at the end of the month CrimeStoppers will be buying firearms on June 29 at First Baptist Church in Montgomery. The organization claims that the event has been a success in the past, and they’ll even let you drop off your guns anonymously. These events are wildly ineffective, as studies have shown […]

Rain delay podcast! DrunkAubie records a quick podcast away from the studio during Auburn baseball’s College World Series matchup with Louisville. In this episode, DA discusses Auburn baseball, some way too early top 25 polls for college basketball, Momma Goldberg’s hate and Auburn’s affinity for playing tight games.

Navistar this week announced that it will invest approximately $125 million more in its existing north Alabama operations. A leading maker of commercial trucks and buses, Navistar has decided to invest significantly in new and expanded manufacturing facilities in the Yellowhammer State. The new investments will bring 145 additional jobs to the company’s Huntsville facility, which […]

Small businesses in Alabama are optimistic a new law will help provide them a better trained workforce and alleviate some of the regulatory costs they have carried in the past. State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) and State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) sponsored the bill which passed during this year’s legislative session. The aim of the […]

On Thursday, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore made his expected candidacy for the 2020 U.S. Senate Republican nomination official with an announcement in Montgomery. Reactions to Moore’s candidacy have been plentiful, and on the Thursday broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Mark Levin, author of “Unfreedom of the Press,” […]

Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) took to the House Floor Thursday and delivered a speech urging America to avoid taking militant action against Iran after the Persian Gulf tanker attacks. Instead of American intervention, Brooks suggested that countries with interests in Persian Gulf oil or the attacked tankers should defend Persian Gulf shipping lanes with caution […]

MONTGOMERY — After Roy Moore announced his 2020 Senate bid on Thursday, Donald Trump, Jr. said Moore is doing “a disservice to all conservatives across the country in the process.” Trump, Jr. and President Donald Trump in recent weeks have made it very clear that they believe Moore should not run, saying his candidacy could […]

It’s happening and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Roy Moore is running for office … again He cannot be talked out of it. He cannot be embarrassed out of it. He cannot be reasoned with.

MONTGOMERY — Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is officially running for the U.S. Senate in 2020. Surrounded by his wife, son and a handful of longtime supporters, Moore on Thursday formally announced that he will be a candidate for the seat currently held by Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), to whom Moore lost […]

One of the state’s largest legal organizations recently installed a new leadership team at its annual convention. The Alabama Association for Justice (ALAJ) named seven attorneys to new positions, according to a release from the group. ALAJ president-elect Josh Hayes, a partner at Prince, Glover & Hayes, outlined the goals for his term.

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is not calling on former Vice President Joe Biden to apologize for controversial comments he made this week regarding former segregationist Democratic senators. At a New York fundraiser on Tuesday, Biden said the Senate “got things done” with “civility” when the body included segregationists with whom he disagreed. He added that […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation permitting Briarwood Presbyterian Church to establish its own police force for its church and school campuses. The law approved two weeks ago allows the Birmingham-based church to set-up a private law enforcement department to make arrests when crimes are committed on its properties.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Wednesday got legislation overwhelmingly approved by the Senate Committee on Appropriations that would provide $4.59 billion in emergency supplemental funding to address the crisis at the United States’ border with Mexico. The compromise legislation was negotiated by Shelby, the powerful chairman of the committee, and committee vice chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT). […]

7. Montgomery parents could start paying for their kids’ crimes Montgomery City Councilman Glen Pruitt has introduced a city ordinance that would require parents be punished when their children commit a crime, which is basically a copy of an ordinance that was introduced in South Fulton, Georgia, last year. Legal transgressions committed by kids that […]

If the early stages of the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat up in 2020 is any indicator, immigration remains a front-burner issue for Alabamians. That is how State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs), a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, views the subject as well. In an interview that aired Wednesday […]

The DeKalb County criminal interdiction team on Wednesday busted yet another alleged human smuggling operation involving illegal aliens. A press release from the sheriff’s office explained that the team was working the major highways and interstates within the county when interdiction deputies at approximately 10:30 a.m. conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near the 218 […]

Miss America 1995 Heather Whitestone McCallum will not be a candidate in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. She told Yellowhammer News on Wednesday evening that she has finalized her decision and will not run, saying the timing was not right for her. A Republican, she had been considering running for several months, even conducting polling […]

On Wednesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) gave a wide-ranging interview to C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” hitting on a variety of topics, including immigration, Iran and defense spending. Host Pedro Echevarria also asked Brooks about the possibility of former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate up in […]

In the very early stages of the 2020 U.S. Senate campaign, immigration has become one of the primary focuses, especially given the statements of one of the contest’s apparent front-runners, former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville. One of the concerns is that among the mass influxes of illegal border crossers could be individuals that […]

Auburn University head basketball coach Bruce Pearl is not tolerating what he views as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) “attempt to rewrite the holocaust” after she compared current immigration facilities in the U.S. to “concentration camps.” Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday tweeted, “This administration (the Trump administration) has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United […]

PARIS — Deloitte presented a $100,000 gift to the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering Foundation Tuesday in a ceremony at the 2019 Paris Air Show. The donation is a combination of a financial contribution as well as in-kind support. This donation is intended to promote and advance the state magnet school, which opens in […]