After Yellowhammer News broke the news Wednesday that Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) will run for re-election in 2020, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan expressed the party’s enthusiasm for winning the Senate seat back. In a statement to Yellowhammer News, Lathan reminded Alabamians of Jones’ comments about voting against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. […]

The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 7. As Congress comes together in Washington D.C., two Alabama Congressmen make moves — No one is officially challenging Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House. She is “100 percent confident” she will win, but Rep. Terri Sewell  has remained silent on whether she will support Pelosi. […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey hosted the Early Childhood Education Leadership Forum Wednesday evening, where a confluence of hundreds of educators and policymakers heard from notable speakers, including the governor, Alabama Secretary of Early Childhood Education Jeana Ross and Dr. Katharine Stevens of the American Enterprise Institute, who delivered the keynote presentation. One of the highlights […]

On Wednesday afternoon, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6) was overwhelmingly elected to chair the Republican Policy Committee (RPC), which is the fifth highest ranking leadership role amongst Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. Palmer won the internal Republican Caucus vote by a 130-63 margin against Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-6). The RPC, which was established […]

According to a report by WMC Action News, a tour bus traveling from Huntsville crashed in northwestern Mississippi on Wednesday, resulting in two deaths and 44 injuries. The local sheriff’s department explained that the bus overturned in DeSoto County, which is just outside of Memphis, TN, due to slick and dangerous highways that are covered by […]

The Madison County Democratic Party said hundreds of people were disenfranchised in 2016, and Alabama’s political media dutifully reported the story without evidence. They lied. Election Day came and went and there were zero legitimate cases of voter suppression in the state of Alabama. In fact, four students who claimed suppression had their court cases dismissed […]

Police say an Alabama man threw hot sauce on a 73-year-old store clerk during a holdup. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that police in the east Alabama town of Valley arrived at a convenience store Sunday morning to find the clerk in pain with orange liquid on her face and in her eyes.

Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-7) so far has remained silent on whether she will support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for speaker when the Democratic Caucus votes on their nominee November 28. Yellowhammer News’ email to Sewell’s spokesperson requesting comment on her intentions has gone unanswered. Democratic opponents to Pelosi’s bid to return as speaker […]

Former Auburn University linebacker Tre’ Williams spoke to members of Mobile’s Cottage Hill Christian High School football team before their first playoff game last Friday. “[T]his is a big moment. Y’all have never hosted a playoff game here, so congratulations,” Williams told the players. “You didn’t get this far, just to get this far. Don’t […]

U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Madeline Hughes Haikala on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit from four Alabama A&M students and one staff member alleging voter suppression by Secretary of State John Merrill’s office and the Madison County Board of Registrars, according to WHNT. Haikala, who was nominated by President Barack Obama in […]

7. Amazon goes big, liberals and conservatives complain about the way the world works now — Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City in New York will each get $2.5 billion in investment and 25,000 jobs. Both will offer massive incentives to get the new split headquarters. — A total of 238 cities competed for these […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) confirmed on Tuesday that he will run for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020, according to a tweet by Zach Cohen of the National Journal. Jones’ comments came in a small press “scrum” on Capitol Hill, with Alabama’s junior senator reportedly saying his campaign is “[a]lready off and […]

On Tuesday, the 77-member Alabama House Republican Caucus re-elected state Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) as House majority leader and elected state Rep. Connie Rowe (R-Jasper) as its vice chair and state Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen) as its secretary and treasurer. The three leaders will hold their positions throughout the 2018 – 2022 quadrennium. “I am […]

The 77 members of the Alabama House Republican Caucus on Tuesday unanimously nominated Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) for another term leading the chamber in Montgomery. When lawmakers convene for the State Legislature’s organizational session in January, the next speaker will be officially elected by the entire body, Democratic members included. However, because Republicans currently hold […]

In a recent interview on Talk 99.5’s “The Matt & Aunie Show,” Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) discussed the ramifications of the Democrats retaking the U.S. House of Representatives, saying that hardliners like Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) will attempt to make Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) president by impeaching President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. […]

Give Alabama Board of Education Member Ella Bell credit. She knows exactly what her constituents want to hear. And apparently, they want to hear that Alabama’s school choice program, the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA), “destroys a whole race of people.” She also believes the AAA “took money from the poorest counties in the state to send kids to […]

HOOVER — The good deeds of one ordinary Alabama police officer served as a shining light on an otherwise dreary fall morning on Tuesday, with hope winning the day. After Yellowhammer News last week reported on Officer Christopher Lassinger inspiring his community in Birmingham’s West End with ‘random acts of kindness,’ such as buying the local […]

One hundred years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the world’s largest, deadliest and costliest war to that date drew to an end. The guns that boomed over field and forest in Europe fell silent. World War I was over. Over 116,000 Americans had lost their […]

The Garden Room Restaurant in Huntsville wants former United States Attorney General and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to return to the Yellowhammer State. As seen in the sign below, the restaurant said, “Come home Jeff Sessions. We want you.” With speculation rampant that Sessions might return to the Yellowhammer State in order to reclaim his […]

7. Hillary Clinton is allegedly running, but rising star Beto O’Rourke is flying up in the polls amongst Democrats — A new poll shows that Clinton isn’t even rating enough attention to be polled. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and O’Rourke are polling in the top three with Democrats. — This weekend, […]

In a press release on Monday, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) announced that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has been named to its executive committee for the 2018-2019 term. RAGA is dedicated to electing Republican attorneys general across the nation, with the ultimate goal of supporting “the rule of law, limited government, cooperative federalism, […]

Alabama-native Torrie Miller Matous, Congresswoman Martha Roby’s (AL-2) chief of staff, is moving on to an impressive new job in Washington, D.C. On Monday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced that Matous will head its newly formed Office of External Affairs. As director of this office, Matous will handle the workload previously split between three separate […]

Secretary of State John Merrill commented on the ongoing election issues in Florida and Georgia on Monday, reaffirming his confidence in Republican Georgia gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp and criticizing Florida’s situation as “an embarrassment” that would not be tolerated in Alabama. In an interview with Yellowhammer News, Merrill commented on the situation in Florida, which […]

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Tom Parker joined Capitol Journal on Friday where he defended his association with controversial former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore. When asked by host Don Dailey on whether or not he saw himself as an “activist” like his friend Roy Moore in assuming the office of chief justice, Parker responded, […]