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On Thursday, the Alabama State Port Authority’s management hosted Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed, state Sen. Greg Albritton, state Sen. Clay Scofield, state Rep. Randall Shedd, representatives from the Alabama Coal Association, Manufacture Alabama and associated maritime and shipper companies on a tour of its McDuffie Coal Terminal and its state-of-the-art container terminal. Per a […]

In a speech at the Madison County Democratic Women’s Luncheon on Thursday, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox claimed that he is now polling “within the margin” against Governor Kay Ivey. “Yesterday, we had some new data points come back that shows us within the margin of error, with a chance to win,” Maddox asserted. Maddox then […]

In a press release on Thursday, Secretary of State John Merrill rebutted an article by Alabama Media Group, calling the “inaccurate and inflammatory” reporting “a disservice to the people of the State of Alabama” and implying it was politically motivated with the Tuesday general election just days away. “An article published late Wednesday evening by […]

If the media wants the president to stop calling them “fake news,” they should stop reporting news that is fake. This usually applies to a battle of tweets between the president and his allies versus the media that populates the elite-media bubble in Washington D.C. and New York City. Occasionally, but more often than it […]

During remarks at a forum on combating wildlife poaching and trafficking last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to devote “every available resource” to bringing to justice the individuals responsible for the illegal wildlife trade around the world. “The United States views the poaching and trafficking of protected wildlife as a threat to good governance, […]

On November 6, Keep America First

In less than two years, President Trump and the Republican Congress have accomplished a great deal for the American people. We passed one of the largest tax cuts in American history and repealed 16 Obama-era red tape regulations that were stifling job growth. As a result, our economy is booming. That’s real jobs, more money […]

The truth about Amendment Three

Perhaps the most hotly contested item on Tuesday’s upcoming general election ballot has been Amendment Two, the pro-life constitutional amendment, with Planned Parenthood and other out-of-state liberal groups set to spend over $1.3 million on what has been called a “false and misleading advertising campaign” that is based on “lies.” While Amendment Three, which updates […]

Palmer Receives Lincoln-Reagan Award

Congressman Gary Palmer (R – AL) was honored at last week’s Tuscaloosa County Republican Party annual fundraiser, the Lincoln Reagan Dinner. The event was held at The Zone at Bryant Denny Stadium with Governor Kay Ivey as the keynote speaker. Several Republican elected officials attended the dinner. Congressman Palmer said he was “honored to be […]

One generous, creative University of Alabama football fan is making LSU’s “conspiracy theory” of collusion between the SEC headquarters in Birmingham and the Crimson Tide look like a completely “meaningless” “waste” of money. After LSU linebacker Devin White was ejected from the team’s game against Mississippi State for a questionable targeting call, fans of the […]

7. Democrat campaigns have been busted attempting to mislead people in Missouri, Tennessee, Arizona and now Florida  — An undercover video from James O’Keefe and Project Veritas exposed another Democrat campaign full of deception. Staffers for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum let their guard down and told an undercover journalist the truth, saying, “Gillum is a […]

Blue wave? Nah. Maybe a blue breeze

Flashback early 2017: The Resistance was underway. Women took the city streets with hats appearing to be cat ears or female anatomy. Outrage at town halls. People came from miles away to express their frustrations at people like Bradley Byrne. Would it last? Could it be sustained? Later that year, Doug Jones pulled off a […]

A proven Republican conservative, Rep. Arnold Mooney serves House District 43

Citing his conservative, commonsense, businessman’s approach to government, State Representative Arnold Mooney (R–North Shelby) is seeking a second term as the representative for House District 43, which covers much of North Shelby County. “As a House member, I have stood up for the conservative beliefs, morals, and values that define Alabamians and the Alabama Republican […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh, House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, state Rep. Will Ainsworth and other top leadership figures in the Alabama Legislature voiced their strong support for Amendment Two – the pro-life constitutional amendment on Tuesday’s general election ballot. Governor Kay Ivey, on multiple previous occasions, has expressed her backing […]

The story of one dog’s rescue from deplorable conditions in the Wiregrass is starting to pick up steam on social media. According to a post from Saje Cox Loftin, a previous post of hers inspired her friend Erica to go above and beyond in saving a husky that “was chained up and starving” in Houston […]

According to a press release on Wednesday from the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, Maxwell Air Force Base has been selected by the United States Air Force to receive $18 million for the construction of a new air traffic control tower facility “for the purpose of force protection and safety.” This comes on the heels […]

The cowardly caretaker junior senator from the great state of Alabama in an ill-fitting suit is at it again. Doug Jones is dishonestly taking credit for bringing a $1.6 billion dollar investment and thousands of jobs to North Alabama. He claimed last week at a Democratic campaign rally, “Clearly if you get down to the […]

On Tuesday, Alabama Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox insinuated that Alabama was “near the bottom” under the leadership of Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. “This is really about the governor has defined she likes where Alabama is. I’m not satisfied at being at or near the bottom,” Maddox told reporters at the Downtown Huntsville Rotary Club, per […]

Gary Palmer: Not Your Typical Member of Congress

Americans are fed up with politics as usual, and for good reason. Voters elect candidates to Congress with the expectation that their values will be represented on Capitol Hill. Too often, voters end up feeling betrayed as their congressmen and congresswomen seem to serve the interests of the Washington political machine, not them. It’s no […]

A new trial date has been set for an Alabama police officer charged with murder in a shooting. AL.com reported Tuesday that Huntsville police Officer William Darby’s trial was set for next week, but has been moved to April 2019.

AG Steve Marshall champions religious liberty

One of the most notable accomplishments in Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s time in office has been his fierce protection of religious liberty. Attorney General Marshall has had a hand in a number of historic religious liberty cases with national implications. Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, CO, refused to make a custom […]

On Tuesday, Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-4) and Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-2) sent a letter to U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (NY-17) urging passage of a supplemental disaster appropriations bill to help farmers, ranchers and rural communities recover and rebuild from recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Michael. […]

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a statement from Rep. Will Ainsworth. See update below. State Rep. Will Ainsworth (R-Guntersville), the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, confirmed on Tuesday night that his wife was involved in a gun-related accident earlier that day. “While skeet shooting with our family on Tuesday evening, my wife, […]

On Tuesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall took a major legal step in what many believe could be a historic U.S. Supreme Court case that sees Roe v. Wade significantly rolled back or even repealed. In a statement to Yellowhammer News, the attorney general’s spokesman, Mike Lewis, confirmed that Marshall officially intends to take the […]