Alabama Attorney General Republican nomination candidate Chess Bedsole recently responded to the 2018 Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News Attorney General Candidate Questionnaire. His responses are below. ACTING PHILOSOPHY Interpreting the Law Question: Attorneys general are in the business of interpreting and enforcing the law.  If elected, would you see your role as Attorney General […]

Republican lieutenant governor candidate Will Ainsworth is airing a new campaign commercial that focuses on fighting government corruption and portrays career politicians as masked burglars. “This ad acknowledges that those who steal from others to enrich themselves are criminals whether they wear a ski mask in a bank or a suit and tie in the […]

Yellowing court records from the arrests of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others at the dawn of the modern civil rights era are being preserved and digitized after being discovered, folded and wrapped in rubber bands, in a courthouse box. Archivists at historically black Alabama State University are cataloguing and flattening dozens of […]

Growing up, did you know ANYONE allergic to nuts? I surely did not. I had not even heard of a nut allergy until well into my adult years. In today’s world, however, the number of children living with a peanut allergy has tripled between 1997 and 2008, and the numbers continue to rise. Why??! There […]

America has always held a kaleidoscope of ideas, values, and religious concepts. Today’s post-Christian nation may seem more complex, but haven’t we always been a complicated people? This is especially true when it comes to politics. Some pastors have sacrificed gospel literacy at the altar of political expediency. And others have been so reticent they […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories including: — Did Scott Dawson know what he was doing when he started criticizing the Governor for grants to a gay orginization? — Should Alabama consider legalizing and taxing sports gaming?

The great U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf often remarked that far more danger lies in not making a decision than in the consequences that result from making a decision. Here is the point at which the executive committee of the Business Council of Alabama finds itself. The executive committee is scheduled to convene tomorrow to […]

It is increasingly clear that the Trump-hating holdovers from the Obama administration and their media enablers — together, the duumvirate — are not protecting “our democracy” but subverting it by fraudulently scandalizing and delegitimizing President Trump. To avoid an email avalanche, let me emphasize that I know the difference between a democracy and a constitutional […]

Although Iraq is a constitutional parliamentary republic today, thanks largely to the U.S. forces that overthrew Saddam Hussein and implemented the new government, the country is still dealing with civil strife and terrorism and, as the U.S. State Department’s Human Rights Report on Iraq documents, the situation for women in Iraq is dismal. For instance, […]

The soon-to-be-married couple sat in front of us all in our living room while we showered them with words of blessing and challenge. Of course, their college friends were there—many of whom will stand with them on their wedding day. Both sets of the engaged couple’s parents were present. The parents are still married to […]

What just happened? On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down a 1992 federal law that prohibited states from allowing betting on amateur or professional sports. In the case of Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act violated the 10th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. […]

The Alabama REALTORS® Political Action Committee (ARPAC), the political arm of the Alabama Association of REALTORS®, has made its endorsement of candidates for the primary elections to be held on June 5, 2018. The list includes candidates for Constitutional, Statewide, Legislative, Judicial, Public Service Commission and State Board of Education offices. The candidates endorsed exhibit […]

A GOP candidate running for Congress in California confronted a biological male who identifies as a female when he tried to use the restroom at a Los Angeles restaurant, and things got spicy. Jazmina Saavedra entered the women’s restroom at a Denny’s restaurant and found a man using the bathroom, first reported by news outlets […]

 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Donald Trump’s policies have had a profound effect on the conservative movement and expects his influence to continue to grow. “I think the Trump effect has been remarkable,” Gingrich said Thursday on Fox Business’ “Varney & Co.” “The combination of conservative judges, deregulation, tax cuts, innovation, the right policies favoring […]

For Bibi Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister save only founding father David Ben-Gurion, it has been a week of triumph. Last Tuesday, President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal as Bibi had demanded. Thursday, after Iran launched 20 missiles at the Golan Heights, Bibi answered with a 70-missile attack […]

Democrat candidate for attorney general Chris Christie recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His answers are below. ACTING PHILOSOPHY Interpreting the Law Attorneys general are in the business of interpreting and enforcing the law.  If elected, would you see your role as Attorney General (AG) as that […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/5_17_18_SOTW.mp3 Tom Moore, Alexander Shunnarah’s “Shark of The Week”, joined The Ford Faction to talk about what he does at the law firm.  Tom talks about his start up growing up in Mountain Brook and attending Auburn University and graduating and going into a sales job, he mentioned it wasn’t the right career for him. Tom […]

Friday on the Birmingham-based “Rick & Bubba” radio show, co-host Rick Burgess sounded off on what the future may hold if current Gov. Kay Ivey wins the Republican gubernatorial nomination next month and is in a head-to-head match-up with potential Democratic Party nominee Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox. Burgess, a supporter of Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott […]

A little known, counter-intuitive communication phenomenon called “the sleeper effect” means that outright lies can become more persuasive over time even when they come from a source who isn’t credible, according to decades of academic research. Under the right conditions, researchers say the effect can make shaky stories even more believable than trustworthy ones, particularly […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/Micky_Hutto-AlabamaWorks_.mp3 Mickey Hutto joined The Ford Faction to talk about “Alabama Works!”, the company that has a goal to employ people for skilled labor jobs.  Mickey talks about the various opportunities they have to offer for people who want to get in the field.  Mickey elaborates on what is on the horizon for Alabama Works. Subscribe to […]

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson appeared on Birmingham’s Talk 99.5 “Matt & Aunie” radio show Friday to discuss the controversy tied to his efforts to highlight the potential misappropriation of Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) grant money to the LGBTQ activist group Free2Be. Dawson initially raised the issue in two press conferences earlier […]

For what it’s worth, I will be voting for Rusty Glover for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama. This is not an “endorsement.” As a journalist, it is almost never my place to make endorsements, which imply that I am asking other people to vote for somebody. And even though I write this post as a private […]

An unlikely dynamic has emerged in the Alabama Attorney General’s race: Three of the four Republicans running and both Democrats have acknowledged that one of the most powerful local law enforcement tools, the authority to confiscate property from citizens without charging them with a crime, raises serious constitutional questions. Even the lone defender of the […]

There is no evidence Gov. Kay Ivey is gay. Former State Representative Patricia Todd lost her job as the head of a gay rights’ group in Florida as punishment for a stupid tweet. Evangelist Scott Dawson still claims he doesn’t understand the grant process, a process he held multiple press conferences about. The only candidate […]