Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His answers 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 (AG) as that of an […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/5_16_18_Mike_Rodgers.mp3 Congressman Mike Rogers joined The Ford Faction in Washington to talk about The Farm Bill that is being proposed to help aid farmers and in particular, Alabama farmers.  Mike goes into explanation about what this will do for the agriculture of the state. Congressman Rogers mentions that farming is a booming business and it needs […]

A student and a teacher are charged with tampering with grades at a south Alabama high school. The attorney general’s office said Friday 18-year-old Matthew Hutchins of Brewton and 58-year-old Lisa Odom of Castleberry face felony charges of altering grades. Hutchins is a student at W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton, where Odom teaches. […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NORTH KOREAN CAPTIVES SET FREE GIVE PSALM TO MIKE PENCE TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, a week ago, it was a special day for the United States and a special day for three men who were being held hostage by the North Koreans. When they got off the […]

Republican attorney general candidate Alice Martin recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. Her answers 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 (AG) as that […]

Friday on Birmingham’s Talk 99.5 “Matt & Aunie” radio show, outgoing State Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) gave her first remarks since posting a tweet that publicly acknowledged the existence of rumors that Gov. Kay Ivey was gay. Ivey promptly dismissed Todd’s claim by calling it a disgusting lie. And also, as a result of that […]

Alabama’s unemployment rate is holding steady at 3.8 percent. The governor’s office announced Friday that April’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate was the same as the March rate. While unchanged, the rate is well below the rate of 4.8 percent in April 2017.

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 […]

Another rural Alabama hospital is shutting down, this time in the northeastern part of the state. Directors have decided to close RMC Jacksonville at the end of June. The hospital is operated by the Anniston-based RMC Health System, which says some services will be transferred from Jacksonville to other locations in Anniston. The cities are […]

Need more evidence that there are two Americas? Here: Left-wing hatred of Melania Trump is inversely proportional to flyover admiration for the first lady. In just the last month, late-night clown Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump’s Slovenian accent, CNN contributor April Ryan attacked her as “not culturally American,” former Hillary Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines derided her […]

Thursday on the “Rick & Bubba” radio program, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson elaborated on why he raised the issue of Gov. Kay Ivey’s distribution of federal grant money through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) to Free2Be, an organization described as an LGBTQ activist group that has an apparent questionable past. Earlier this […]

1. It appears there was a spy placed in the Trump campaign in 2016, IG also finds possible criminal conduct in handling of Clinton probe — A New York Times report, lays out that “at least one government informant met several times with Mr. Page and Mr. Papadopoulos, current and former officials,” which confirms the government run […]

Miguel Angel Jimenez matched the course record with an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Regions Tradition, the first of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major championships. Jimenez birdied the first four holes and broke the front-nine record at 6-under 30 at Greystone Golf & Country Club. The Spaniard took […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/5_16_18_Bradley_Byrne.mp3 Bradley Byrne and Ford Brown sit down in Washington, DC to discuss how the new “Farm Bill” will not only impact Alabama, but put some new farmers to work. We get an update on the North Korean-USA Summit in South Korea, and Bradley Byrne drops his prediction on the 2018 midterms. Subscribe to the […]

Alabamians last year relied on tradition and the Bible in naming their babies, according to data released Thursday by the Social Security Administration. The agency, which produced the data from applications for Social Security cards, determined that 398 Alabama boys got William for a first name. That was the most popular boy name in Alabama […]

Steve Marshall is a champion for Second Amendment rights. In his first year in office, he has led the fight both in Alabama and beyond to ensure that the individual right to bear arms is protected. One of his first official acts as Attorney General was to lead twenty-five states in standing up for the […]

A Florida LGBTQ organization founded in the aftermath of the PULSE nightclub shooting rescinded an employment offer to an Alabama lawmaker on Thursday after a social media post speculating about the Alabama governor’s personal life. The One Orlando Alliance announced it has retracted a job offer to Patricia Todd, Alabama’s only openly gay lawmaker, to […]

According to many lawmakers, recent years have not been kind to the Business Council of Alabama’s lobbying efforts. And based upon financial filings, recent years may not have been kind to the organization’s fiscal health, either. The BCA’s 2016 IRS Form 990 filing, which is required of 501(c)6 nonprofit organizations, does not paint a rosy picture […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/4_26_18_SOTW.mp3 Angela Graugnard joined The Ford Faction in this week’s Alexander Shunnarah Law Firm “Shark of The Week” to talk about her introduction into the firm.  Angela mentions her great story of almost “begging” Alex into his law firm by saying she could fit nicely in the very packed office.  Angela mentions how she and her Southern […]

A pain specialist faults prescriptions by an Alabama physician accused of federal crimes in the 2016 drug overdose death of a former guitarist for rock band 3 Doors Down. Dr. Richard Snellgrove is accused of unlawful distribution of drugs and health care fraud in a case tied to the death of Matthew Roberts. The Fairhope […]

As a former high school educator my time in the classroom gave me many valuable life lessons. Not a single year passed where I did not see the effects that cuts had on our students, their achievements, and even their parents. While we are beginning to see an economic renaissance nationally, the figures from the […]

Thursday on his syndicated “Rick & Bubba” radio show program, co-host Rick Burgess, a supporter of Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson, speculated on what might have caused Alabama State Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) to post a tweet questioning the sexuality of Gov. Kay Ivey. Burgess’s comments were in response to a caller’s remarks about Todd’s tweet. The […]

Americans are constantly being pounded with the narrative that President Donald Trump is a loud-mouthed, brash New Yorker who says crass things. It’s true, no question about it. There is already plenty to hammer the guy on, so there is no reason for the mainstream media to continue their lying about things he says. Look […]

Everyone likes free speech until someone says something we find vile. Birmingham pastor Michael Jordan of New Era Baptist Church was in the news this week, decrying Church of the Highlands’ plans to open a campus in a high crime area of the inner city, calling “the white church” racist and hypocritical. Jordan’s interview with Birmingham NBC affiliate […]