A recent report about the more than $750,000 that Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin has pocketed over the last three years in extra “Food Provisions” money has reinvigorated attention into a state law that allows sheriffs to keep leftover money not used to feed inmates. The report, authored by Birmingham News reporter Connor Sheets, details […]

Do you want to alleviate poverty in Alabama? Do you want to curb the power of special interest groups over government agencies? Do you want more affordable goods and services in basic industries?  Do you want to help disadvantaged groups find good jobs and become productive citizens? Do you want to reduce the population of […]

Two east Alabama firefighters have been seriously injured during a training exercise. Police say two members of the Opelika Fire Department were hurt Thursday afternoon while training inside an abandoned home. Authorities haven’t released their names.

Every legislative session, some Alabama legislator is going to say something backwards and silly. This year, it may be State Representative Harry Shiver’s turn. Speaking at a committee hearing on a bill that would allow teachers to carry firearms in school Shiver said, “our ladies” need the legislature to protect them and that female teachers […]

Authorities say an Alabama woman is charged with drugging a 5-year-old boy before dropping him off at school. The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department says 41-year-old Margaret Ann Elchin of Boaz was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated child abuse. Officials say the woman gave the child a pill that caused him to lose consciousness […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: EDITORIAL SAYS ABORTING DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN IS “FOR THEIR OWN GOOD” TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, just this past weekend, The Washington Post ran an editorial. It was written by abortion advocate, Ruth Marcus. She argues in this piece that women should have the right to abort a […]

Alabama lawmakers have approved a 2.5 percent pay raise for teachers and school employees that will cost more than $100 million. The Alabama Senate voted 29-0 Thursday for the pay raise in the education budget for the next fiscal year.

Political discussion in the United States is often framed by party allegiance. When people are asked to explain the rationale behind their choice to identify with a specific party, however, they often cannot give an answer beyond listing particular positions that they support or oppose. While an understanding of specific policies is important, limiting debate […]

A proposal to strip the powers of Alabama’s lieutenant governor was delayed Thursday in the state Senate. The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the lieutenant governor as Senate president and make the primary responsibility of the position to succeed the governor if he or she resigns, is impeached or dies. It would also require the lieutenant governor […]

Authorities say an Alabama boy took his father’s SUV, drove into Mississippi and ran out of gas. WDAM-TV reported Thursday that Perry County Sheriff Mitch Nobles says the boy took the vehicle and drove into Mississippi, where he eventually ran out of gas at the Circle K convenience store in New Augusta.

In a scathing attack aimed at Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), The Root columnist Michael Harriot criticized Alabama’s junior senator for his vote on a measure to roll back some provisions of the Obama-era Dodd-Frank law that imposed regulations on the financial sector. The bill passed in the U.S. Senate by a 67-31 margin and was […]

A job-related dispute led to a health care worker opening fire inside a hospital in a shooting that left two people dead and another critically injured, authorities said Thursday. A man pulled out a gun and shot two people Wednesday night inside UAB Highlands, which is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The man then killed […]

1. Alabama lawmaker’s terrible argument about guns and women get plenty of attention — State Rep. Harry Shiver (R-Stockton) believes women should be protected, “are scared of guns”, and the best way to protect them is to not allow them to carry guns. — In spite of this, the bill still passed out of committee […]

Wednesday on Birmingham’s Superstation 101 WYDE’s “The Line,” Breitbart.tv editor and Yellowhammer News contributing writer Jeff Poor discussed the day’s news with hosts Andrew McLain and Jessica Borklund. During the segment, Poor explained what Conor Lamb’s apparent victory in Tuesday special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District means for the upcoming midterms, President Donald Trump’s visit […]

Alabama lawmakers are one step closer to overhauling the state’s juvenile justice system after the House passed a bill aimed at keeping low-level offenders out of detention. Thursday’s vote was 69-20 after more than three hours of heated debate and multiple amendments. The bill proposed by Rep. Jim Hill, a Republican and former juvenile judge, aims to […]

You know the place – a dominant courthouse, a few oak trees, a park and a few businesses with storefronts along a sidewalk that is sheltered by awnings. Perhaps there is a post office, two or three churches, a museum or a library. Throw in a handful of offices, a diner or a coffee shop, […]

A man convicted of killing his former boss at a traveling carnival nearly two decades ago was executed Thursday night after dropping his appeals and asking to be put to death. Michael Wayne Eggers, 50, died at 7:29 p.m. CDT after receiving a lethal injection at a southwest Alabama prison.

The Alabama Legislature on Thursday completed a monumental day of legislating that including debates over the education budget, raising teacher pay, adding new protections for children at unlicensed day care centers and reforming juvenile justice. As significant as those developments were, however, it is likely that the legislative action that will generate the most discussion […]

The Latest on a hospital shooting in Alabama that left 2 dead, including the shooter. Police in Alabama say that a “work conflict” was at the root of a shooting at a hospital in Birmingham that left two people dead and one person wounded. Birmingham Police Department spokesman Peter Willison said Thursday that investigators were still trying […]

Alabamians who live in Huntsville know it’s not unusual for their neighbors, friends and other folks they meet around town to have the letters Ph.D behind their names and work in engineering, defense, tech and science fields that have helped the city earn its reputation as the smartest city in Alabama. One of those Huntsville-area […]

Alabama lawmakers have voted to give the state limited oversight over faith-based daycares. The Alabama Senate voted 22-4 on Thursday for the compromise legislation. Gov. Kay Ivey’s press office said she will review the bill before making a decision on signing it into law.

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) voted this week in support of a bill to reform some of the harmful effects of the Dodd-Frank regulations enacted during the Obama era and brings relief to community banks and credit unions throughout Alabama. The legislation, which passed 67-31, shifts the focus of regulatory agencies away from small institutions […]

Well, folks, the 2018 political year has begun and all of the horses are in the chute. It is going to be a good year for horse races. Perennially, the year of the governor’s race has been the best year for Alabama politics. Historically, most Alabamians have been more interested in who they elect as […]

A 22-year-old Alabama man has been arrested on child porn and drug charges after authorities found both in his Tuscaloosa apartment. Nathaniel Jones has told police he owned the laptop containing child porn found during the search. Tuscaloosa Police Department Lt. Teena Richardson tells AL. com the agency’s Juvenile Division searched Jones’ apartment Friday and found marijuana, […]