Tim Tebow is reportedly interested in playing professional baseball and the Birmingham Barons have already taken to social media to let the former football star and current ESPN commentator know that they are interested in bringing him to the Magic City. “Hey Tim Tebow, we heard you want to play pro ball. Have your people […]

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has thrown in the towel on pushing for tax increases to fund the growth of the state’s Medicaid program, announcing recently that he is instead calling a Special Session of the legislature for the specific task of approving a lottery to fund “essential services.” Gov. Bentley asked the Legislature to include […]

President Obama continues to abuse executive power in an unprecedented, reckless manner to systematically release high-level drug traffickers and firearms felons. These 214 individuals are not so-called ‘low-level, non-violent’ offenders – which simply do not exist in the federal system. They are serious criminals, including 56 with federal firearms convictions, several career offenders, fugitives, many […]

The negative impacts of ObamaCare just keep on coming as Alabamians are set to face another rate hike courtesy of President’s signature legislation. According the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama will be forced to increase rates by an average of 39 percent on individual plans offered through […]

(Video above: David Sadler conducts his “blind trust experiment.) David Sadler, a Montgomery, Alabama, native, wanted to prove that Alabama is not the “same ol’ South” that the media often portrays. In an effort to show the real Alabama, Sadler decided to put on a blindfold and stand outside of Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium with a […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Beverage Control Board (ABC) wants to know who is taking home beers from the state’s craft breweries. Under a potential new rule, the state’s alcohol regulators would have the power to demand the names, phone numbers, addresses, and ages for all customers buying beer for off-premise consumption from Alabama Brewers. […]

Reposted A 28-year-old Christian woman from the Middle East spoke at Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama, on Sunday, and what she told the congregation may catch some American Christians by surprise. She began by detailing the persecution she and her fellow Christians have endured in her country (which we won’t name, for security purposes). […]

Apparently frustrated by their unsuccessful attempt to stoke racial tensions at the University of Alabama late last year, Alabama sports website and liberal political blog al.com is back with another shot at the UA System. With an “investigative report” titled, “How the University of Alabama System funneled $1.4 million through a ‘dark money’ web,” an […]

Local car dealership ads are almost always awful, but every now and then one of them stumbles upon a great concept that overcomes their low budget. Such is the case with Cooper Chevrolet Buick’s new ad, which features a spot-on impression of Alabama football coach Nick Saban getting frustrated with the media during a press […]

In June I relayed the good news that the House had passed Appropriations legislation providing funding for our nation’s response to the Zika Virus. It is important for Congress to ensure agencies like the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health and others had the resources they need to combat the disease and […]

Some promises are too good to be true. Last week, Governor Bentley told the people of Alabama that implementing a state lottery would be “a permanent solution” that “will provide funding that we can count on year after year.” This is simply not true, as evidenced by the experiences of other states with lotteries. Governor […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday released a proposed Constitutional Amendment (CA) that would institute a state-sponsored lottery, with the revenue from it flowing into the General Fund, rather than the Education Budget, to fund Medicaid, prisons and other agencies. The synopsis of the CA reads as follows (read the full CA […]

(Video above: Rick & Bubba tackle socialism) Alabama-based, nationally-syndicated talk radio hosts Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey took to the airwaves Thursday to address the rise of socialism in the United States, pointing to horrifying recent events in Venezuela as evidence that the socialist system simply does not work in practice. “Sadly, a large […]

Alabama House Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Huntsville) to be the next Speaker of the House, setting him up to assume arguably the most powerful job in state politics when the legislature reconvenes in the coming weeks. The looming special legislative session prompted the House GOP caucus to reconvene sooner than they would […]

U.S. News & World Report’s 2016-2017 Best Hospitals report ranks UAB Hospital No. 1 in Birmingham and Alabama, and nine UAB specialties are listed among the nation’s top 50, up from six specialties the previous year. “We are proud to be one of the best hospitals in America, and located in Alabama,” said Health System […]

Crush and rub. This little-known remedy for keeping mosquitoes at bay – by simply rubbing your skin with the leaves of mosquito-repellant plants – sounds too easy, but the tried-and-true method repels the pesky insects, said Tia Gonzales. With nearly 30 years of experience as a horticulturist, Gonzales, Agricultural Program assistant at Auburn University, knows […]

There have been few darker moments on the Alabama Gulf Coast than when the Deepwater 2010 Horizon oil spill stained the brilliant white sand beaches and clouded the blue water. Hurricane Frederic (1979) and Hurricane Ivan (2004) had taught coastal residents what it would take to rebuild from the most devastating storms. But they had […]

During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio Wednesday, nationally-known, Alabama-based evangelist Scott Dawson made the case for why Christians who are apprehensive about supporting Donald J. Trump for president should reconsider their position. “We don’t know what Donald’s going to do, but we do know what Hillary’s going to do,” he said. “That, to me, is […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed (put on hold) a lower federal court order forcing a Virginia high school to allow transgender access to school restrooms based on gender preference, not the sex of the student. Alabamians opposed to a similar mandate issued by the Obama administration see the ruling as a […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The State of Alabama has joined a coalition of 14 states and state agencies who are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to push back against the EPA’s latest regulations setting more stringent emissions standards for new, reconstructed and modified oil and gas operations. The Office of Alabama’s Attorney […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his decision to commute the sentence of 214 federal convicts, including five convicted Alabama drug dealers. The Alabamians who received commuted sentences Wednesday are as follows: Scottie Ladon Dixon (Atmore): In 2010, Mr. Dixon received a life sentence for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. He also received […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Republicans are almost evenly split when asked whether they believe the state should create a lottery, but remain overwhelmingly against the further expansion of casino gambling in the state, according to a recently-released. The Alabama Forestry Association, one of the state’s most influential conservative groups, commissioned a survey of 600 likely […]

By Katherine Robertson and Caleb Crosby There are a number of policies, particularly those that stimulate economic growth, that are proven solutions to poverty. Just as easily identifiable are policies that exacerbate poverty. Sometimes these policies have good intentions of serving the poor, but then the Law of Unintended Consequences strikes. Other times, policies are […]

The State of Alabama recently sent a letter to a Mobile woman who died in 1999, inviting her to register to vote in the upcoming November elections. The story was first reported by south Alabama Fox affiliate WALA earlier this week, and subsequently picked up by Yellowhammer News. Since then, Yellowhammer has received numerous emails […]