Senator Katie Britt, helped to introduce bipartisan legislation Friday that would allow federal regulators to regain compensation from bank executives who played a role in their organizations failure.

A Jasper engineering firm is using drone technology from a Huntsville company to help design a coal conveyor belt. McGehee Engineering found its niche in Alabama’s coal mining industry using aerial mapping and surveying technology. The company is using GeoCue’s TrueView LiDAR technology to quickly survey a steep and rugged bluff where they are building […]

While the move of Space Command to Redstone Arsenal is becoming a political football, there is no such problem with the FBI’s game plan for Huntsville. In fact, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he is “very excited about the future at Huntsville.” His comments came this week to Sen. Katie Britt during a hearing of […]

Innovate Alabama is launching yet another program to aid the state’s “innovative and underrepresented” small businesses. Thanks to Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Game Plan,” the organization was able to start the Alabama Tax Credit program. The tax credits from the new program will be given to economic development organizations throughout the state, who will then be […]

The U.S. Senate has passed the debt limit increase. Both U.S. Senators from Alabama, Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) voted no

July of 2002 was an amazing month for the Johnson family. We spent that entire month in Koln, Germany. I had the opportunity to serve an International Baptist Church in Koln while their pastor returned home to Australia. At the time I was pastor of First Baptist Church in Athens, Ala. The congregation was supportive […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the state’s largest-ever Education Trust Fund and General Fund budgets, as well as two supplemental spending bills Thursday. The budgets are set to govern spending for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. The education budget will channel $8.8 billion from the Education Trust Fund, marking an increase of 6.5% or $537 […]

 People need to be told “no” Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 a.m. to noon.

State lawmakers reached a final agreement on how to cut the grocery tax.  As prices have risen across the board, Alabama’s 4% sales tax on food has remained the same, leaving families with the compounded expense – until now. Thanks to the state’s historic $3 billion budgetary surplus, legislators passed a historic measure to cut […]

Alabama can lay claim to another top ranking. According to Forbes Advisor, Alabama is first in a new study of the states where residents are most and least financially disciplined. The Yellowhammer State scored 83.28 out of 100 points. It’s followed by Arkansas (81.56), New Jersey (80.82), Washington (80.71) and Colorado (80.33). According to the survey, Alabama […]

The accolades continue to pour in for Montgomery. The Yellowhammer State’s capital city has been named 2023’s most affordable city for home buyers in a recent study from the personal finance outlet WalletHub.com. The distinction comes after Montgomery recently earned national praise from Forbes Magazine as a top city to buy a home and ranked as one of […]

Legislation that would allow parents to surrender there child anonymously to "A Safe Haven Baby Box" ,as long as the baby is no more than 45 days old, has made it through both the Alabama House of Representatives and the Senate and will now go to Governor Kay Ivey to be signed into law.

The Alabama House congressional delegation was split on how it voted for the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by McCarthy and Biden.

The passage of the debt limit increase was inevitable, now the gnashing of teeth and cries of never again begin.. again.

An influential Washington, D.C.-based conservative group is showing its support to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s strong pro-life stance. The Heritage Foundation announced Wednesday the start of a billboard and digital advertising campaign to praise Tuberville (R-Auburn) for working to overturn the Defense Department’s taxpayer-funded abortion policy. The campaign includes billboards in Huntsville, Montgomery, and Dale […]

As tax cuts continue to carry the thunder of the legislative session’s final days, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle made a timely push to become the first state in the nation to un-tax income-earned overtime.  “From a productivity standpoint, it gives the workers an opportunity to make more money without the employer having […]

The scenes play out in cities across the country: Brazen criminals walking into stores and stealing everything within reach. These acts constitute a $100 billion problem in the United States — especially when organized. A law headed to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk would add teeth to help Alabama enforce retail crimes and punish the criminals. […]

There were a lot of opportunities to win big for the Alabama legislature.

Tuberville says he's against the debt ceiling agreement because it doesn't do enough to address the out of control spending in Washington.

The Alabama Forestry Association has announced its endorsement of Associate Justice Will Sellers. Sellers is seeking a second term as an associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. AFA’s President and CEO, Chris Isaacson discussed why the organization endorsed Sellers.

Yesterday, Governor Kay Ivey announced that an official date and time has been set for the execution of James Barber. Barber, will be the first person executed in Alabama since a hold was placed on them in late November of last year after accusations of botched executions were made.

The governor had time Tuesday night to settle a score with ESPN on Twitter. Earlier in the day, Gov. Kay Ivey signed a ban on transgender participation in college sports for those whose biological sex does not match with the team’s gender. ESPN had a strange choice of words in covering the move, but Ivey […]

No strikeouts here. The NCAA has announced that both Alabama and Auburn baseball are set to host the NCAA Regular Regionals for the first time since 1999. Auburn will enter the tournament as the No. 13 seed overall. While, Alabama has been given the No. 16 rank nationally.

Today, the Legislature will gavel into its 12th week of business. It’s possible this week will mark the conclusion of the 2023 general legislative session. Here are some things to keep an eye on this week: Budgets The budget process culminated early Friday morning after an all-day undertaking by both chambers to refine and authorize […]