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Alabama taxpayers, small businesses and construction workers share my concerns about anti competitive and costly policies attached to federal and federally assisted construction projects as a result of recent executive actions by the Biden administration.

Monday, the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt released a video highlighting Alabama's outdoors and natural resources.

Oakwood Adventist Academy made the state's 1A high school basketball playoffs and advanced to a game that would have been played at 4:30 PM on Saturday.

With the Alabama Republican Party opting to remove the primary opponents of State Sens. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) and Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) from the upcoming May ballot, the number of Senate Republicans facing primary challengers drops to seven.

Plans by the University of Alabama in Huntsville to help create a “college town” experience are one step closer toward becoming a reality following the Huntsville City Council’s approval of the demolition of what has been a former office park on the eastern edge of Cummings Research Park.

Carl: Israel is America’s most important regional ally

Since the creation of the Jewish state of Israel in 1948, the United States and Israel have enjoyed a strong, close partnership

Birmingham's state-of-the-art Protective Stadium is in the running for the recognition of Stadium of the Year 2021.

The Parents’ Choice Act by State Senator Del Marsh (R-Anniston) would allow parents to send their children to private schools or homeschool them and receive some funds from the state to assist that change

Legislation was introduced that would name the peanut the official state legume. So why not the state nut? We have plenty of those. Because the peanut isn’t a nut. It’s a legume.

Friends from around Alabama, my name is Brent McCarver, and I live in Jasper. I am a 48-year-old Christian, father and husband who is striving to make life better for my daughters and my two-year-old grandson. As someone who worked in the public sector, from a U.S. congressional office to municipal government, I have been […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

When “Dear Evan Hansen” reopened on Broadway on Dec. 11, it was a big night in New York, but it may have been an even bigger night in Birmingham. Because “Dear Evan Hansen” returned with Jordan Fisher in the title role, and “The Lion King,” which had reopened in September, boasted Brandon McCall in the title role. Two young […]

Chelsea Hunter needed some peace, quiet and the fresh air, a combination she knew she’d find in the solitude of a deer stand. Little did she know she’d find something else. Hunter’s spur-of-the moment hunting trip on family land in Macon County ended with the 24-year-old Tallasee resident harvesting a 242-pound, 13-point buck that’s “by […]

A leopard can’t change its spots and a tiger can’t change its stripes, but Protective Stadium can now seamlessly change its lines to conform to soccer and other sports. Fans will see the transformed field at 2:30 p.m. Sunday as the Birmingham Legion hosts Atlanta United of Major League Soccer in an exhibition “friendly.” Tickets start at $7. The chameleon nature of the […]

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Yellowhammer News has learned the Alabama Republican Party's candidate committee has removed at least three names from its May 24 primary ballot involved in state legislative races.

A new building coming to the University of Alabama campus will provide space to conserve and celebrate fashion history and groom fashion trendsetters of the future. The College of Human Environmental Sciences (CHES) has announced plans to construct Drummond Lyon Hall to house its fashion retailing and apparel design concentrations. Through the support of alumni, the CHES Leadership Board […]

The Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) based in Oxford recently received a $164,470 grant to address opioid and substance misuse by equipping pastors with the skills and resources to minister effectively to those with substance use disorder. This program, Faith-Based Support Specialist (FBSS) training, is designed to bridge the gap between the faith community and the […]

Former President Donald Trump was a very-popular president with Alabama Republican voters. Trump was a proven conservative president. He walked the walk. He did not just talk the talk.

Alabama homeowners gained an average of $33,000 in equity last year

Whether a repeat or first-time homebuyer, there are many benefits to owning a home, especially financial. In 2021, the national average of equity gained was $56,700 and Alabama’s average was $33,000. Building long-term wealth over time is why equity matters and due to the past year’s low inventory and high demand, home value increased more […]

For the Oakwood Adventist Academy varsity boys basketball team, upholding the principles of the school's faith is bigger than the game of basketball.

Fresh off successful direct involvement in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Parker Solar Probe (PSP) in roles that included optics, hardware, software, testing analytics, computational modeling and big data processing and dissemination, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is looking beyond the sky again. UAH, a part of the University of Alabama […]

If you wanted to sketch the course of Brittany Wagner’s professional life, you’d have to use a pencil. That simple but powerful utensil – sharpened on one end, with a tiny eraser on the other – was Wagner’s weapon of choice as she guided aspiring but often struggling athletes through the rigors of community college […]

Watch live: ALGOP holds winter meeting

The Alabama Republican Party’s winter meeting is underway, where members of its state executive committee are conducting the party’s official business. Watch:

Under the 2019 Literacy Act, children who cannot read at a third-grade level by the end of their third-grade year would not be promoted to the fourth grade.