Last week, the State House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a bill that would repeal the state’s so-called Habitual Felony Offender Act. To the surprise of many, a handful of Republican lawmakers on the committee voted with the bill’s sponsor, State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa), to advance HB 107, the legislation that would repeal the […]

First lady Jill Biden, Ed.D, has rescheduled her visit to Alabama for this Friday, April 9. She was originally scheduled to make a trip to the Jasper Area Family Service Center and the YMCA of Central Alabama in Birmingham in recent weeks when severe weather caused her to cancel those plans. It is unclear if the […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday convened for the 19th day of its 2021 regular session. In addition to both chambers convening into the evening hours, there were important committee meetings held earlier in the day. Here’s a rundown of the day’s proceedings:

In February of 2020, Janiyah Davis, a fourth-grader from Philadelphia, walked through the doors of the U.S. Capitol Building and into the House Gallery. Along with her mother, they sat down on the second row. “No parent should be forced to send their child to a failing government school,” President Trump argued from the speaker’s […]

Governor Kay Ivey’s mask order ends on Friday, April 9, but a couple of cities in Alabama might be looking to extend their mask orders. The City of Birmingham has extended its mask order and is using the idea that the science behind mask orders has saved lives. Someone should ask the Mayor of Birmingham, […]

The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday signed a resolution recognizing April as 811 Safe Digging Month. This national month is recognized annually to encourage homeowners to call 811 before conducting outdoor projects such as landscaping, installing a fence or adding a deck onto their home. Knowing where underground utility lines are buried before […]

MONTGOMERY — Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, economic development activity across Alabama in 2020 generated close to $5 billion in new capital investment and almost 10,000 job commitments, Governor Kay Ivey announced today. With significant growth projects recorded in key strategic industrial sectors, Governor Ivey said the activity will strengthen the foundations […]

On Tuesday, Montgomery County approved a pilot program to put voter registration kiosks on college campuses, a program that has the backing of Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. As part of the program, kiosks that link directly to AlabamaVotes.gov will be placed in high traffic areas on the campuses of six colleges in Montgomery […]

CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Company on Monday filed a motion to dismiss Amtrak’s petition before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) to force the freight rail operators to permit the operation of Amtrak’s passenger rail service on its proposed Mobile-New Orleans route, which is known as the Gulf Coast Passenger Rail project. As Yellowhammer News […]

Mobile’s plan to move its commercial air traffic to a downtown airport cleared a key hurdle on Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its approval of the Mobile Airport Authority’s (MAA) Master Plan. Currently, almost all of Mobile’s commercial flights run through the Mobile Regional Airport, which is 30 minutes west of the […]

The Birmingham City Council voted on Tuesday to extend the city’s mask requirement for roughly six more weeks, with the ordinance now set to expire on May 24. Alabama’s statewide mandate is set to expire on April 9, pushing the question of keeping facial covering rules in place to local governments. Extending the mandate was […]

7. Arkansas governor will veto transgender treatment bill The Alabama Legislature is considering legislation that would ban gender conversion treatments for transgender youth, and in Arkansas, the state legislature passed a similar bill. Despite this, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) has vetoed the legislation. Hutchinson said his reason for vetoing the bill is because they […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday will convene for the 19th day of its 2021 regular session. This comes after both chambers met into the late afternoon hours last Thursday. The Senate’s day, which can be followed in a live tweet thread here, featured cloturing of Democratic filibusters throughout. After all was said and […]

Every person in Alabama age 16 and over is now eligible to receive a vaccine that protects against the coronavirus. All coronavirus vaccines are being provided for free, regardless of whether a person has health insurance. Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that all adults would be eligible on April 5, more than three weeks […]

U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Monday sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin emphasizing their belief that recent trainings conducted by branches of the United States military were politically slanted and inappropriate for the non-partisan institution. The three senators sit on the Senate Armed Services […]

Alabama’s own Murder Creek Distillery has opened its second location featuring a moonshine distillery and tasting room in Baldwin County. After opening their first location two years ago in Riverview, Murder Creek Distillery decided to expand its audience to Coastal Alabama. The new location offers onsite tastings of their moonshine as well as complete cocktails […]

Whether it’s Austal USA in Mobile, Fort Rucker in the Wiregrass, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery or Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama’s contribution to our nation’s military strength and defense programs is critical to national security. The United States faces many security threats in the 21st century, including China’s aggression and Iran’s buildout of […]

HUNTSVILLE — Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to express confidence in Madison County’s ability to recruit and produce an advanced workforce for FBI’s expansion plans, and those highly educated and skilled workers will be the key to the agency’s success in the future, according to agency officials. The local FBI workforce is […]

Individuals and businesses who suffered damage from the tornado that ripped through Fultondale in late January are now eligible for low-interest disaster loans, the federal government announced on Monday. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is the agency providing the loans. “Getting businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority […]

A newly published report found that Alabama’s occupational licensing laws — requirements that members of certain professions be certified by the government — cost the state almost 21,000 jobs and an estimated $56 million per year. The report, titled “Not-So Sweet Home Alabama,” was written by a pair of economists and is a joint project […]

Pepsi Rock the South on Monday announced the lineup for the South’s biggest party, which will be held in Cullman from August 13-14. This year’s Rock the South artists will include the likes of Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nelly and Ashley McBryde. Fans are encouraged to sign up for the “Super Fan Presale” […]

7. Some teachers clearly don’t ever want to go back to school Former Obama advisor Rahm Emmanneul famously said, “[N]ever let a good crisis go to waste,” and the teachers in California are ready to put that into action. They already demanded that they be given priority with vaccines, that schools have their filtration systems […]

Since taking the reins of power in the D.C. swamp earlier this year, socialist Democrats have eagerly taken to the tasks of destroying our economy, erasing our borders and wielding the threat of cancel culture correctness like a blunt force bludgeon. But perhaps the policy initiative that carries the most potential for lasting and long-term […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Is Governor Kay Ivey (R) still planning to let the mask mandate go away? — Shouldn’t Alabama expand the vaccination eligibility at this point? (Editor’s note: this episode was filmed before Gov. Ivey on Friday […]