The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Tuesday announced it has received final guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerning use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. After a temporary pause on its use since April 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC have […]

It would stand to reason that the most powerful and influential media outlet in Alabama would have a keen sense of which state political figures fit the same bill. That’s why Yellowhammer Multimedia, once again, is publishing its Power and Influence 40. Taking into account countless conversations with political insiders, as well as the most […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday delivered a speech on the floor of the United States Senate detailing how President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget proposal for the Department of Defense would harm national security and hinder the military’s efforts to confront existing and future threats. Alabama’s junior senator also outlined how Biden’s […]

Alabama has been chosen as one of six locations in the U.S. designated a Defense Manufacturing Community as a result of collaboration...

The demand for short-term, customized training for business and industry continues to exceed the state’s current training capacity.

Governor Kay E. Ivey has proclaimed Tuesday, April 27, as a Day of Remembrance across the state of Alabama, marking the 10th anniversary of the infamous 2011 severe weather that struck the state. On that day a decade ago, a series of long-track tornadoes tore through Alabama in three waves across 35 of the state’s […]

In the first announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau, it was confirmed that Alabama will keep all of their current seven U.S. House of Representative seats

Governor Kay Ivey’s proposed lease-build prison plan took a hit last week after investment bank Barclays withdrew as an underwriter for the financing of two of the three proposed new facilities. Barclays, along with other financial institutions, have been reluctant to invest in prison construction given the current political climate. State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), […]

Alabama on Monday once again powered a vital mission to space when a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched the NROL-82 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The rocket — built at ULA’s world-class facility in Decatur — lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined nine other attorneys general in suing to prevent President Joe Biden’s administration from carrying out an executive order that dramatically expands executive power and threatens to kill thousands of jobs throughout the country. The sweeping order, issued last week, assigns an arbitrary and extraordinarily high “cost” to any […]

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Mobile City Council, Mayor Sandy Stimpson will ask council members to authorize a contract with Moffatt & Nichol Inc. to evaluate and design public amenities that would help activate the city’s downtown waterfront at Cooper Riverside Park. A release from the mayor’s office outlined that if approved by the council, […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday will convene for the 26th day of its 2021 regular session. The House will convene at 1:00 p.m., while the Senate gavels in at 2:00 p.m. The House’s floor agenda is expected to revolve around the Education Trust Fund budget package that was advanced from Ways and Means […]

Dr. Alveda King is a renaissance woman that lives a life full of purpose. Alveda is someone who was almost aborted as a baby, and then she had several abortions in her younger years. Thankfully, she was saved by God’s grace and now realizes how important human life is from conception to eternity. In this […]

MGMWERX, the state-of-the-art innovation hub in Alabama’s capital city, recently announced the hiring of Brig. General Trent H. Edwards (USAF, Ret.) as its new director. Edwards comes to MGMWERX from the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, where he served as senior vice president of Military and Community Development. In addition to his work at the […]

They are making it clear, if those companies won't fight for them, they will target them next.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday announced the first batch of results from the 2020 Census. After processing all relevant data, the newly announced results included population totals for the nation and the states as well as the congressional apportionment totals for each state. Alabama will retain all seven of its seats in the U.S. […]

The U.S. House Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06), recently compiled a report regarding the historic humanitarian crisis at the United States’ southern border. Department of Homeland Secretary Mayorkas, an appointee of President Joe Biden, recently admitted that the agency is “on pace to encounter more individuals at the southwest border than […]

Katie Boyd Britt has been elected to serve on the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s (AWF) board of directors.

For the last few years, police officers around the country have been retiring or quitting their jobs in record numbers. The New York Police Department alone had 5,300 uniformed officers retire or quit in 2020, which is 15% of the total number of officers on their entire force. This is nearly double the rate who […]

7. Alabama lacking in communication capabilities but Space Command coming still the right move While there are many advantages to moving U.S. Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, Space Command’s General James Dickinson said that there would have to be a communication network and other installations built, which would be expensive, if the headquarters were moved. […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has formally cut ties with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), his office confirmed to Yellowhammer News. According to the association’s website, NAAG “is the nonpartisan national forum for the 56 state and territory attorneys general and their staff.” Currently chaired by Attorney General Karl Racine of the District of […]

The two candidates in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race have each filed their first mandatory campaign finance disclosures with the FEC. The fundraising reports cover the first quarter of 2021, which ended March 31. Former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard and Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) reported ending the quarter with a combined total of nearly […]

The stunned and mournful gaze of most of Alabama, and indeed much of the nation, was fixed on Tuscaloosa in the aftermath of the April 27, 2011, tornadoes. But the eastern part of the state was reeling from its own encounter with the deadly twisters that clawed landscape and claimed lives that dreadful day. A […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Sunday appeared live on “Fox & Friends Weekend” ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series’ GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. In addition to discussing the importance of the event to the state, Alabama’s junior senator also commented on President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office. Speaking about Democrats holding the […]