Yellowhammer News spoke with Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed, who was unanimously chosen by his Republican colleagues...

One of the names being mentioned to fill the U.S. Attorney General’s role in a potential Biden administration has been U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), who lost his reelection bid earlier this month to former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville. During an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Jones declined to address that possibility. […]

It has now been three weeks since Americans voted in the presidential election, and still, questions remain about its outcome. Joe Biden is moving forward with the transition despite no official concession to have come from incumbent President Donald Trump, who is vowing to fight on. During an appearance on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 on […]

The U.S. General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy has been accused of withholding transition resources and attempting to stall the transfer of power, but now Murphy has informed former Vice President Joe Biden that the transition can begin.

Backed by a national union and Senator Bernie Sanders, an attempt is underway to unionize the Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon fulfillment center.

The City of Birmingham eleased a video with some rather specific recommendations of what people not do this Thanksgiving.

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) announced he will be stepping down as leader of the legislature's upper chamber.

This Thanksgiving will be different from any other we have had in our lifetimes. This past year has been a struggle, as every single one of us has had their normal lives disrupted. Many of us have also lost friends and family as the coronavirus has swept through our communities. To say 2020 has been […]

Governor Kay Ivey has allocated $3,606,104 to reimburse several Alabama food banks for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miles College announced a collaboration with IBM on a program to develop high-demand skill sets in students that align with industry needs...

Alabama’s secretary of state is in “trouble” again because of social media. It isn’t because Merrill has done anything wrong, but because of the number of bad-faith actors on the platform and in the sad Alabama political press that takes their marching orders from their 30 Twitter followers. The media fears them and their mean […]

Homtex, a company that made its name producing linens and other cloth products, is receiving $10,572,100 in CARES Act funds from the State of Alabama to build a new plant near Selma that will manufacture face masks and employ over 300 workers. Governor Kay Ivey announced the expansion in a release on Monday morning, praising […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall is warning that elected officials violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act could cause serious...

The results from the general election held in Alabama on November 3 have been officially certified by the State Canvassing Board. In Alabama, the State Canvassing Board is currently composed of Governor Kay Ivey, Attorney General Steve Marshall and Secretary of State John Merrill. “Ahead of this year’s General Election, Alabamians shattered records for voter […]

The Auburn Tigers defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 30-17 to bring their season record to 5-2 through seven games. It was a win that Auburn needed badly and a loss that now means Tennessee has dropped five consecutive games. Although the Tigers won by a comfortable margin, this was far from a dominant performance against the […]

A coronavirus vaccine candidate from the company AstraZeneca that is being tested in part at UAB Hospital appears to be 70% effective at preventing those who take it from catching COVID-19, according to preliminary data released by the company on Monday. AstraZeneca gave two full doses of their vaccine, one month apart, to 8,895 individuals; […]

The University of Alabama System on Friday afternoon released its weekly update with COVID-19 related data from each of its three distinct institutions: the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). This is the final time the dashboard will be updated for the fall 2020 […]

Mackey said that while it’s Governor Kay Ivey’s decision about whether to keep schools open, he “would not recommend that,” and he believes “we should probably try to finish out the school year as best we can and hope that after a vaccine comes, things get a little better faster.”

Auburn University announced that its men’s basketball program will forgo postseason competition for the upcoming 2020-2021 season.

Why are we seeking more coronavirus cases in Alabama and how will that affect schools and Thanksgiving?

The longer this season goes, the more difficult it is to see anyone beating this Alabama squad. Maybe it is poetic that the only thing that remained the same in 2020 is that Nick Saban’s squad is the best you will find in college football. Aside from Alabama, the most interesting thing happening is BYU, […]

With Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration taking an active role on coronavirus, prisons and possibly gambling in the near future, the Alabama Legislature has not been in session and because of that, on the sidelines. The legislature adjourned an abbreviated session sine die on May 18, and some speculated a special session would be called by Ivey […]

MOBILE, Alabama – Flight Works Alabama has developed an innovative learning program that will provide a set of classroom kits and interactive techniques designed to help instructors expand students’ creative capacity and encourage discoveries. The program, delivered through seven We Build It Better innovation kits, will introduce inventive technologies, expose students to techniques that help build […]

Today, genomic testing is so common it can be initiated from the comfort of your own home. It’s easy to forget that the human genome sequence was first determined less than two decades ago. The monumental task of creating the first human reference genome came from a 13-year international labor of love. “Thinking about the […]