Although it is not currently a front-and-center issue, Gov. Kay Ivey’s prison lease proposal is still looming, especially as there are ongoing discussions about the new prisons’ proposed locations that include Bibb, Elmore and Escambia Counties. Another issue that is among the discussion has been the financing for the new facilities, which the Ivey administration […]

District Attorney Jeremy Duerr of the 5th Judicial Circuit switched to the Republican Party, the ALGOP announced this week.

The Fiber Broadband Association announced its board has appointed Gary Bolton as the association’s new president and CEO, effective Nov. 2.

Hurricane Zeta crossed Alabama overnight, leaving a diagonal path of fallen trees and households without power in its wake. No Alabamian has yet been reported as having died or suffered a critical injury due to the storm, though many minor injuries have been reported in local outlets. LifeSouth has put out a call for blood […]

Yellowhammer News has prepared a guide to each statewide amendment and its impact on Alabama if enacted.

With new cases up all over, in the U.S. and around the world, governments are preparing to reintroduce more restrictions and measures meant to limit the spread with nations like France and Germany enforcing a partial lockdown.

When reliable testing for COVID-19 became a national priority earlier this year, one company in Huntsville was already set up to take on a leading role. Diatherix was equipped to offer testing through its cutting-edge technology, and it was able to do so in a way conducive to effective treatment of the virus by providing […]

The Democrats’ radical immigration agenda poses an existential threat to the United States. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support amnesty, citizenship, and public benefits for illegal aliens. They want a big increase in the number of green card allotments for the relatives of naturalized citizens and current green card holders. They want to keep the […]

While the Lt. Gov. mostly shrugged off the Democrat's tactics, he also warned that people take the coronavirus seriously and not weaponize for political gain.

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-AL) is continuing his leadership in calling on Congress to regulate tech monopolies’ control over the flow of information and political discourse in America. In a tweet on Wednesday, Marshall commented on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony that day to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This comes after Twitter blocked […]

Wednesday is National First Responders Day, and its importance is even more magnified as the nation deals with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eighty years ago this week, hurricane season ended when the Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain by stopping the Nazi war machine at the edge of the English Channel. Before the summer of 1940, Hitler had derided Great Britain as a nation of shopkeepers. Göring’s seemingly superior Luftwaffe pilots were outdone by the […]

MONTGOMERY — State officials gathered on the steps of the capitol Wednesday morning to announce the details surrounding three new mental health crisis care centers to be built around the state. AltaPointe Health in Mobile, the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority and WellStone Behavioral Health in Huntsville will be receiving grants from the State of […]

The Briarwood Christian duo of Tucker Smith and Hayden Marbut won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship.

The U.S. military’s F-35 fighter jets, a squadron of which is scheduled to arrive in Montgomery in 2023, have hit a speedbump on the road to full production. According to a Bloomberg News report, a key combat simulation for the new jets has not yet occurred due to “difficulties finishing technical preparations.” That simulation must […]

The American media has spent most of 2020 covering the race between U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) and former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville like it is a close race but with one week to go and a 14-point poll showing Tuberville leading, it appears that they have changed their tune.

This year has been filled with challenges for all of us. Ever since the U.S. was struck by an unprecedented pandemic, we have dealt with a sputtering economy, and more recently Alabama and other states near the Gulf have been hammered by coastal storms. These challenges have each forced us to be flexible and adapt […]

Missy Carter on Tuesday posted a picture to Twitter of her "adorable niece," who opted to be Ivey's "mini-me for her school costume party."

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared a State of Emergency on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta’s landfall, which is expected on Wednesday evening. Mobile County, specifically the area around the town of Dauphin Island, has been identified as the area of Alabama most likely to bear the brunt of the storm. Though currently a […]

COVID-19 has upended our economy and educational system and made high-speed internet more indispensable than ever for all Alabamians. We have an urgent need – and with it, a generational opportunity – to fully wire our state’s rural areas where one-quarter of residents still don’t have broadband connectivity at home. Saying we should have universal […]

The Birmingham Police Department this week retired its storied Mounted Unit.

Reshad Hudson, who for the last two years has served as the state government reporter for a chain of TV stations in Alabama, has been promoted to national correspondent in Washington, D.C. Hudson, an Alabama native, was lauded by politicians on both sides of the aisle for being scrupulously nonpartisan and having a tireless work […]

U.S. Steel announced on Tuesday that their new electric arc furnace, the most advanced of its kind, has undergone a successful implementation and start-up at the company’s plant in Fairfield, AL. The new furnace “will have an annual steelmaking capacity of 1.6 million tons,” according to a release from the company. Douglas R. Matthews, a […]

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Alabama State Director Chris Beeker this week announced several major new investments by the administration of President Donald J. Trump in projects across the Yellowhammer State. The largest investment is going to Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically black college (HBCU). “It’s exciting to help increase […]