Yellowhammer News on Wednesday sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh and Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton.

A collection of Alabama workforce development groups has partnered to create a new survey of business owners with the goal of identifying which jobs are in-demand and what credentials people must have to fill them. The project’s success demands as many business owners as possible fill out the survey. The goal is ultimately for state […]

A Birmingham municipal court dismissed a charge against local comedian Jermaine “Funnymaine” Johnson on Wednesday morning. Johnson had been charged with inciting a riot, a Class A misdemeanor, for comments made on May 31 that preceded a night of violence and looting in Birmingham. A warrant was issued for his arrest on June 1, and […]

The newly formed Council on Criminal Justice has selected Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) to be one of its founding members. Launched in July 2019, the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) is a nonpartisan group that aims to increase knowledge of and build consensus solutions around criminal justice policy. The CCJ’s Board of Trustees […]

The fight over Confederate monuments on public property has once again come to the forefront as the nation finds itself in the midst of racial upheaval spurred by the death of George Floyd while in police custody and amplified by the Black Lives Matter movement protests. Some local governments in Alabama are taking unilateral action […]

In a new executive order that President Donald Trump has signed, “chokeholds will be banned except if an officer’s life is at risk"

An online petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma after civil rights leader and current Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) has garnered over 114,000 signatures. Edmund Pettus represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 until 1907. First a soldier for the United States in the Mexican-American War, he was later a leader […]

These last few weeks have riveted the country’s attention on police brutality. The murder of George Floyd was an atrocity, and unfortunately it’s not the first one. As we have so often in our history, it’s time for America to respond with appropriate and reasonable reform. It’s not time to lose our heads, however. The […]

"We need a congressman who will stand with Trump, not China."

Auburn University’s Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center took another step toward completion with the naming of Birmingham-based HPM as construction manager for the state-of-the-art facility. HPM joins a project which will result in Auburn University having one of the most unique culinary and hospitality learning environments in the nation. In addition to classrooms […]

Barry Moore’s campaign for Congress has received the endorsements from U.S. Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ), two of the most staunch conservatives in Congress. Moore, a former state representative from Enterprise, is currently in a runoff against Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s Second Congressional District, which encompasses […]

Two high ranking doctors at UAB Hospital, along with the Jefferson County Health Officer, held a press conference Monday where they urged all Alabamians to wear face coverings in public as coronavirus hospitalizations mount across Alabama. UAB Hospital is now currently caring for 68 COVID-19 patients, an all-time high. The previous high was 63 in […]

Last week, House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) called allocating state monies for the Confederate Memorial Park near Marbury in Chilton County “not appropriate” and called the park “something that brings a lot of pain back to Alabamians.” The park includes two cemeteries where roughly 300 Confederate veterans are buried, which according to State Sen. […]

Over the last week, June 8-14, the second-highest rate of coronavirus cases found per capita was in Alabama

United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Abdul K. Kallon on Monday struck down certain absentee balloting requirements for the state’s upcoming July 14 runoff election, however the ruling was only made to benefit certain demographics of voters. Kallon, an appointee of former President Barack H. Obama, issued a memorandum opinion providing immediate […]

Stay safe and stay smart. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is how I’ve ended most of my email correspondence. However, it now strikes me that “stay smart” might also be good advice for my beloved Alabama. It is unwise and unproductive to expend our energy wishing for a return to normal. Rather, […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has concluded that the City of Mobile’s decision to move a statue of Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes from its prominent downtown location into a museum is a violation of the 2017 Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. Marshall said the City of Mobile has agreed to pay the penalty for not obeying […]

The Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) has won its appeal of a ruling by the Alabama Ethics Commission determining that BAA’s employees are considered public employees under Alabama’s ethics law. As part of its appeal of the Ethics Commission’s 2019 ruling, BAA contended that because the salaries of its employees come from user and landing fees […]

With all that the nation and state have been through recently, what we cannot forget is another tragic murder of an Alabama police officer. Moody Police Sergeant Stephen Williams was shot and killed in the line of duty two weeks ago after responding to a 911 call. Williams was posthumously promoted to the rank of […]

Let's rename the offensive building, military installations and the like after people of the same name.

Governor Kay Ivey's (R-AL) leading candidate for an important vacancy in Alabama's largest county is a longtime Democrat.

Bill Hightower’s campaign for Congress has launched a new ad that features U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) making a direct case to voters about why they should vote for the former state senator from Mobile. Hightower is currently in a runoff election against Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl to be the Republican nominee for Alabama’s […]

United States Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt is coming to Alabama on Tuesday for a tour of the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge on the southern tip of Baldwin County. He will be accompanied by U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), whose southwest Alabama district includes the refuge. The Department of the Interior says the […]

John Smola is among the utility industry’s “shining stars” taking top honors as a 2020 Fortnightly Forty. Public Utilities Fortnightly Magazine annually recognizes the next generation of leaders in the utilities industry – people who could be responsible for the operations of the electric grid and regulatory systems. The magazine, which is read by top managers in the […]