A perennial name in Alabama politics, former Secretary of State John Merrill announced today that he is officially running for chairman of the Alabama Republican Party. Merrill’s entry adds a high-profile name to a fast-moving chairmanship contest that ignited after former ALGOP Chairman John Wahl stepped aside last month to run for Lieutenant Governor. ALGOP […]

Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) and his members are pushing back after a recording from a closed-door House Republican Caucus meeting was strategically leaked and published widely this week. Numerous lawmakers who were present during the meeting describe the circulated clip as a selectively edited hit job designed to embarrass the speaker […]

Congressman Barry Moore has secured an official sweep of White House endorsements in his bid for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat with a new one today from Vice President J.D. Vance. Last month, President Donald Trump backed Moore (R-Enterprise) with his “complete and total endorsement,” and today, so did Vance. “President Trump needs proven allies […]

Former Alabama Republican Party Chairman and candidate for Alabama Lieutenant Governor John Wahl, who is endorsed by President Trump, sharply criticized liberal media outlets over the weekend for what he described as an “unsourced and politically motivated hit piece” attempting to manufacture division between Donald Trump and Katie Britt. The CNN report, citing unnamed sources, […]

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) has opened an officer-involved shooting investigation after a suspect was killed and an ALEA SWAT special agent was shot Wednesday evening during a Metro Area Crime Suppression (MACS) Unit enforcement operation in west Montgomery. On Thursday afternoon, Governor Ivey reported the agent, “is doing well and expected to make […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville announced his campaign finance committee on Wednesday morning in his bid for Governor of Alabama in 2026. The committee is already off to a blockbuster start ahead of the May 19 primary and November 3 general election. According to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State’s […]

Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Republican Party have announced their support for the reform package making its way through the Alabama Legislature this session — and praised lawmakers for “making sure families come first, and that the system is transparent, responsible, and focused on the public interest.” HB403, HB399, and HB392 will receive their […]

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore recently launched his first television ad, touting his endorsement from President Donald Trump, as the race for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat heats up. “Conservative Republican Barry Moore is Trump’s choice for U.S. Senate,” the ad opens, before quoting directly from the president’s January Truth Social post announcing his support of Moore […]

Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter didn’t mince words after last night’s Super Bowl LX halftime show, slamming the NFL for letting wokeness infiltrate one of America’s most cherished traditions. A performance by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, whose Spanish-language set and anti-ICE messaging drew fire from conservatives nationwide, was injected between halves of […]

State Rep. Jim Carns (R-Vestavia Hills) has been a fixture in Alabama politics since the early ‘90s. But a new Cygnal poll from the heavily-GOP Birmingham suburb seat of Alabama House District 48 shows voters aren’t rushing to sign up for another term in 2026. In the new poll obtained by Yellowhammer News conducted January […]

Joan Reynolds, who stepped into the top post of the Alabama Republican Party after former Chairman John Wahl resigned to run for statewide office, officially began asking party leaders over the weekend to elect her to continue serving as ALGOP Chairman. In a letter to members of the party’s State Executive Committee, Reynolds said she wants […]

A Yellowhammer News investigation this week revealed that a surge in George Soros California environmental dark money is flowing into Energy Alabama, an organization running an aggressive advertising and lobbying campaign attempting to influence energy policy in Alabama. Left-wing dark money and Soros-affiliated entities, even extending to China-linked money and to groups connected in public […]

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is hitting Alabama soil this Friday for a planned visit to a school in Mobile. According to a media advisory on Wednesday, McMahon will be joined by former Auburn University men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s nationwide “History Rocks” civics and […]

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this report drew Ag Commissioner candidate Corey Hill’s fundraising totals from a previous month. The current and accurate total is reflected in the graphic above.  Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.

A survey conducted in recent days by The Alabama Poll is sounding the alarm on former Congressman Jerry Carl’s comeback bid in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District. On an initial ballot test, Carl polled at 25%, with State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) in second place at 9%. Carl’s favorability ratio is under 2:1, at 32% favorable […]

The same network of out-of-state environmental groups that spent millions to flip Georgia’s Public Service Commission is now pushing to reshape utility regulation across the Deep South – and Alabama appears to be next on their list. The Georgia playbook  In November 2025, Georgia’s PSC elections delivered one of the most stunning political upsets in […]

Over the weekend, the Alabama Republican Party steering committee dismissed a residency-based ballot challenge targeting former party chairman John Wahl’s 2026 Republican campaign for lieutenant governor, ending, for now, two separate party fights that had threatened to sideline Wahl and U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) from qualifying for the May 19 primary election over residency […]

All data drawn from the Federal Elections Commission campaign finance database:  Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.

Over the weekend, the Alabama Republican Party dismissed a ballot challenge questioning whether U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) meets Alabama’s seven-year residency requirement to run for governor in 2026, closing out a short, rules-driven review process that unfolded as candidates qualified for the May primary. According to reports shared with Yellowhammer News, the Alabama Republican […]

Alabama Republicans are moving in lockstep with President Trump’s “gold standard science” push in Washington by advancing legislation in Montgomery to protect the state from ever being overrun by environmental regulations that are stricter than what the federal government imposes.  GOP lawmakers State Sen. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva) and State Rep. Troy Stubbs (R-Wetumpka) are driving […]

According to a news release on Wednesday night, former Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl said he raised more than $1 million in contributions for his campaign for lieutenant governor in a single day. While no public filing yet exists of the haul, Wahl’s campaign was formalized with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office yesterday. […]

The Alabama Legislature has spent years debating the “ready-to-drink” issue, premixed canned cocktails that consumers increasingly expect to buy where they already buy beer and wine. But now, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and Speaker of the Alabama House Nathaniel Ledbetter say the politics of that fight might change in 2026. At Yellowhammer […]

The debate to legalize gaming in Alabama won’t go away until lawmakers pass a bill, the governor signs it, and voters across the state approve of a final structure to the legal economy for new state ventures, such as a lottery, online sports betting, casino gaming, and beyond. But the state’s top lawmakers say that […]

In a weekly leadership talk held by the Business Council of Alabama on Tuesday morning, Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) covered a lot of ground on legislative topics, but he also went scorched earth on Mo Brooks. Last week, Brooks, 71, announced a last-minute primary challenge to State Rep. James Lomax (R-Huntsville), […]