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Bipartisan group of Alabama legislative leaders unveils major mental health package
MONTGOMERY -- Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) on Wednesday led other members of the House and Senate leadership in announcing a major...
Manufacture Alabama elects chair, vice chair
Manufacture Alabama (MA) this week announced that the organization's board of directors has elected Carl Gunter as the new board chair. Gunter, the mill...
Poll shows tight race for second runoff spot in AL-02 GOP primary
With just six days to go until Alabama's March 3 primary election, Yellowhammer News has obtained new non-internal polling in the AL-02 Republican contest...
Alabama House approves bill that would allow disabled veterans to purchase lifetime hunting and fishing licenses at reduced cost
The lower chamber of Alabama's state legislature passed a bill Tuesday that instructs the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to sell lifetime...
‘Warrior for Truth’: Sessions releases ad with six days left until Alabama’s primary
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday announced the latest television ad in his bid to return to the U.S. Senate.
Sessions is running...
Shelby, Rogers call on Congress to pass supplemental coronavirus funding
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) urged their colleagues on Tuesday to pass more funding to fight the spread of...
Doug Jones votes against ‘pain-capable’ abortion ban
Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Tuesday voted against advancing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
The bill failed to get the 60-votes needed to end...
Greg Shaw releases second ad in Alabama Supreme Court reelection bid
Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Greg Shaw has released a second television ad in his reelection bid to Place 1 on the state's highest...
Alabama Senate committee approves update of Memorial Preservation Act
MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a substitute version of a bill by State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) that...
Alabama Senate committee votes to eliminate Office of the State Auditor
MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a bill as substituted that would eliminate the Office of the State Auditor.
The...
AL-02 candidate Terri Hasdorff touts knowledge of Washington, bashes socialism in final pitch before election
Former congressional staffer Terri Hasdorff wants the voters of Alabama's Second Congressional District to know that she will not have a learning curve if...
AL-01 candidate Carl pledges to ‘make sure we never have a sanctuary city in Alabama’
Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl on Monday announced the release of his fourth television ad in his Republican bid in Alabama's First Congressional District.
Entitled...
Barry Moore makes closing pitch in latest ad — ‘I’ve done it’
In an ad released Monday, former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) makes his closing pitch to AL-02 voters with eight days to go before...
Shelby: Coronavirus-infected cruise ship passengers not coming to Alabama
Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) appears to have delivered for his home state of Alabama once again.
In a tweet on Sunday afternoon, Shelby advised that...
Alabama Republican Party votes to declare state as ‘sanctuary for the unborn’
PRATTVILLE -- The Alabama Republican Party on Saturday held the 2020 winter meeting of its state executive committee.
Video of the entire meeting can be...
Jones raises over 86% from out-of-state individuals in latest fundraising period
In the latest fundraising disclosure he filed this week, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) reported raising over twice as much from individuals in California and...
Watch live: Alabama Republican Party holds 2020 winter meeting
PRATTVILLE -- The Alabama Republican Party on Saturday is holding their annual winter meeting.
The meeting is set to start at 10:00 a.m.
You can watch...
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Martha Roby recognized at ALGOP Winter Dinner — ‘It has been the honor of a lifetime’
PRATTVILLE -- Last year in what was a shock to many, U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) announced she was not seeking reelection for a...
ALFA urges Alabamians to vote ‘Yes’ on Amendment One
The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) is urging the citizens of Alabama to vote "Yes" on Amendment One when they go to the polls on...
Mooney for Senate endorsed by 10 state legislators
State Rep. Arnold Mooney's (R-Indian Springs) campaign for the U.S. Senate has received an endorsement from 10 of his colleagues in the state legislature...
Dale Jackson: Sessions is punching in all directions — that shows the status of the U.S. Senate race
The race for the United States Senate seat from Alabama has gotten pretty contentious this past week. The knives are out, and it's about...
Alabama legislator files bill to ban transgender meds, surgeries for minors — ‘It is irresponsible to permanently mutilate them’
MONTGOMERY -- State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy) on Thursday filed the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, HB 303.
The legislation would make it...
Here are the latest fundraising numbers in Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senate primary
The candidates in Alabama's March 3 republican U.S. Senate primary had their latest mandatory federal financial disclosures due on Thursday.
The reports, covering January 1...
‘Can’t even begin to tell you’: Marsh, McCutcheon discuss impact of Rebuild Alabama, Port of Mobile expansion, EV revolution
MONTGOMERY -- Yellowhammer News on Wednesday evening held the first Yellowhammer Connection event of 2020.
The event featured a live interview with Alabama Senate President Pro...