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Reps. Pringle, Drummond introduce resolution supporting Alabama Airbus operations
MONTGOMERY -- State Reps. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) and Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) have introduced a bipartisan resolution supporting the state's aerospace industry, especially when it...
State Rep. Hanes introduces ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ calling on Alabama to ignore federal gun control laws
MONTGOMERY -- State Rep. Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) has introduced a piece of legislation entitled the "Second Amendment Preservation Act" that he claims would make...
Jeff Coleman releases ad focused on his role as a father to daughters
Congressional candidate Jeff Coleman released an ad on Wednesday in which he seeks to play up his role as an old fashioned family man.
The...
Bill in Alabama Senate would make ‘sanctuary city’ policies Class C felonies
MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama Senate's Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill by State Senator Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) that would...
Woodfin opposes update to Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, questions law’s existence
The fight is back on over the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act.
On Tuesday, Yellowhammer News reported on the Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee holding a...
State Sen. Tim Melson introduces medical marijuana bill
State Senator Tim Melson (R-Florence) introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow Alabamians with qualifying medical conditions to purchase and use cannabis for medical...
Roy Moore brings Ten Commandments monument back to Montgomery, claims lack of God is behind society’s ills
MONTGOMERY -- Former Judge Roy Moore brought his old Ten Commandments monument back to his office in Montgomery on Tuesday afternoon. Moore said he...
Alabama House passes bill limiting cities’ ability to levy occupational taxes
MONTGOMERY, Ala, (AP) — Alabama cities would be prohibited from enacting new occupational taxes without legislative permission, under a proposal approved Tuesday by the...
Ainsworth overviews 21st Century Workforce Commission report, ongoing priorities
Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth on Tuesday morning addressed a crowd at a Business Council of Alabama (BCA) governmental affairs committee meeting in downtown Montgomery.
During...
Bill that would exempt disabled vets from paying issuance fees on license plates gets out of committee
Alabama State Representative Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) has authored a bill to relieve disabled veterans from the burden of paying an issuance fee when they...
Alabama’s Brasher confirmed by U.S. Senate to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Judge Andrew Brasher of Alabama as the next judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th...
Doug Jones campaign spends almost $60K on Facebook ads in attempt to fundraise off impeachment vote
Senator Doug Jones' (D-AL) campaign has spent $59,902 on 166 Facebook ads in an attempt to raise money off of his vote to impeach...
Alabama Senate Committee holds public hearing on bill updating Memorial Preservation Act
MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday held a public hearing on a bill by State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) that...
Merrill derides Southern Poverty Law Center report on voter suppression — ‘They have nothing’
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is strongly contesting the assertions made Monday in a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The report from...
Byrne internal poll shows tight race in final three weeks of Republican Senate primary
Yellowhammer News has obtained fresh internal polling conducted on behalf of Congressman Bradley Byrne's (AL-01) U.S. Senate campaign that shows just a seven-point gap...
Watch: Pringle builds wall around replica of Pelosi’s office — ‘Commies’
Alabama has seen Republican AL-02 candidate Jessica Taylor go viral twice already this primary cycle with separate video ads. Now, State Rep. Chris Pringle...
Planned UAB genomics project could make Birmingham the ‘Silicon Valley of Biomedicine’
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is already considered a national leader in precision medicine. Now, the university has proposed a project that...
Trump: ‘Lightweight’ Doug Jones ‘A Do Nothing Stiff’
In a tweet on Sunday, President Donald Trump bashed Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) for voting this past week to convict and remove the president...
Jones on not representing majority of constituents: ‘I don’t do things based on polling’
When Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) voted against the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Alabama's junior senator said that he believes representing the majority of...
At Republican forum Tuberville warns of ‘Sharia Law’; Byrne touts Trump connections
VESTAVIA HILLS -- Two of the leading Republican Senate candidates appeared at a meeting of the Mid-Alabama Republican Club (MARC) on Saturday. U.S. Rep....
Jones admits Democrats wanted Trump ‘impeached from the time he took his hand off the Bible’
Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), after voting Wednesday to convict President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment, on Friday admitted that fellow Democrats have...
Bonner: State of the State, State of the Union polar opposite displays of partisanship
MONTGOMERY -- Talk 99.5's "Matt & Aunie Show" broadcast live on Thursday morning from Governor Kay Ivey's suite in the Alabama State Capitol.
Hosts Matt...
Sessions releases radio ad — ‘We can destroy the radical left’s socialist dreams’
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' 2020 campaign for the Senate on Friday released a new radio ad entitled, “Democrats Fear Trump.”
The ad lasts...
Palmer blasts ‘egregious’ legislation that could threaten Alabama’s right-to-work status
Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Thursday voted against the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. 2474.
The bill passed the House 224-194 and...