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Ivey announces $7M in road projects funded by new gas tax money
Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation announced 31 road and bridge projects on Thursday that would be receiving grants from the...
Legislation introduced to protect Alabama’s critical infrastructure, such as its energy grid
State Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) and State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Mobile) on Thursday announced the filing of important legislation to bolster the protections of...
Watch it here first: Jeff Sessions releases latest TV ad — ‘I won’t back down’
Yellowhammer News on Thursday obtained the latest television advertisement for former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' 2020 U.S. Senate campaign.
Sessions is running in a...
Historic USMCA approved by Senate with support of Shelby, Jones
President Donald Trump's historic United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was approved overwhelmingly by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, with both Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and...
Ala. House Minority Leader Daniels: Poarch Creek compact proposal is ‘appealing’
In a television interview this week, Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) discussed the historic compact with the state proposed by the Poarch...
Byrne: Hunter Biden should be ‘very first name’ on impeachment trial witness list
Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Wednesday took to the U.S. House of Representatives floor, implying Democrats will regret demanding that Senate Republicans bring in...
Former Obama senior advisor headlining Doug Jones campaign event
Valerie Jarrett, who served as senior advisor to former President Barack Obama, will be in Birmingham for a campaign event for Senator Doug Jones...
AL-02 candidates boast conservative bona fides in Elmore County forum
WETUMPKA -- All of the Republicans running to replace Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) as the representative in Congress for Alabama's Second Congressional District gathered...
Trump tax cuts architect: Trump probably would not be president without Jeff Sessions
Renowned economist and writer Stephen Moore, widely viewed as the architect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, told Yellowhammer News on...
Sessions joins defense of Reeltown High School against atheist group — ‘Hard left in America is becoming militantly secular’
It all started when 26 football players at Alabama's Reeltown High School were voluntarily baptized at the school’s Nix-Webster-O’Neal Stadium in November.
The following month,...
‘USA’: Trump’s national championship reception rivals Alabama-LSU game in Tuscaloosa
President Donald J. Trump famously received a raucous standing ovation when he attended the University of Alabama Crimson Tide's game against LSU in Tuscaloosa's...
State Sen. Chesteen sponsors bill to ease tax burden on Alabamians in the armed services
State Senator Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva) has pre-filed a bill for the 2020 legislative session that would allow Alabamians in the armed forces who are...
State Sen. Orr: How much is ‘Big Pot’ behind Alabama medical marijuana push?
Last week, the push for passage of legislation legalizing medical marijuana suffered a setback when Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced his opposition to...
State Sen. Allen defends proposed legislation requiring ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ to be played weekly in Alabama public schools
Last week, State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) announced he was putting forth legislation that would require Alabama public schools to play the "Star-Spangled Banner,"...
Marsh: No ethics reform in 2020; Warns GOP U.S. Senate candidates’ age threatens quest for seniority
In 2019, the Alabama Legislature took a shot at revising the state's ethics law but came up short when the effort led by State...
Sessions: ‘We can have a working Republican conservative majority in America for a decade’
VESTAVIA HILLS - Former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions brought his campaign for the Senate to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club (MARC) meeting at...
Doug Jones: ‘I’m not trying to please Chuck Schumer’
In an interview with Fox News' Brett Baier on Friday evening, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) rejected the notion that his conduct during President Donald...
Jeff Coleman releases ad lauding Alabama’s farmers — ‘I work for a living, just like you’
Wiregrass businessman Jeff Coleman on Friday released the fourth television ad in his Republican bid to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02).
Coleman, a...
Is AL-02 candidate Jessica Taylor the next face of the American pro-life movement?
Republican congressional candidate Jessica Taylor this week spoke with Yellowhammer News about the major pro-life endorsement she received last week.
Taylor garnered the coveted endorsement...
Brooks introduces bill blocking illegal immigrants from receiving Social Security payments
U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) introduced an act to Congress on Friday that, if enacted, would go further towards preventing illegal immigrants from receiving...
Trump Jr. backs Mo Brooks’ concern over Dem members of Congress leaking classified info
In a Thursday tweet, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) advised that he believes intelligence professionals withheld certain information in a congressional briefing this week about...
Shelby signs resolution condemning Pelosi for ‘flagrant violation’ of separation of powers
Twenty-six Republican U.S. Senators, including Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), signed onto a resolution condemning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for withholding from the...
Brooks’ bill to advance space weather research passes House Science Committee
U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks' (R-Huntsville) bill to increase America's level of understanding of space weather passed unanimously through the House Science Committee on Thursday.
The...
State Rep. Chris Pringle files bill requiring public schools to sort athletes by gender on their birth certificates
State Representative Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) announced Thursday that he will be pre-filing a bill that would require Alabama public schools to make sure every...