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New EPA Will Restore Certainty and Confidence to Alabama’s Land and Business Owners
Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was in Alabama yesterday and he took time to speak with Yellowhammer at Alabama...
Kim Jong Un Mocks U.S., Promising North Korean Nuclear Attack Soon
Our Nation's Best Defense System Must Remain In Place (News Analysis)
As Yellowhammer has reported in recent weeks, when North Korea attempts a nuclear attack...
Official Robing Ceremony Held for Stuart and Sellers on Alabama Supreme Court
Last week marked the formal installation of Chief Justice Lyn Stuart and Associate Justice William Sellers on the Alabama Supreme Court.
This ceremony, formally called...
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill Asking Questions Before Giving Feds Voter’s Info
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has asked all fifty states to turn over their voting records so possible fraud in the 2016 presidential election...
Trump’s EPA Begins Rolling Back Obama Era Water Rule that Hurt Alabama Farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed official paperwork to begin the real of the Obama Administration's highly controversial...
In an Anti-School Choice Move, Birmingham Board of Education Sues to Stop Charter School
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Birmingham Board of Education is suing to stop the opening of a charter school within the Birmingham city limits. The...
Article: Strange Present at Alleged Bribe Attempt / Tweet: Rogers Says No
The Alabama Political Reporter (APR) released a story this morning saying State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) told federal investigators “executives from Drummond Coal” approached...
HUGE: House Committee Passes Defense Bill that Will Help Alabama Shipbuilding
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S House of Representatives Armed Services Committee passed the latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act that will fund three...
Applications for Two Alabama Charter Schools Approved
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- One application for a public charter school was approved in full and another was conditionally approved in the latest meeting of...
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Strong Stand on School Choice and Religious Liberty
Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) asked Colorado to reconsider its decision that prohibits families from using school vouchers (public funds)...
Federal Judge Orders Alabama To Fix Prisons Now
In January of 2014, Yellowhammer Founder Cliff Sims wrote a story predicting what happened today—Alabama failed to reform its prisons, so a federal judge...
SCOTUS to Hear Case with Potential Religious Liberty Impacts in Alabama
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case from Colorado regarding a bakery's right to refuse service to...
A Year After Alabama Rejects Hike, Negative Effects of High Minimum Wage Shown
A little over a year ago, Alabama passed a law that blocks cities from imposing minimum wage hikes shortly after Birmingham tried to raise...
More Combat Ships to Be Built in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. -- The U.S. Navy ordered more Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) from Austal USA's Mobile manufacturing facility last week, a move that shows...
Alabama AG Rebukes SCOTUS for Refusing to Hear Challenge to California’s Anti-2A Law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- On a busy Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation's highest judicial body turned down the opportunity to hear a...
Huntsville Leads Alabama with Lowest Unemployment Rate
Workforce Development key in providing skilled workers
Alabama recently announced that the latest statewide unemployment rate is down to 4.9 %— it’s lowest mark since...
Study: Alabama Has Second-Lowest Property Tax Burden in the Country
The results of a new study published by Market Watch reveal that Alabama has the second lowest property tax burden in the United States....
Mobile Mayor’s Race Intensifies: Reformist vs the Man He Defeated
(News analysis by Quin Hillyer)
The rest of Alabama may want to watch to the race for mayor in Mobile, where fiscally responsible reformer...
The Reasons America’s Missile Defense Needs to Stay in Alabama Where it was Developed
Last week we reported that the outgoing head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) initiated the process of insourcing the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense...
Alabama to Stop Administration of ACT Aspire
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A unanimous vote from the State Board of Education has officially ended Alabama's administration of the ACT Aspire test to third...
Former Alabama Lawmaker Enters Plea Bargain With U.S. Attorneys on Bribery and Fraud Charges
According to U.S. Attorney’s press release, an FBI investigating a has led to bribery and fraud charges against former Alabama House Member. 57-year-old Oliver...
Alabama High School Kills Conservative Summer Reading List After Social Media Uproar
According to a report by Gulf Coast News Today, officials from Spanish Fort High School have pulled a summer reading list assigned to students...
Use of Red Light Cameras Challenged in Alabama Courts
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Late last week, Federal appeals judges ruled that a lawsuit over the use of red light cameras in Alabama can move...
Alabama City Named DOJ National Public Safety Partner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The city of Birmingham will be joining newly created National Public Safety Partnership, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday....