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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....
Strange and NRA Working to Provide Firearms Training to Members of Congress and Staff
Much has been reported in the wake of last week’s shooting at the Republican Congressmen’s baseball practice in Alexandria, VA involving Alabama Congressmen Gary...
Jeff Sessions crushed his Senate hearing on Trump and the Russia investigation
Guest Opinion by Quin Hillyer
Attorney General Jeff Sessions acquitted himself quite well in testimony Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The focus on Sessions, in...
Former Alabama EMA Director Confirmed as New FEMA Administrator
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Confirmed former Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long as the new Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator on...
US Supreme Court Sides With Alabama Death Row Inmate
The United States Supreme Court ruled today that Alabama death row inmate James Edmond McWilliams, Jr. did not receive a proper mental health evaluation...
Feds Relent on Extending Alabama’s Red Snapper Season
After intensive appeals from the state of Alabama over its hyper-brief red snapper season, the U.S. Department of Commerce relented last week, announcing an...
After Attack on Republicans, Mo Brooks to Introduce Bill to Allow Members of Congress to Carry
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following an attack on Congressional Republicans last week that left several injured, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) wants to ensure that members...
Alabama Reports Lowest Unemployment Numbers Since 2008
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama's May 2017 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate represents a new low, as the 4.9 percent figure is the state's lowest calculated...
How Leftover Obama Appointees Are Threatening Alabama’s Jobs and Our National Security
As we reported on May 31, Alabama is the proud home of Ground-Based Midcourse Defense program (GMD), which is the only system that can...
Alabama School Superintendents Told To Refuse School Choice Forms
While school’s out for summer, some low-income parents are apparently being stonewalled by school officials, preventing them from sending their children to better schools,...
Alabama Joins Multi-State Investigation into National Opioid Crisis
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- State Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-Ala.) confirmed that Alabama has joined a bipartisan national coalition of Attorneys General in an ongoing...
FBI Statistics Show Handgun Murders Fell in States that Removed Carry Requirements
After Alabama's legislature failed to pass a bill that would have removed permit requirements for concealed carry handguns, new evidence from the Federal Bureau...
Trump nominates new U.S. Attorneys for Alabama
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced his first wave of U.S. Attorney appointments, including one for each of Alabama's three...
Gubernatorial Candidate Scott Dawson Launches “Listening Tour” Across Alabama
A couple of weeks ago, Yellowhammer reported that Rick Burgess announced his endorsement of gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson on the Rick & Bubba show....
Breaking: Alabama’s Gary Palmer & Mo Brooks Give Harrowing Accounts of Shooting At Congressional Baseball Practice This Morning
UPDATE—At U.S. Congressman and three other victims were shot around 7:15 a.m. (EDT) morning at a practice session for a Congressional baseball game in...
Sessions: “The suggestion that I participated in any collusion…is an appalling and detestable lie”
by Jeff Sessions
(Attorney General Jeff Sessions' opening remarks to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee)
Thank you Chairman Burr and Ranking Member Warner for allowing...
Decorated Former Navy SEAL to run for Alabama State Senate
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Former U.S. Navy SEAL Jeff Still launched his bid for the State Senate last week with an announcement video highlighting his...
Luther Strange Adamantly Defends Fellow-Alabamian Jeff Sessions
U.S. Senator Luther Strange appeared on Fox Business defending his fellow-Alabamian, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, regarding Sessions appearance today before the Senate Intelligence...
BREAKING: AG Sessions to Testify in Open Hearing Before the Senate’s Intelligence Committee
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, marking his first Congressional testimony since his confirmation in...