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Judge smacks “shadowy” Alabama Democrats as ethics law is upheld
Proponents of Alabama's ethics laws just scored a major victory, as a federal appellate court ruled on Tuesday that the state's ban on PAC-to-PAC...
Big brother denied: Alabama rejects rule requiring collection of info on beer buyers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- On Wednesday, the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board rejected a potential rule change that would have given regulators the power to...
Roy Moore stands trial for his stand against same-sex marriages
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy stood trial for ethics charges on Wednesday in Montgomery, calling into question the legality of...
Brooks co-sponsors bill empowering states rights over refugee resettlement
Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks has been one of Capitol Hill's most outspoken critics of the President's refugee resettlement plan. He says local governments deserve...
Lawsuit seeks to abolish Alabama law prohibiting felons to vote
A new suit filed against the state asserts that a decades-old law preventing some felons from voting is inherently racist.
10 Alabamians, along with...
STAR WARS: Alabama congressman pushing to make space a defense priority
Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers says the country is past due for a conversation on the role that space plays in our national security. That’s...
VICTORY: These 10 Alabama public facilities are no longer gun-free zones
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced on Tuesday that ten facilities across four different counties will no longer be gun-free zones. The locations, which...
Alabama Secretary of State observes Russian elections, deploys sports celebs to boost voting at home
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has been pulling double-duty on elections of late.
Last Sunday he served as an international observer for Russia’s parliamentary...
Sessions offers crushing critique of Clinton’s debate performance, touts Trump as agent of change
HEMPSTEAD, NY -- Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) responded to the first presidential debate of the General Election by offering a stinging indictment of Democratic...
Shelby, Sessions: Obama’s nuke policy could further destabilize the planet
Alabama’s Senators are stepping in after reports that President Obama is considering a rule that would force future American generations to withhold a nuclear...
Bentley impeachment still alive
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House Judiciary Committee will meet on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to continue the discussion on Governor Robert Bentley's pending...
Byrne: No more ransom payments to Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism
On June 24, 2015, President Obama stood in the Roosevelt Room of the White House and said “I am reaffirming that the United States...
Alabamian Bill Pryor named to Trump’s final list of potential Supreme Court nominees
NEW YORK -- Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump has released a list of the twenty-one individuals he will consider nominating to the United...
After paving the way for VictoryLand casino to reopen, Bentley calls for it to be shut down
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange on Thursday sent a letter to Macon County law enforcement officials calling...
Newton calls out ‘hypocrites’ protesting white police shootings while ignoring black-on-black violence
CHARLOTTE, NC -- In the wake of the fatal police shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott and subsequent protests, members of the media asked...
Everything you need to know about how to absentee vote in Alabama
Absentee Ballot Application
To obtain an absentee ballot, write or visit the local Absentee Election Manager (usually the Circuit Clerk), request an absentee ballot, and...
Sessions: Bush family should rally behind Trump, remember conservatives got them elected
WASHINGTON -- Responding to the Bush family's unwillingness to openly support Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) told the Washington...
The newly launched Congressional Football Caucus is led by an Alabamian, of course
WASHINGTON -- A group of United States congressmen has tossed aside partisan politics and announced the formation of the first ever Congressional Football Caucus....
Are the rich paying their ‘fair share’? Alabama financial guru lays out the stunning statistics
With the 2016 elections right around the corner, the familiar debate over tax policy and whether the rich -- the "Top One Percent" --...
Ahead of pres. election, Alabama first to implement electronic voting for deployed military
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama is the first state in the country to implement fully electronic voting for service members stationed overseas, a system that will...
Sessions: Obama is choosing the United Nations over the United States
NEW YORK -- The Obama administration has declined to answer questions from a U.S. Senate committee about the president's plans to drastically increase the...
Sims: I’ll donate $1k to the first Alabama HS whose football team runs through this banner
Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims on Tuesday offered to donate $1,000 to the first Alabama high school to allow their football team to run...
Alabama team’s ‘Trump the Tigers’ pre-game banner causes critics to run to their Safe Space
Briarwood Christian School had no idea it was going to send dozens of people running to their Safe Spaces on Friday when it dared...
Trump, Sessions meet with Egyptian president, a key US ally in the fight against Islamic terrorism
NEW YORK -- Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) accompanied Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump to his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday,...