Valerie Jarrett, who served as senior advisor to former President Barack Obama, will be in Birmingham for a campaign event for Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) next week. An email from Jones’ campaign sent Tuesday stated that Jarrett will lead a “Women for One Alabama” panel discussion; “One Alabama” is Jones’ 2020 reelection slogan.

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 alongside several dozen voters in Wetumpka on Tuesday night for a forum held by the Elmore County Republican Party. New polling obtained by Alabama Daily News has Jeff Coleman, the businessman […]

Renowned economist and writer Stephen Moore, widely viewed as the architect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, told Yellowhammer News on Monday that President Donald J. Trump would likely not have become president without the support of then-U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) in 2016. Sessions is currently running in a crowded GOP […]

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, Reeltown, located in Notasulga, and head football coach Matt Johnson came under attack from the out-of-state Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF). The FFRF is self-described as the nation’s largest association of […]

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 Bryant-Denny Stadium this past college football season. The president on Monday evening again attended a marquee matchup featuring LSU, this time facing Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Just […]

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 serving outside the state the ability to claim an income tax deduction on their Alabama state tax bill. According to Chesteen’s legislation, out of state service members are currently unable to […]

Last week, the push for passage of legislation legalizing medical marijuana suffered a setback when Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced his opposition to it. Marshall revealed his opposition in a letter to state lawmakers, in which he argued any legalization on the state level would conflict with current federal law. During an appearance on […]

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,” the national anthem of the United States, at least once a week. Incredibly, Allen has had a number of critics, one of whom claimed such a push “cheapens” the national anthem. However, during […]

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 Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) did not get consideration from the Senate Judiciary Committee. During a wide-ranging interview given during an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Friday, State Senate President Pro-Tem […]

VESTAVIA HILLS – Former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions brought his campaign for the Senate to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club (MARC) meeting at the Vestavia Hills Library on Saturday morning. The room, designed to seat around 100 people, was filled to capacity with a few dozen people forced to stand in the back. The […]

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 Trump’s impeachment trial will please either Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) or the majority of Jones’ Alabama constituents. Baier asked, “Is it possible to please both Senator Chuck Schumer and […]

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 former chairman of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA), was endorsed on Monday by the Alabama Farmers Federation’s FarmPAC, which is especially influential in the Second Congressional District. Entitled “Farmers,” […]

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 of the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List, one of the country’s most important pro-life organizations.

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 social security payments, a practice already illegal under federal law. Brooks has termed the bill as the “No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020.” “The prospect of ‘free’ government […]

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 Iran due to concerns that certain members cannot be trusted. Following the U.S. military strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force – a […]

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 Senate the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump passed by the House in December. The resolution, authored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC), formally expresses “the sense of […]

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 bill is officially named the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow Act (PROSWIFT Act). Brooks co-sponsored the bipartisan PROSWIFT Act with Rep. Ed […]

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 entrant in an athletic competition is sorted by the gender on their birth certificate. The bill, which has been reviewed by Yellowhammer News, also forbids any state, county or municipal government/agency […]

The Department of Justice released an opinion on Wednesday that the window for the states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution expired more than 40 years ago. Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office released a statement praising the opinion and advising that the opinion agrees in principle with the legal basis […]

President Donald J. Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday at approximately 10:30 a.m. CT about the ongoing conflict with Iran, and afterwards Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) tweeted his support for the president’s speech. “I believe that President Trump was very presidential and showed leadership and purpose,” Alabama’s senior senator said. “I support the President’s effort […]

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) gave an interview to Chris Cuomo on CNN Tuesday night during which he spoke about the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran. The interview came quickly on the heels of Iran’s strike on U.S. military bases, and President Donald Trump’s tweet that assured America that all was well. […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday afternoon announced the appointment of distinguished academic Dr. Tommie “Tonea” Stewart to the Alabama State Board of Education. Stewart fills the vacancy created by longtime Democratic district five board member Ella Bell’s passing in November. “Alabama’s students and teachers deserve our best, and Dr. Stewart is prepared to offer that,” […]

Former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), a candidate to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) in Alabama’s Second Congressional District, on Tuesday reacted to the news that a soldier stationed at Fort Rucker was killed in the terrorist attack by al-Shabab Islamic extremists at Manda Bay Airfield in Kenya. U.S. Army Spc. Henry “Mitch” […]

In an exclusive statement to Yellowhammer News published December 26, Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) defended Reeltown High School in Notasulga and head football coach Matt Johnson from the out-of-state Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF). Now, the FFRF — self-described as the nation’s largest association of atheists and agnostics — is targeting Byrne. It all started […]