Politics

Prior to the mid-90s, Alabama was known as "tort hell," a place National Review judicial writer Jack Park says was "marked by outlandish punitive-damage...

James Talton, the embattled Director of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, as...

The Alabama Free Market Alliance (AFMA), a conservative advocacy group founded by Alabama's Republican National Committeeman Paul Reynolds, embedded an "undercover" film crew with...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Parker Griffith hasn't gotten a lot of traction in Alabama with his platform of two key issues: expanding Medicaid under ObamaCare...

(Above: Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) discusses her future with Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims) Maybe it is a result of there being very little drama this...

A wind energy company led by a personal friend of President Obama's has nixed plans to build wind farms in northeast Alabama, according to...

One day after Yellowhammer reported the proliferation of former military equipment to local Alabama law enforcement agencies, Huntsville TV station WAFF has discovered that...

Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson was personally selected by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to coordinate the law enforcement response to protests in Ferguson,...

It's only been three months since Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) was appointed to serve on the Select Committee to investigate the September 11, 2012,...

This year for the first time, the federal government released data comparing price differences among states and metro areas. The new measurements are known...

Senior White House aides are currently working with major corporations to "expand the executive actions President Barack Obama takes on immigration," according to a...

A Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) employee took a recovering vet to a crack house in Tuskegee to buy illegal drugs and...

The militarization of America's police forces has gone from being a pet issue of libertarians to the forefront of the national debate as the...

For the first time since October of 2012, Alabama's unemployment rate jumped over 7 percent in July, according to revised numbers released Friday by...

The Alabama State Board of Education earlier this week voted 6-2 to give State School Superintendent Tommy Bice a sizable raise. Since taking over...

Ferguson, Mo., has descended into chaos after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager Saturday night. As tempers continued to run hot...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday morning used a loophole in Alabama’s open meetings law to go into a “closed door executive session” and...

In a meeting with the Alabama Media Group editorial board Tuesday, Jesse Jackson slammed Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's decision to not expand Medicaid under...

Over the last nine months, over 60,000 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children have been detained by border security after crossing into the United States from...

According to AL.com, the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday morning used a loophole in Alabama's open meetings law to go into a "closed door...

With the 2014 primary elections behind us, all attention is focused on the United States Senate, where the Democrats are clinging to a slim...

Broadview Networks has just released the above map comparing Internet speeds in states around the country, and Alabama appears to be lagging well behind...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Sisters Stacey and Stephanie Dougherty are among the first Industrial Mechatronics graduating class at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. (MBUSI), the automaker’s Alabama operation. They...

According the The Washington Times, "angry Republican leaders (are) ready to shut (the) door on open primaries." "Republican National Committee members and activists are still...