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Watergate and the Resurrection

What can a major political scandal teach us about the historicity of Christ’s resurrection? Before his conversion and founding of Prison Fellowship, the late Chuck...

THE EXCHANGE: Jimmy ‘Yella Fella’ Rane on making Alabama as great as it can be

(Above: Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims interviews Great Souther Wood CEO Jimmy Rane) Yellowhammer's video crew sat in a nearly empty 1950s-style soda shop in Abbeville,...

Top 10 most business-friendly cities in Alabama

The Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank located in Birmingham, Ala., just released their annual list of the most business-friendly cities in Alabama,...

Jimmy Rane recalls his response to ad execs wanting him to dress up as Yella Fella: ‘Are you crazy?!’

Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims sat down with Great Southern Wood Preserving CEO Jimmy Rane yesterday in Abbeville, Ala. to shoot the latest episode of...

Ala. Dems’ hopes rest in a cursing party-switcher who says Tea Party is ‘worse than you think’

(Above: Parker Griffith speaks at "Hot Dogs and Yellow Dogs") "We are now the dominant party," Parker Griffith, Democratic candidate for governor said yesterday at...

‘The Real AJ’ is poised to make a real difference

As rain started to fall on campus at the University of Alabama, Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron saw a fellow student trying in vain...

Byrne to host House Majority Whip in Mobile

Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-AL01, will host the third-ranking House Republican in Mobile, Ala. next week for a tour of Austal USA. House Majority Whip Kevin...

BET touts record number of black Republicans running in Alabama

BET.com, the website of Black Entertainment Television, has a piece out this week touting the record number of black Republicans running for public office...

Timeline of Auburn University ‘rampage’ threats and reactions

MARCH 26, 9:49 a.m. -- An Auburn University student named Zac Smith tweeted a picture of a message he'd found written inside a bathroom...

Bentley made $373k last year, $0 from being governor

Gov. Robert Bentley's efforts to cure what ails the State of Alabama sure don't pay as well as his medical practice once did, but...

Heaven is for real, but is ‘Heaven is For Real’?

As you may have heard, Todd Burpo’s best-selling book, Heaven is for Real, has been turned into a movie and it hits the theaters Wednesday (April...

Ethics Commission asked to investigate PSC Commissioner Dunn staffer for misuse of state office

In a letter sent today to the Alabama Ethics Commission, Tuscaloosa coal miner John Box asks officials to investigate what he describes as "misuse...

You’re not going to be happy when you see where all your tax dollars are going

It’s pretty unreal when you see it. Your 2013 tax dollars -- which are due today -- went primarily to pay for government benefits. Major entitlements...

Average crowd at Bama’s A-Day game would lead NFL in regular season attendance

Not that there was any doubt about how serious University of Alabama fans are about their football program, but a stat released today by...

DeMarco campaign rolls out their first TV ad in AL-06 race

Fresh off the announcement of a massive fundraising haul in the first quarter of 2014, Paul DeMarco's congressional campaign is kicking it into high...

Alabama’s 7 most challenging high schools

The Washington Post's annual ranking of the country's most challenging high schools is out and seven Alabama schools are on the list, which The...

In spite of ObamaCare costs, Ala. teachers’ health insurance rates not going up in 2015

In spite of the rising costs of health insurance brought on by ObamaCare, the premiums paid by current teachers and education support personnel will...

Another huge number: Brooke has raised $740k in race to become Alabama’s next congressman

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. – Republican 6th Congressional District candidate Will Brooke will report having raised $421,343 in the first quarter of 2014 when campaign...

National Review writer calls AL-06 country’s ‘most important’ congressional race, supports Palmer

Conservative journalist Quin Hillyer on Monday called Alabama's 6th Congressional District race "the single most important U.S. House race in the country," before throwing...

Alabama man with a gun stops machete-wielding home intruder

A couple in Tuscaloosa, Ala. had their breakfast interrupted on Palm Sunday by a man wielding a machete and demanding their valuables. According to...

You’ll never guess what countries have the most guns per person

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto supposedly said in the 1940s that “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every...

Alabama Rep. Alvin Holmes says men should be allowed to marry mules (with audio)

Alabama State Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, has been in the news a lot lately for his bigoted comments on everything from Supreme Court Justice...

Alabama’s Supreme Court victor Shaun McCutcheon enters ‘The Exchange’

(Above: Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims interviews Shaun McCutcheon) Shaun McCutcheon hadn't gotten much sleep when he strolled into The Club, a members-only establishment perched atop...

DeMarco’s congressional campaign fundraising tops $850,000

HOMEWOOD, Ala. -- Rep. Paul DeMarco’s campaign for Congress will report raising more than $484,000 in the first quarter of 2014, making his total...