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More cars ‘Made in Alabama’ in 2013 than ever before

Made in Alabama -
Alabama’s three auto assembly plants combined to break a production record in 2013, surpassing the previous year’s total by 4 percent and stoking optimism...

Protecting the new age of southern automotive manufacturing

Cameron Smith -
By Cameron Smith & Terry Bowman Since 1993, Alabama has become a powerhouse of automotive manufacturing.  With a strong market in the U.S., Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai,...

STOP (Stop This Overreaching Presidency) resolution gains Roby’s support

Adam Thomas -
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an effort to push back against Executive Branch overreaches, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, today announced her support of a House...

Alabama has highest rate of stroke in the nation, but this map shows things could be worse — much worse

Cliff Sims -
According to a new map that shows what every state is "worst" at, Alabama has the highest rate of stroke in the country (3.8%)....

Byrne co-sponsors ObamaCare repeal in first act as a congressman

Cliff Sims -
(Above: Bradley Byrne delivers his first House floor speech) Newly elected Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Mobile, received a standing ovation from his colleagues yesterday after delivering...

Bogus Medicaid expansion stats continue to spread via complicit Alabama media

Cliff Sims -
The Alabama Hospital Association commissioned a "study" last year claiming that 30,700 jobs would be created in Alabama if Gov. Bentley would just relent...

Source: First AL-06 fundraising report will show Gary Palmer raised $250k

Cliff Sims -
A source close to Gary Palmer's congressional campaign told Yellowhammer today that Palmer's soon-to-be-released first campaign finance report will show he raised approximately $250,000...

Former Birmingham Baron and Auburn Tiger Frank Thomas inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Cliff Sims -
Former Auburn Tigers, Birmingham Barons and Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas today joined Atlanta Braves legends Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine in the...

Alabama-based, nationally syndicated Rick & Bubba show turns 20 today

Cliff Sims -
On January 8, 1994, “Two Sexiest Fat Men Alive,” Rick Burgess & Bill “Bubba” Bussey, began an on-air partnership that today is celebrating its...

Former legislator Steve Flowers challenges Dunn for PSC seat

Cliff Sims -
Yellowhammer reported several months ago that former Democratic State Rep. Steve Flowers was considering running for the Alabama Public Service Commission as a Republican. This...

Poll: Greer holds commanding lead over potential Democrat challenger in HD2

Cliff Sims -
State Rep. Lynn Greer, R-Rogersville, who was first elected to the Alabama legislature in 1974, announced in mid-December that he would be seeking another...

Legislators must reform Alabama’s prisons or risk a federal judge doing it for us

Cliff Sims -
QUICK HIT: Alabama's prisons are currently operating at twice their capacity The vast majority of Alabama inmates are non-violent offenders The cost of housing inmates ($400 million/year)...

University of Alabama ranked one of America’s ‘Happiest Colleges’

Cliff Sims -
It may have been a rough month for Alabama on the football field, but it's going to take a lot more than that to...

New Fed Chair confirmed over objections of Shelby and Sessions

Cliff Sims -
Janet Yellen made history on Monday when she was confirmed as the first woman to head up the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Senate voted...

OOPS: Official FSU championship shirts show Auburn winning in final score

Cliff Sims -
Florida State managed to keep their mistakes to a minimum in their 34-31 victory over Auburn in the BCS Championship game on Monday night....

The buck stops here: Deer crashes through Wetumpka, Ala. store window, runs amok inside

Adam Thomas -
A thrift store in Wetumpka, Ala. found new meaning to the phrase "the buck stops here" over the weekend when a young deer crashed...

Bentley has reduced size of Alabama’s bureaucracy third most of any state in America

Cliff Sims -
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley was elected in the great Tea Party wave of 2010, an election cycle when the calls for reductions to the...

Montgomery VA prevented girl from giving gifts to vets because they said ‘Merry Christmas’

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Martha Roby is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs for answers after reports surfaced about homemade holiday gifts and...

ObamaCare could keep Alabama teachers from getting a raise

Cliff Sims -
In 2013, the Alabama legislature passed a budget that included a 2 percent pay raise for public school teachers, the first raise they'd seen...

Visualizing the U.S. debt so that even a liberal can understand it

Cliff Sims -
As I write this at 9:00 a.m. central time on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, the U.S. Federal Debt stands at $17,315,591,424,039 -- over $17...

Rep. Martha Roby’s ‘5 Things to Follow in the New Year’

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby -
Happy New Year! I hope that you had a great holiday season and that you were able to spend time with family. The New...

Florescent Bulb of Freedom (Bulb Ban Begins)

Scott Stantis -
...and so it begins. Incandescent bulbs are out. From this point forward any time you get an idea be ready to wait a while for the...

EXCLUSIVE: Fan says flying Bama mom was drunk and acting ‘like a monkey that hasn’t evolved’

Cliff Sims -
(Above: Michelle Pritchett shown making derogatory hand gestures before taking flight) Oklahoma fans who have watched the internet explode after a video of Alabama fan...

EXCLUSIVE: Bama Sugar Bowl mom ‘sorry’ but would ‘do it again if I had to’

Cliff Sims -
(Above: Video of Michelle Prichett fighting Oklahoma fans at the Sugar Bowl) Yellowhammer has learned that the female Alabama fan who flew through the air...
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