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EPA employee steals $1 million from taxpayers by pretending to be CIA agent

If federal prosecutors have their way, former Environmental Protection Agency employee and climate expert John Beale could get 30 months in prison for pretending...

GOP operatives push for giant Midwestern presidential primary in 2016

If Republicans are to take back the White House in 2016, they’ll need to vastly improve their performance in the Midwest. That’s why some GOP...

GUEST OP-ED: Remembering The One we celebrate on Christmas

During this time of year, it is easy to be distracted by the hustle and bustle of the season. Most of us are...

Rogers moves to block Russian monitoring stations from being located on U.S. soil

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, has introduced legislation that would limit President Obama's ability to approve the placement of Russian monitoring stations (GLONASS) on U.S....

Iraq combat veteran issues challenge to gun-grabbing legislators

Aaron Weiss, a law enforcement officer and Iraq combat veteran rose earlier this year to speak out for the repeal of New York's gun-grabbing...

CARTOON: Kim family reunion

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Huckaboom: Polls show leads in Iowa, South Carolina

The Mike Huckabee for president movement is picking up steam. Conservative activists trying to convince him to take another shot at the White House in 2016 have...

5 takeaways from Jindal’s speech in Birmingham

Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal made a stop in Birmingham, Ala. last week to address the city's Rotary Club, the second largest club of its...

BOOM: Shelby calls for investigation into taxpayer money funding Alabama enviro groups

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, made an already bad week for Alabama enviro groups even worse by calling for a U.S. Department of Energy investigation...

AG Strange seeks to take religious liberty fight all the way to US Supreme Court

In 2006, Vanessa Willock asked Elaine Huguenin -- co-owner of Elane Photography in New Mexico -- to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony” between Willock...

Sessions & Shelby ‘NO’ on budget deal, Senate GOP will filibuster

Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, and Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, will emphatically vote "no" on the Ryan-Murray budget deal that skated through the U.S. House Thursday...

Brooks only ‘no’ vote among Alabama delegation on Ryan-Murray budget deal

Late Thursday, the U.S. House approved a budget deal brokered between House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty...

CARTOON: Obama’s selfie

Warrantless surveillance, prisoners held without charges and presidential death warrants. A juvenile selfie at a memorial service seems the least of this Administration's sins. Follow...

Conservative alternative to AARP launches Alabama chapter

60 Plus Association -- the nation's largest conservative seniors organization -- has chosen Alabama to be the first state in the country where they...

George W. Bush sends note of encouragement to Bama kicker Cade Foster

Alabama kicker Cade Foster has received a lot of harsh words, even death threats, from fans after missing three field goals during Alabama’s 34-28...

What do Boeing CEO James McNerney, Jr. and Nick Saban have in common?

Boeing CEO James McNerney, Jr. and University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban don't make a combined $20 million a year because they're...

CARTOON: Runaway Spending

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Govt. employees, enviro group collude to sabotage Alabama development project

It has been a rough week for the organized environmental movement in the state of Alabama. Yellowhammer was first to break the story of financial...

Sessions opposes Ryan-Murray budget deal

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced a breakthrough on what...

Bachus co-sponsors bill to protect volunteer fire departments from ObamaCare

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, announced he is co-sponsoring legislation that would protect Alabama’s 75 volunteer fire departments from...

Auburn fan syncs epic Christmas lights display to radio call from Iron Bowl victory

Fayetteville, Georgia resident Robert Burton isn't one to sync his Christmas lights to the typical background music. Sure, he did "Jingle Bells" and "God...

Alabama Coal Association calls for congressional investigation into enviro groups

In response to revelations that environmental groups have received millions of dollars to advance the "War on Coal" in Alabama, the Alabama Coal Association...

Congressional delegation sends message to Boeing: ‘Alabama is second to none’

The Alabama Congressional delegation has issued a bipartisan statement of support for Gov. Robert Bentley's proposal to Boeing Chairman, President and CEO, James McNerney,...

Two Alabama senators discuss potential constitutional convention at Mt. Vernon Assembly

Two Alabama state senators joined roughly 100 state legislators from 32 states at Mt. Vernon, Virginia this past weekend to discuss the ground rules...