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Shelby & Bonner: ‘Obama had nothing to do with Airbus’ coming to Alabama
Senator Richard Shelby and Congressman Jo Bonner took exception to President Obama touting Airbus's Mobile manufacturing facility during his economic speech today, as if...
Alabama Democrats top list of ‘7 most dysfunctional parties’ in the U.S.
Democrats holding public office in Alabama have become something of an endangered species. The party lost its last held-statewide office in November 2012 election...
Fincher picks up major endorsement from GOPAC in AL01 Race
GOPAC, one of the premier organizations in the national conservative movement, officially announced this morning that they are endorsing State Rep. Chad Fincher in...
Jo Bonner moves his resignation day up to Aug. 2
BREAKING: @RepJoBonner is moving his resignation date up to Aug. 2. More from @jeff_poor shortly. #alpolitics #al01— Yellowhammer (@YHPolitics) July 23, 2013
WASHINGTON -- In...
Sessions hammers Obama in sequestration hearing
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday on Capitol Hill, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the impact of sequestration on national security and the...
Democrats regain their lead in generic congressional ballot (Rasmussen)
According to Rasmussen Reports, Democrats have regained their lead on a generic congressional ballot after Republicans led the poll for three consecutive weeks beginning...
OFA-Alabama preps for ‘Action August’ campaign
Barack Obama told a crowd of his most loyal grassroots advocates gathered at a Washington, D.C. hotel on Monday that he needs their help....
Stand your ground laws under attack nationally as a result of Zimmerman verdict
Although Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense law was a total non-factor in the George Zimmerman trial, similar laws around the country have now become...
Shelby advocates for Huntsville-based space program, asks for more accountability
A lot of fanfare has accompanied NASA's so-called "Commercial Crew" program, a public-private partnership launched under President Obama in which the federal government awards...
Bentley picks up Forestry Association endorsement
The Alabama Forestry Association announced yesterday their endorsement of Governor Bentley's re-election campaign, making AFA the first major statewide organization to endorse the Governor's...
Power points, prayer controversy & protestors: just another day at the PSC
(Above: Environmentalists protest at the Alabama Public Service Commission)
The Alabama Public Service Commission on Wednesday hosted the third and final public hearing of their...
The Byrne Identity: The front-runner with the target on his back
Ever since announcing his candidacy back at the beginning of June, former Alabama state senator and two-year college chancellor Bradley Byrne has been one...
Enviro representative: It is 'batsh** crazy' to pray at public meetings
After minister John Jordan prayed to open today's PSC public hearing, several members of the Alabama media, an environmental group representative, and other assorted...
Mo Brooks: Senate ‘Gang of 8’ immigration reform would lower US standard of living
WASHINGTON – Tuesday night on the floor of the U.S. House, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, railed against the so-called “Gang of Eight” immigration reform...
Roby seeks reforms to ‘No Child Left Behind’
WASHINGTON – Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, along with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. and three other Republican members of the U.S. House of...
Freshman Rep. Bill Poole to Chair Powerful Ways & Means Committee
MONTGOMERY - Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) announced Tuesday that Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) has been named Chairman of the Ways...
The War on Coal Hits Home
(Above: Yellowhammer TV's must-watch debut video, "The 'War on Coal' Hits Home in Alabama")
In contrast to the secrecy that surrounds so much of what...
So who will succeed Jay Love in HD 74?
Rep. Jay Love's resignation isn't official until August 1, but it's never too soon to start speculating about who will be his successor. Governor...
Young leads AL01 field in cash on hand, Byrne has raised the most money
According to the most recent FEC reports, Republican Dean Young leads the current field of First Congressional District candidates with $133,087 in cash on...
Sessions: House must not negotiate with Senate immigration bill
Pictured: Wetumpka Tea Party with Senator Jeff Sessions at March for Jobs Rally in Washington, D.C.
Alabama's Junior U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions today continued his...
AARP environmental push part of increasingly liberal agenda
Representatives from the AARP have been seemingly unlikely participants in the latest round of battles between Alabama conservatives and the state's budding environmentalist community....
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jay Love discusses his time in the House and his impending departure
Yellowhammer broke the news last week that House Education Budget Chairman Jay Love will be resigning from the House seat that he has held...
AL01 candidates give their take on rifts in the GOP
A five-question "Yellowhammer Questionnaire" was sent out to U.S. House candidates in Alabama's First Congressional District last week. We gathered all of their answers...
Poll shows Artur Davis could make political comeback in bid for Virginia congressional seat
WASHINGTON – In 2010 after his failed bid to secure the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor, then-U.S. Rep. Artur Davis made a rather unceremonious...