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Hillyer fires first shots of the AL-01 race, releases TV/web ad
In the first ad of the AL-01 special election, journalist Quin Hillyer lays out why he feels it's important the people of the First...
Roby touts amendment to prohibit bonuses for VA executives
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama's second congressional district took to the House floor to urge her colleagues to vote for...
Alabama Democrats & Farrakhan get the old band back together
Liberals' favorite America-hating anti-Semite, Louis Farrakhan, is coming back to Alabama for the second time in as many years at the behest of Alabama...
Sessions, Cruz, Lee & Grassley team up to fight gang of eight immigration bill
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) today joined with Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in sending a letter to their...
Wetumpka Tea Party president gives emotional testimony to House Ways and Means Committee
WASHINGTON – In what was at times dramatic testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, Becky Gerritson, president of the Wetumpka...
Wife of Alabama senator threatens to expose women sending revealing photos to her husband
Earlier tonight, Heather McGill, the wife of state senator Shad McGill, took to Facebook to vent about women who she says have emailed or...
McClendon will primary Fielding in Senate District 11
Rep. Jim McClendon (R - Springville) will officially announce tomorrow that he will challenge fellow Republican Jerry Fielding (R - Sylacauga) in the Senate District 11 GOP...
BREAKING: Byrne will announce congressional bid tomorrow at 2 p.m.
According to sources close to Bradley Byrne, he will officially announce his candidacy for Alabama's first district congressional seat tomorrow.
Byrne, whose Mobile roots go...
Shelby spokesman downplays potential for LCS cancelation, cites prior efforts
WASHINGTON — Although it has been suggested that some portion of the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program, part of which is set to...
Fridy running for Alabama House of Representatives
Republican Matt Fridy will officially announce today that he is running for the Alabama House of Representatives in the newly-formed District 73. The new...
Alabama native playing key role in Republican efforts to take over U.S. Senate
The National Republican Senatorial Committee last week announced Alabama native Michael Joffrion as their new Southeast political director.
According to Roll Call, "Joffrion will oversee...
Sessions warns immigration proposal will depress wages ‘for maybe 20 years-plus’
At a stop during his Alabama economic development tour at the Energex Tube facility in Thomasville on Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions had some strong...
Study shows Birmingham's city government is gigantic
The Alabama Policy Institute (API), an Alabama-based conservative think tank, today released an in-depth study that compares the governments of Alabama's four largest cities:...
Bentley will not shut the door on Medicaid expansion
Earlier this week we posed "Six questions for the 2014 election cycle." One of those questions was "Will Governor Bentley expand Medicaid?"
We reached out...
Alabama TEA Party Group Sues IRS
WASHINGTON — The Alabama-based Wetumpka TEA Party is one of 25 conservative organizations suing the U.S. Attorney General, Treasury Secretary, and Internal Revenue Service...
House GOP pushing health insurance mandate for illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON — Conservatives have frequently railed against Obamacare's individual health insurance mandate, but in an unexpected twist, a group of Republicans in the U.S....
Bonner's resignation could threaten future of Mobile-based Navy combat ship program
WASHINGTON – While much of the fallout from Rep. Jo Bonner’s decision to leave Congress has been focused on who might be is successor, the...
Six Questions for the 2014 Election Cycle
Here are six story lines we will be watching closely as campaign season gets underway:
1. Will Bentley expand Medicaid?
The June fundraising window is fast...
Fox News president pushes back against press intimidation
Fox News Channel president Roger Ailes late last week penned a letter to Fox News employees vowing to stand strong against what he characterized...
Alabama politicos react to Bonner resignation
Last week’s bombshell that Republican Rep. Jo Bonner of Mobile will be resigning his congressional seat to take a job with the University of...
Handicapping the Upcoming Congressional Race in AL01
BY CLIFF SIMS & JEFF POOR
Less than five minutes after Yellowhammer broke the news that Congressman Jo Bonner would be resigning from congress, speculation...
Jo Bonner to leave Congress, take job at Univ. of Alabama System
Jo Bonner, the six-term representative for Alabama’s First Congressional District, announced today that he is resigning from his seat in Congress to take a...
Hobby Lobby Continues Fight for Religious Liberty
Hobby Lobby is back in court today seeking an exemption from the ObamaCare mandate that requires employers to offer healthcare coverage to their employees...
AEA Plans to work with Obama political operation for 2014
The board of directors for the Alabama Education Association has purportedly approved $4 million to be taken from their reserve account to be dedicated...