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Best & Worst Week in Montgomery
Passage of SB 286, the Omnibus Gun Bill, Thursday night capped off months of debate and negotiations between Senators and multiple groups including the...
The Most Business-Friendly Cities in Alabama: 31-40
Yellowhammer has teamed up with the Alabama Policy Institute to rank the business-friendliness of the state's 50 largest cities. API's researchers derived answers to...
Baldwin Co. GOP Chairman Discusses Dr. Ben Carson Coming to Alabama, and more
The Baldwin County Republican Party is hosting their second annual summer dinner on June 14 and have chosen Dr. Ben Carson to be the...
Rumors & Rumblings
"Rumors and Rumblings" is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the...
The Least Business-Friendly Cities in Alabama
As we announced yesterday, we've teamed up with the Alabama Policy Institute to rank the business-friendliness of the state's 50 largest cities. API's researchers...
How Business-Friendly Are Alabama’s 50 Largest Cities?
In order to excel in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, Alabama must be as attractive as possible to emerging as well as expanding businesses....
Chapman Will Not Seek Elective Office in 2014
Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman told Yellowhammer this morning that she will not run for higher office in 2014. Chapman in 2010 received...
BCA & NRA Square Off
One of the most contentious issues behind-the-scenes during the first half of the legislative session was a bill that, among other things, would allow...
Rep. Joseph Mitchell: Some white people have the power to kill us
Rep. Joseph Mitchell made national and international headlines earlier this week when our story about his racially charged email correspondence with an Alabama citizen...
Dale Peterson Arrested for Stealing Cashews
Dale Peterson doesn't give a rip about much, but beer and cashews apparently do make the short list of things that are not only...
Alabama Democrat Representative Emails Epic Racist Rant
When a citizen sent a pro-2nd amendment email to the publicly available addresses of almost every member of the legislature, Rep. Joseph Mitchell (D-Mobile)...
Why the Accountability Act Matters
By Gary Palmer, Alabama Policy Institute
In 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the doorway of Foster Auditorium to block the “schoolhouse door”...
AG Strange Fights for Religious Liberty in ObamaCare Implementation
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is leading a national effort to convince the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to adopt broader religious...
AEA Comes Out Hard for Shedd in HD11 GOP Runoff
When previewing the Republican primary for House Distrct 11 back in Novemeber, we pointed out that former Fairview Mayor Randall Shedd "may garner the...
Halftime Report: A Recap of the First Half of the 2013 Legislative Session
Alabama Accountability Act:
We've talked about it ad nauseum, but how often do you get to tweet something like this?
AEA Head Henry Mabry curses as...
Norquist releases NCAA brackets based on competitive tax climates
Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist released his NCAA Tournament bracket yesterday, picking the Miami Hurricanes to win the national championship. But this...
Elementary School Principal Calls AEA Vindictive and Embarrassing
The following letter from Priscilla Yother, the Principal of Eura Brown Elementary School in Gadsden, appeared Tuesday in the Gadsden Times.
After reading the full...
Sessions Leads Budget Fight for Conservatives
Senator Jeff Sessions delivered opening remarks yesterday evening as the debate began on the Senate Democrats' budget proposal, the first budget they have offered...
Another AEA ad goes after GOP, attacks Bentley and Marsh by name
The above AEA ad is set to start running this morning on radio stations around the state, and it appears their disdain for Republicans...
Shelby Holds 1,800th Town Hall
Senator Richard Shelby earlier this week held his 1,800th career town hall meeting. Since taking office in the Senate in 1987, Shelby has made...
Rumors & Rumblings
"Rumors and Rumblings" is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the...
Healthcare Costs in Alabama Getting Ready to Skyrocket
We heard time and time again from candidate Obama that he would “cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500...
Strange Vows to Protect Alabamians from Federal Overreach if Gun Ban Passes
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to approve a bill banning 157 so-called "assault style" weapons. The committee voted 10-8 along Party...
Bentley Signs Education Reform Bill
After over a week of confusion, lawsuits, court rulings and general chaos, Governor Bentley on Thursday morning signed into law the Alabama Accountability Act...