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The Free-Fall and the Fiscal Cliff
As the automatic tax increases and spending cuts of the so-called "fiscal cliff" near the horizon, political pundits continue to argue whether the government...
Rumors & Rumblings: ALGOP Edition
"Rumors and Rumblings" is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the...
Republican Party Chairman Accepts Large Donation from AEA
Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead officially announced last night in an email to GOP Executive Committee members that he will be seeking a...
Hubbard Hires Rachel Adams to Head Communications Office
Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard on Monday announced that Rachel Adams, a veteran of political public relations who has worked in national...
About Half of Alabamians Regularly Get Political News Online
Almost 50% of Alabamians now use the internet each week to consume political news according to polling data from GOP polling firm McLaughlin &...
Governor Bentley Appoints Jeremy Oden to Alabama Public Service Commission
Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced the appointment of Jeremy Oden to the Alabama Public Service Commission, effective Monday, December 3, 2012.
Since...
Speaker Hubbard Taps Rep. McCutcheon To Serve as Rules Chairman
Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard on Thursday announced that State Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R – Capshaw), a two-term legislator representing portions of Limestone...
Hate Mail of the Week
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Hate Mail of the Week" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which some of the hate mail submitted through our contact page...
Representative Roby, students send Christmas greetings to troops
Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL02) today took time to send Christmas cards to military personnel stationed overseas and is encouraging constituents to join her in...
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...
McCaul Becomes Chairman of Homeland Security Committee
Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas has been elected by the House Republican Steering Committee to be Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Alabama Congressman...
Sessions: We don't have to raise taxes
The latest Congress-created crisis, the so called "fiscal cliff," has weak-kneed Republicans caving in droves to calls for tax increases.
In spite of having a...
BREAKING: Chris Christie Will Seek Re-election
Sources close to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told Yellowhammer this morning that Christie has filed the necessary paperwork to begin fundraising for a...
Poll: Alabama Republicans Favored on Every Issue, Including Education
Yellowhammer released some inside polling numbers prior to Thanksgiving that showed support reaching a historic high for the initiatives being pushed by Republicans in...
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Lincoln
President Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation:
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and...
Bonner: Israel Has Right to Self-Defense
By: Congressman Jo Bonner
Like many Americans, I have been closely following the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist group which controls the Gaza...
Business Owners Denied First Amendment Protections
By Elizabeth Robinson | Alabama Policy Institute Policy Analyst
On November 19th, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton ruled that Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts...
Israel Under Attack, Alabama Stands in Support
Some of you may remember that I visited Israel earlier this year (I covered the 10-day trip extensively in multiple posts HERE). Here's a...
Jeff Sessions Blows Up "Secret Meetings" on Fiscal Cliff
Sorry that you have to endure Soledad O'Brien, but it's worth it to watch conservative warrior Sen. Sessions say things like, "The America people...
The Racist Results of Blind Loyalty
By: Cameron Smith, Alabama Policy Institute
After Alabamians voted to preserve racist language in their state Constitution, headlines nationwide gladly noted the state’s failure. For...
908th Airlift Wing Staying at Maxwell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a positive development for Central Alabama, U.S. Reps. Martha Roby and Mike Rogers and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions have been...
Back by Popular Demand: Hate Mail of the Week
After a 5 month hiatus, Hate Mail of the Week is back and will be running weekly on Thursdays.
"Hate Mail of the Week" is...
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...
Bentley Pushes Back, Says "NO" to State-Based Obamacare Health Insurance Exchange
Speculation has been running wild since President Obama was reelected as to what Governor Bentley would do regarding the implementation an Obamacare-mandated health insurance...