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MONTGOMERY — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange today filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the contraception coverage mandate imposed by...

The AEA and their creepy email header image are back and they have the "Education Options Act" squarely in their sights. In this week's "Goat...

The Education Options Act – House Bill 541 by Rep. Phil Williams Background Information: Right now only about 60% of Alabama students graduate from high school. The problem...

Last week, I spent more time traveling through our district to participate in meetings and take questions about a number of important issues that affect our...

Today the Senate passed the "Heroes for Hire" act, HB152, a bill that provides additional tax credits to employers who hire returning...

Alabama's finance department just closed its seventh debt deal of the last 12 months with total savings just under $100 million and it's time...

AUBURN – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced SiO2 Medical Products is investing $90 million in a new facility in Auburn, adding up to...

MONTGOMERY – Bills aimed at increasing accountability within the Alabama Department of Transportation will top the agenda of the House of Representatives when it...

A 2009 article by William Voegeli entitled "The Roots of Liberal Condescension" quoted "UD", a blogger for Inside Higher Ed: "We need to encourage...

"Hate Mail of the Week" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which some of the hate mail submitted through our contact page...

Several weeks back, I posted the National Journal's conservative rankings for members of the Alabama congressional delegation. Most of the Yellowhammer readers who commented...

By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook's original friends are moving into politics. Small investments in NationBuilder, a political campaign software startup, by a tight-knit...

The Rep. Craig Ford "Too Hot for YouTube" videos are a week old today and I thought I'd revisit them now that the election...

For most sports fans this weekend was simultaneously ecstasy and agony. Ecstasy because almost every waking hour was filled with top-notch college basketball. Agony...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Friday declared 10.6 percent proration on the state’s General Fund Budget for the remainder of fiscal year 2012,...

This week's top tweets segment includes a special video clip of Rep. Alvin Holmes at the mic on the floor of the House. The...

MONTGOMERY – Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Truman Hobbs has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Former Alabama Education Association President Anita Gibson against Governor...

Congressman Roby is making the rounds in the 2nd District this week but found a few minutes to squeeze us into her schedule for...

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Federation of Republican Women will hold a news conference Thursday to publicly call on the Alabama Democratic Party to cancel...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley and legislative leaders on Wednesday outlined a proposal that will give educators more local control over public education while also...

OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROBERT BENTLEY MEDIA ADVISORY FOR EVENT ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 Governor Bentley and Legislative Leaders to Detail Education Initiative MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley, House Speaker...

A near capacity crowd piled into the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham on Monday night to hear Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich give their final...

"Hate Mail of the Week" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which some of the hate mail submitted through our contact page...

Last week, we broke the story of the Alabama Democratic Party attempting to scrub their Bill Maher ties from their website. The story was...