MONTGOMERY – A proposal to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans find work passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday, as lawmakers continued their commitment to making job growth legislation the top priority in the 2012 Regular Session. The House...

MONTGOMERY – Members of the Alabama Senate today continued carrying out their commitment to prioritizing and passing legislation that will improve the state’s private sector economy. “Leading into the session we pledged to focus first and foremost on proposals that will...

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Daily Yellow Hammer readers (how could you not be?) will recall that, last week, I wrote about the Alabama Education Association’s efforts to squash House Bills 159 and 160 which are collectively known as The Alabama Job Creation and Retention Act. HB 159 would al...

MONTGOMERY — The board of directors of the Business Council of Alabama has endorsed U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus in the race for Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Spencer Bachus has been a strong advocate for job creation and...

MONTGOMERY — The board of directors of the Business Council of Alabama has endorsed U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in the race for Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Mo Brooks is a strong believer in the free enterprise system and un...

Vice President Joe Biden is often jeered for his gaffes, but given his recent remarks about education he should be applauded for his candor. “By the way, government subsidies have impacted upon rising tuition costs. It’s a conundrum here,” Biden said at an event at Flor...

MONTGOMERY—The board of directors of the Business Council of Alabama has endorsed U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in the race for Alabama’s First Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Jo Bonner has been a great friend to the business community and conti...

The disorder surrounding the Obama Administration’s contraception mandate provides yet another example of why government-run health care is bad for America. The original rule, authored by the Department of Health and Human Services as required under President Obama’s he...

Work Week: 2 Days What to watch out for: 1. Speaker Hubbard and President Pro Tem Marsh said jobs would be tops on the agenda and they’re sticking to their word. These jobs bills passed the House last week and will be taken up by the Senate this week:
HB 154 Spon...