MONTGOMERY—The board of directors for ProgressPAC, the political action committee of the Business Council of Alabama, has endorsed Judge Tommy Bryan for the Alabama Supreme Court. “Tommy Bryan has been both dedicated and fair throughout his career as an attorney and jud...

Bill sets up a “win-win” scenario for communities, taxpayers, Speaker says  MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday will consider legislation designed to encourage economic investment and job growth in low income areas by leveraging available federa...

“Hate Mail of the Week” is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which some of the hate mail submitted through our contact page is published exactly as it was received. The only edits made are to remove expletives — this is a family show, after all. I...

National Journal recently released their yearly ratings of Congressman and Senators and ordered them from most conservative to most liberal. To calculate their ratings, National Journal used key votes on economic issues, foreign issues and social issues. They used 97 vo...

When most state laws dealing with computers were first written, the average Alabama family did not have a home computer. These laws focused on protecting the physical components of computers, and not the valuable personal information families and businesses use on a dai...

Props to Rep. Love for having the courage to venture into the lion’s den....

During ongoing military budget debates last week, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) held a hearing discussing the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Air Force. As a member of the House Armed Services Committ...

Speaker Hubbard invited us down to his office this past week to discuss the current legislative session. We touched on immigration, charter schools, and the legislature’s efforts to reward teachers for becoming nationally board certified. We also discussed the GOP...

Speculation has reached a fever pitch over what the legislature has in store for last session’s controversial immigration bill, HB56. Speaker Hubbard has now indicated that related legislation could be introduced in the next few weeks. The Mobile Press-Register ra...

The Jefferson County Republican Party on Saturday conducted a straw poll that resulted in the top 3 GOP Presidential contenders finishing within just 5 votes of each other. Results were as follows: Mitt Romney: 89 Newt Gingrich: 87 Rick Santorum: 84 Ron Paul: 22 Straw p...