MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday praised the work of a multi-state and federal council that has finalized plans for a first round of Gulf Coast restoration projects. The projects that will move forward in Alabama include a Marsh Island restoration proje...

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a new weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Enjoy. 1. Yesterday in the Senate during debate over repeal of the 2007 legislative pay ra...

This is the third video in a new series we’ve started called “One Thing to Watch.” Each week, we point out one important issue to look out for in the coming week in the Alabama legislature. Last week’s “One Thing to Watch” was the General Fund Budget which went on to pa...

“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...

In the video below, Barbara Rountree, Director of Capitol School in Tuscaloosa, speaks in favor of the Education Options Act in a house committee meeting. Meanwhile, Henry Mabry of the AEA sits in the corner plotting a defense of the status quo....

A version of this article appeared April 14, 2012, on page A13 in some U.S. editions of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Tornado Recovery: How Joplin Is Beating Tuscaloosa. By DAVID T. BEITO AND DANIEL J. SMITH Last April 27, one of the worst tornadoes in Ame...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Saturday issued the following statement on the Capitol rally organized by the Alabama Education Association: “The AEA has criticized the budget I recommended without providing a better alternative. My budget proposals protec...

Bo bikes bama 4/24-4/28! – y’all support! honor victims of ’11 tornadoes & raise disaster relief $ bit.ly/HvVIba — Philip Bryan (@j_philipbryan) April 7, 2012 The only thing worse than an egomaniac is a passive aggressive egomaniac. — ...

MONTGOMERY — Attorney General Luther Strange today launched a major cooperative initiative among state agencies to fight public corruption. The Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Alliance brings together partner agencies to pool their resources and expertise, guide...

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a new weekly feature that runs each Wednesday (a day late this week). It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Enjoy. 1. Where is Chief Justice Chuck Malone going to land? Some a...