Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday signed an executive amendment that would delay portions of the Accountability Act, the session’s biggest victory for Republicans, from taking effect. The Governor’s executive amendment would immediately put into effect th...

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Have a tip? Send it here. All sources remain confidential. Wiregrass Senate Maneuvering Two we...

The most anticipated issues on the final day of the 2013 legislative session will include the long-debated omnibus gun bill, drug testing for welfare applicants, and the The Religious Liberty Act which would allow religiously affiliated or motivated employers to opt out...

Yellowhammer speculated in this week’s Rumors & Rumblings that Rep. Barry Mask would be leaving the legislature to take a job at the Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR). Those rumors were confirmed yesterday as Mask was named the association’s new CEO...

A bad session got even worse for teachers’ union leader Henry Mabry Thursday evening as he was removed from the Teachers Retirement System board. Republicans have been considering bringing the bill up for some time now. They have long characterized Mabry’s p...

A new study released this week shows Alabama’s First Class Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program continues to lead the nation in quality. Alabama is one of only four states in the country to meet all 10 quality benchmarks established by the National Institute for Early Edu...

I’m just going to come right out and say it: Roger Bedford is good. Did he deserve the distinction of being named one of Yellowhammer’s Top 5 Tax & Spenders in the legislature? Yes. Do I disagree with him on essentially every major issue that comes befo...

A compromise has been reached on the much-debated omnibus gun bill. House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Representative Ed Henry held a press conference earlier today with representatives from the National Rifle Association, the Alabama Sheriff’s Association and the Alabama D...

Decisions are made by those show show up. It’s a quote that’s been around for decades and has been variously attributed to everyone from President Truman to Woody Allen to President Bartlet from the hit TV drama The West Wing. But if there’s anyone who...

Common Core Standards are an attempt to put the same education content in classrooms all across America. Stop at that sentence and do not take the argument any further, and there is already plenty of reason Alabama should reject them. Do I think Common Core Standards ar...