…May be updated as the day goes on… Alabama Politics BIRMINGHAM NEWS: Alabama’s state, local tax collections per person second-lowest in U.S. in 2010 State and local governments in Alabama collected fewer tax dollars per state resident to spend on scho...

The 2012 Republican National Convention has come and gone, and let me tell you — it was a busy week! Those who read my last post here on Yellowhammer will know that I had originally committed to provide YHP readers with daily updates during the week’s events. However, t...

Alabama Politics PRESS-REGISTER: This week in Alabama politics (Political Skinny) Former Alabama Rep. Artur Davis continued to draw headlines for his conversion from a Birmingham Democrat to a Virginia Republican. The GOP announced that Davis will be a featured speaker ...

Alabama Politics DECATUR DAILY: Orr: Restrict SNAP spending State Sen. Arthur Orr is championing a bill to tighten a loophole that allows federal and state aid recipients to use taxpayer dollars for alcohol, cigarettes and other non-essential items. The Decatur Republic...

via Buzzfeed Artur Davis, the former Democratic congressman from Alabama, is considering running for a House seat in Virginia as a Republican, according to a source close to Davis, who ran a near-miss campaign [editor's note: lol] for governor of Alabama in 2010. Davis ...