The Yellowhammer Power & Influence 40 is a list of the 40 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics. For a more in-depth explanation of the list and how it was compiled, click HERE. To see last year’s list click HERE. Here’s the schedule...

The Yellowhammer Power & Influence 40 is a list of the 40 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics. For a more in-depth explanation of the list and how it was compiled, click here. To see last year’s list click HERE. Here’s the schedule...

Inside baseball is a new tag on Yellowhammer Politics that will accompany posts that deal with issues that are probably of more concern to inside Montgomery types than they are to the public at large. Wikipedia says “the phrase ‘inside baseball’ refers...

Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced that Alabama exports closed out calendar year 2012 at a record-breaking total of $19.5 billion in the value of goods exported, an increase of 9.36 percent from the 2011 total. The State moved to 22nd in the nation for total do...

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead surprised many onlookers Saturday morning (including me!) by winning re-election by a comfortable margin of 221 – 159. One longtime ALGOP executive committee member told Yellowhammer several weeks ago that every sin...

This weekend the Alabama Republican Party will elect a Chairman who will lead our Party through the 2014 election cycle — the first in which we will be defending every constitutional office and majorities in both chambers of the legislature. After considering my persona...

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“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. 1. ALGOP Chairman Race Update Sourc...

“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. 1. ALGOP Chairman Race Update Matt ...

“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. 1.House Republicans To Release Agen...