“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. AEA Gets beat again One of the most...

Alabama politics had very few clear winners and losers in 2012. With few exceptions, most of the key players and organizations ended the year with mixed results. Republicans continued to dominate the political landscape in the lingering wake of their 2010 electoral tida...

Zan Green, President of the Rainy Day Patriots Tea Party group, posted the following open letter to Governor Bentley on behalf RDP’s members: We are encouraged by Governor Bentley as he speaks of staying the course with the other governors of the 34 states who are...

“Tea Party groups in deep-red and deep-blue states where the election results are almost a foregone conclusion are organizing get-out-the-vote efforts in key swing states,” according to a recent story in Investor’s Business Daily. Among those Tea Party...

Alabama’s top tea party leaders and groups have joined together to call on Governor Bentley to protect Alabamians from the impending Obamacare tax. Their press release is below. Several courageous Governors have announced that they will not move forward in impleme...

The Yellowhammer Local Leader 20 is a collection of 20 of Alabama’s brightest local leaders. The criteria for making this list was fairly broad. Some members of the LL20 are up-and-coming elected officials who will likely go on to higher office in the future. Othe...