Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

It's a moment of change and at least some turmoil in the Alabama Republican Party. A leaked audio managed to get people talking, but there also is a coming change of leadership in the party as well as the state. Reporters Mike Cason and John Sharp are on the podcast for a discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today: open vs. closed primaries, voter-fraud indictments and an Alabama forest open to drilling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's report: A formerly fast-tracked bill on the PSC is now lying in state; the flu bug; an extreme-sports competition; and the return of the hummingbirds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a Goat Hill lightning round, a response from the developer of that giant Baldwin County proposed solar farm and maybe, just maybe a little tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the annual state of the union spectacle is perhaps somewhat kinda predictable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of business news on today's report. But first, some in Dadeville want the state AG to step in on that mass-shooting case. Then there are a couple big builds in the works, an affordable-housing project in Athens and an "AI factor" in Birmingham. Also, if you've been up nights worrying that a day will come when we won't have enough fast-food fried chicken, then I have news that should ease you...

You haven't heard much about gun bills this legislative session. There are some, but not many are sure bets to get momentum. We also have news on women Baptist pastors and an imprisoned pastor. And if you're listening from certain parts of Mexico, you already know to be hunkered down until you hear otherwise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plea deals for suspects in the 2023 Dadeville birthday-party shooting; Alabama makes it harder to set environmental standards; severe-weather tax holiday and a proposed gun tax holiday; how Amtrak's doing on the Gulf Coast; record highs from yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have Mardi Gras crime stats, OSHA action after a couple of workplace deaths, and what some Alabama political types are up to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today: The Mardi Gras finale (including the "best of" the Comic Cowboys signs), the latest on Tommy Tuberville's residency issue, and the passing of an Alabama original: George Barber Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Duvall, who passed away on Sunday, was probably my very favorite actor. I've had thoughts on his work for a long time, and I've always considered him an honorary southerner. So I have thoughts I'll share. We also have news that's really just breaking as we're publishing this this, the passing of civil-rights icon Jesse Jackson. Also, how our delegation voted on the SAVE Act and a change at...

Nursing shortage, the Britt-Trump relationship and Spring Break in Gulf Shores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a new punishment against some child predators -- if it holds up in court. We also have a settlement in a "forever chemicals" lawsuit and what all that sniffing and sneezing's about. Also, on late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore's birthday we'll revisit his brief stint as the namesake of the Army base in Columbus, Ga., and Fred Benning, the Nebraska World War I veteran who was honored by the Trump...

Today we have politicians lining up on one side or another of the bill to revamp the selection of the Public Service Commission. Also, we items on a construction-worker academy, a big contract for the Alabama Institute of the Deaf and Blind, and "Protect the MoonPie." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have several things to cover today, including a huge solar project that has nearby residents less than happy, and a fast-moving bill to change the way Public Serve Commission seats are filled. Also, an update on Alabama's first IKEA location, a pardon for Stephen Nodine and Mobile's claim on the original Mardi Gras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have updates on the wild politics of Lispcomb, Ala., a big defense contract and Ella Langley reaching dizzying new heights with her latest hit. Then we'll share some of what was reflected in that survey that many of you took last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have oil-drilling leases proposed for the Conecuh National Forest, a sex-trafficking life sentence, and the passing of a Huntsville icon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a link to John Archibald's story on Fonzie Andrade. Today's weekend extra episode features the story of an Alabama man who's been deported and left a fiancé and very young child here. His name is Alfonso Andrade. You'll hear him referred to as "Fonzie," which is what his friends and neighbors in Blount County call him. AL.com's John Archibald put together a heck of a story by actually trave...

Last chance to take the audience survey! Today's report will give you a bit of a military fix. We have some defense-contract stuff, the ship showing up for Mardi Gras, and then a boys basketball team that's run into another playoff technical difficulty. I'm Ike Morgan and we're Down in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have updates on some legislative movement this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you listen to "Down in Alabama" we want to hear your opinions about our podcast and what kind of Alabama news you're seeking. ⁠⁠⁠Click here to take the survey⁠⁠⁠ described in this podcast episode. Today we have legislation to restrict what the state can do regarding environmental protection. We also have more politics and what's missing at the Battleship Park. Learn more about your ad choices....

If you listen to "Down in Alabama" we want to hear your opinions about our podcast and what kind of Alabama news you're seeking. ⁠⁠Click here to take the survey⁠⁠ described in this podcast episode. Today we have the latest on the residency issue surrounding the Tuberville and Wahl campaigns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you listen to "Down in Alabama" we want to hear your opinions about our podcast and what kind of Alabama news you're seeking. ⁠Click here to take the survey⁠ described in this podcast episode. On today's report we have another statewide political candidate being challenged on whether or not he really calls Alabama home. Also, a coach has lawyered up after being handcuffed after a basketball gam...

If you listen to "Down in Alabama" we want to hear your opinions about our podcast and what kind of Alabama news you're seeking. Click here to take the survey described in this podcast episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're going to welcome back reporter Joseph D. Bryant to talk about some pretty frank jousting that's been going on in Birmingham politics. Listen to the call between Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Jefferson County Commissioner Lashunda Scales Read more from Joseph D. Bryant Also on today's report, we'll have a short state legislative roundup, a weather heads-up and an Alabama teacher...

We have a couple of immigration-enforcement stories, one involving an arrest of a woman allegedly impeding another arrest, and another story on a bill that would make it easier for local law to make immigration arrests. Also, we have an update on a school board that had been taken over by the state, and the cost of using a new STAR ID alternative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....