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Start your morning with the latest news and stories from Alabama. Then, hear the stories behind the stories as Ike Morgan is joined by voices from the AL.com newsroom and beyond for deep dives on pressing topics, news quizzes and a whole lot of fun.
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Today report touches on the moon, the mall, leaky pipes and legislative action.
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Let's take another trip to the State House, where a possible PSC overhaul is already through committee and lawmakers may be hitting the brakes on new solar farms.
Also, a new Baby Box has been installed in Lower Alabama.
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Gov. Kay Ivey reversed course on this week's scheduled execution.
Another bigger, bolder bill aimed at the Public Service Commission.
And there is reason to not put tomatoes in the ground just yet.
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We have an upcoming execution that's getting some attention, a submarine-parts maker is expected to come to the Shoals, and a former high school sports administrator is being honored.
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A new GOP chair, a big industrial announcement that doesn't involve Huntsville, and an eye-popping score from the boys basketball state finals.
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AL.com columnist Roy S. Johnson shares his journey after a prostate cancer diagnosis, including his faith walk, why more men should get tested, and the Alabama law named after him that will almost certainly save lives.
Click here to read Roy's "Cancer Chronicles" series of columns.
Click here to read more of Roy's work.
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Today we have some of what Unclaimed Baggage saw in 2025, state and national politics, and a really old record high temperature that was tied.
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Today: The War Powers Act, a Birmingham-Southern buyer, a parole bill and a Chick-fil-A about-face.
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We have an old capital murder conviction that might be heading for a new trial, an Alabama man at yesterday's Senate Oversight Committee hearing with Kristi Noem, a pause on data centers in one major city, and a state legislative roundup.
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Today: A Pentagon program that might affect Auburn University, security at military installations, and a new bill concerning utilities and the PSC (and, ultimately, possibly, your utility bills).
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Today: A potential next step in grading Alabama schools; Tuberville's idea for a new state secretary position; a poaching bust; and a hope that all you world travelers are exercising plenty of caution right now.
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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.
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Today: open vs. closed primaries, voter-fraud indictments and an Alabama forest open to drilling.
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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.
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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.
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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 your mind if not your waistline.
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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.
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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.
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We have Mardi Gras crime stats, OSHA action after a couple of workplace deaths, and what some Alabama political types are up to.
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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.
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