Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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 the Alabama Public Service Commission ... but not the change we were expecting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Administration's re-renaming it Fort Benning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 traveling to Mexico and spending time with this man and his family. At the end, John and host Ike Morgan discuss the story and John's experiences reporting it. As an intro, Ike comments on social media and political discourse and shares perspectives that have helped him wade through the muck of politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 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 game, and Mardi Gras is underway in Mobile. 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. 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 who's a finalist for National Teacher of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.fm/adchoices

Today we have an official challenge filed regarding Tommy Tuberville's residency status as the gubernatorial campaign kicks into gear. Also we have a couple of lawmaking updates and the passing of a Methodist preacher. Plus, the quick story of an Alabama who became Lincoln's pick for a Reconstruction-era governor in Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when Tommy Tuberville said he was going to sue the heck out of the Biden Administration over his phone records and the Jan. 6 investigation? A lot has happened regarding the law that allows him to do had he chose to proceed, so we'll catch up on that. Also, things have gotten so bad in Lipscomb that volunteers are working the sanitation route. We'll also touch on a pre-emptive warning from law enforcement in Panama City Beach. That's an Alabama story, to me, because of unfortunate ties we have to past events there. And a music-venue location you wouldn't necessarily think of has been pulling in some pretty heavy names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's report: A big change in high school sports classifications, a potential ban on a reading-education practice, and the passing of longtime outdoors reporter Mike Bolton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices