Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan
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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April 15, 2022
Water Board controvery in Prichard; a delay in the third-grade reading requirement; the USFL's season opener and Auburn in the gymnastics finals.
4 min
952
April 14, 2022
We have money to fix water and sewer, but not everybody's water and sewer. The Nick Risner Act is now law. And there might be a televised GOP Senate debate. We'll have to see whether everybody shows up.
4 min
953
April 13, 2022
Jail inmate deaths, a boom in west Alabama, a change in unemployment laws, the stormy part of the week.
3 min
954
April 12, 2022
The municipal court in Brookside cranking back up driver-license office temporarily shutting down, and the Starbucks employee union effort make it to our state.
3 min
955
April 11, 2022
Muscogee homecoming; a former basketball star's passing; a spring of severe weather.
3 min
956
April 8, 2022
The end of Alabama's legislative session includes high-profile transgender issues; the retail union objects to another Amazon vote; ACT scores fell again, but officials call it a "victory."
3 min
957
April 7, 2022
Introducing the Mobile International Airport; a federal judge is stepping down; here's what's happening as the legislative session roars toward a finish.
3 min
958
April 6, 2022
How many Alabamians are getting their college degrees ... what Jefferson County Schools did about the request to discontinue the pre-game prayer at football games ... and why a Donald Trump rally may be happening June 18 in Birmingham.
3 min
959
April 5, 2022
The final days of the legislative session; the Amtrak arguments; a perfect game; a new boll weevil statue.
4 min
960
April 4, 2022
The tornado count from last week has really gone up; Sen. Richard Shelby is the earmark King; how low have COVID hospitalizations gone?
3 min
961
April 1, 2022
The Amazon unionization vote count is in; a General Fund Budget is headed to the Alabama governor's office; the four-day school week is being considered.
3 min
962
March 31, 2022
Experienced Alabama teachers would get double-digit raises under plan advanced in Legislature, Mysterious methane clouds reported over Alabama coal mines and Garth Brooks booked for Protective Stadium's first concert
5 min
963
March 30, 2022
State lottery; fall from a cliff; bad weather.
5 min
964
March 29, 2022
Spring Break concerns in Panama City Beach; the Mobile airport's funding; the omicron BA.2 variant of COVID-19 in Alabama.
3 min
965
March 28, 2022
Continued debate over permitless concealed carry; the closing of a facility to ICE detention; the International Pizza Challenge.
3 min
966
March 25, 2022
Flash-flood deaths, an explosion at a Warrior Met pipeline, and where Senate candidates stand on aiding Ukraine.
4 min
967
March 24, 2022
Confirmed tornadoes, a sunken whaler ship, and a really big Idaho potato.
3 min
968
March 23, 2022
Stormy weather, cost-of-living figures and some rowdiness in an airport.
3 min
969
March 22, 2022
The state's household median income figures, a backed-up court system in Mobile, and a lawsuit filed over COVID restrictions.
3 min
970
March 21, 2022
Alabama teams in the NCAA Tournament; the eastern indigo snake; Jamey Johnson and the Grand Ole Opry.
3 min
971
March 18, 2022
Divisive concepts, an unbenched judge, an longtime Auburn bookstore closing and four strong American Idol contestants.
5 min
972
March 17, 2022
A Brookside update; another Trump relationship in Alabama possibly turning sour; James Beard finalists;
4 min
973
March 16, 2022
Daylight saving time, election ties, a bus crash and a "Let's Go, Brandon" license plate.
5 min
974
March 15, 2022
Let's talk about taxes on retirement withdrawals, Bruce Pearl's contract details and the busy new Orion Amphitheater.
3 min
975
March 14, 2022
Downsizing to smaller houses, state gas taxes and the WWE's Big E.
3 min