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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March 23, 2023
Early bills going through the Alabama Legislature; update on Alabamians getting in trouble on the Florida Gulf Coast; a Dothan woman wins a big suit against her former employer.
5 min
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March 22, 2023
The governor's proposed budgets, more on the Mexican takeover of Vulcan Materials' property on the Yucatan, and the Trussville man who was a dollar short on "Jeopardy!"
4 min
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March 21, 2023
More Alabamians in trouble in Florida; Mexico reportedly playing hardball with Alabama-based Vulcan Materials; NASA's plans to study the Saturn moon Titan.
5 min
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March 20, 2023
A 5,000-mile-long belt of sargassum seaweed, a spelling bee champ from Cullman County, and a glitch that got a very benign message from a state agency blocked on Facebook.
4 min
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March 17, 2023
The results of the special legislative session, better pay for corrections officers and a big basketball weekend.
5 min
556
March 16, 2023
How expensive it can be to build a prison; a judge striking down anti-panhandling laws; a big college basketball day in a season of success and tragedy.
6 min
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March 15, 2023
The tax on groceries, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' deal with NASA, and the great white shark that was caught on Orange Beach.
5 min
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March 14, 2023
The fight against fentanyl, Alabama's unemployment figures and the salaries of Crimson Tide football coordinators.
3 min
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March 13, 2023
We have an Alabama Oscar winner, two state teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament, and the passing of business leader Jim Wilson III of Montgomery.
3 min
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March 10 2023
A train derailment, another gun on a high school campus, and a "Love in Fairhope" reality show.
2 min
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March 9, 2023
The slow process to name a space command HQ, a special session underway at the Capitol, and next year's Transplant Games.
4 min
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March 8, 2023
Alabama Gov. Ivey's State of the State, raises for prison guards, and a last effort to save a really old school building in Birmingham.
3 min
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March 7, 2023
Storm aftermath, China's land purchases, and education issues as the legislative session kicks off.
5 min
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March 6, 2023
Alabama state legislative priorities, city mayors against "exhibition driving," and Montana Fouts' latest perfect game.
4 min
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March 3, 2023
Birmingham is spending big money sending people to a conference; some Alabama state legislators are looking to support student prayer; a genealogical society is trying to identify thousands of human remains in Mobile.
5 min
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March 2, 2023
Ethics accusations leveled at an ethics official, a university closing a Chinese-connected institute, and a big intrastate men's basketball game last night.
3 min
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March 1, 2023
Munitions cleanup at Redstone Arsenal, bills that are supported by the state's district attorneys, and a released inmate heading back to jail.
3 min
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February 28, 2023
A civil case dismissed in a 2019 police shooting, more tax-filing time for some folks, and a beach-town bracing for spring break.
4 min
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February 27, 2023
Executions, educational savings accounts and weather.
4 min
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February 24, 2023
A couple more record highs; a longtime sheriff behind bars; more money for the Magic City Classic schools; raw chicken reportedly served for lunch.
4 min
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February 23, 2023
A legal look at testimony regarding Brandon Miller; a quadruple killing in South Alabama; The promotion of a Buffalo soldier; record high temperature.
5 min
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February 22, 2023
Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats' comments after the Darius Miles hearing; a proposed "National Gun of America"; a missing cat with a destination.
5 min
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February 21, 2023
Audio recordings of Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, a really, really old Alabama abortion ban that's still technically on the books, and Taylor Jackson, a female on-field baseball coach from Tuscaloosa.
4 min
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February 20, 2023
Human remains from 1976; a big award for a film director; a clinic focusing on ALS; the Naked Cowboy's appearance in Mobile.
5 min
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February 17, 2023
Birmingham-Southern College's financial struggles, the FBI's investigation of a Walker County Jail death, and some news from the Warrior Met Coal strike.
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