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**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.

Latest Episodes:

Pharmacies, Spann's fans, Jubilee City Apr 16, 2025

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Today: help for pharmacists, more cruise lines, jobs in Macon County and a bur under James Spann's saddle.

Also: where "Jubilee City," the nickname of Daphne, Ala., came from.

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Anti-DEI-compliant in Alabama Apr 15, 2025

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Trump's anti-DEI request, the passing of former Alabama and Auburn assistant college football coach Bill Oliver, a new air-defense facility and those lights on the Regions Building in Birmingham.

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Legislative session: The home stretch Apr 14, 2025

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Today we have capitol reporter Mike Cason on the show to set up the home stretch of the 2025 Legislative Session.

First we have a notice that went out to some registered voters they'll need to get squared away, the DOJ backing out of an agreement it says is too DEI, and why a few hundred people spent the night in planes in Montgomery.

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Talladega College, water park, review quiz Apr 11, 2025

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Today we're going to bring back the Alabama News Quiz, and welcome back AL.com's executive producer for podcasting John Hammontree to sit in the hot seat.

First, though, we'll get started today with an update on another financially strapped university, gun charges for a city magistrate, Bruce Pearl's new non-basketball position, and possibly a new water park in Mobile.

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The trafficking of bird mounts Apr 10, 2025

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Let's talk about stuffed-bird smuggling, a naughty prank on a few lawmakers and a cold case that now has an arrest.

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More news out of (uh-oh) Tarrant Apr 09, 2025

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On the briefing today we have more news out of Tarrant, a new suicide-prevention law, how many applied for CHOOSE Act funds and why John Rogers is out of prison.

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The Trump tariffs and Alabama Apr 08, 2025

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Today we'll have business and economics reporter William Thornton on to talk about the Trump tariffs and what Alabama businesses are saying and thinking and might be facing.

Read William's work here.

First, we'll lead off with our usual news briefing. We have items on typical home values, a big space-military contract, and a Buffalo Rock deal.

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Tracking recyclables and killing the lottery (again) Apr 07, 2025

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We have reporter Margaret Kates on the show to talk about that recycling sorter in Montgomery that has a contract with some cities to separate recycling from trash before it goes into the landfill. She'll let us know what putting a few GPS trackers in recyclables told us.

Read Margaret's reporting on the topic here.

We also have items on the FBI headquarters, more Panama City Beach-related arrests, and while we have a minute we'll go ahead and bury the lottery for another year.

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Session notes: Gambling, local spat, students' phones Apr 04, 2025

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Today we're going to go over more goings-on at the Capitol, from the gambling measure to a lawmaker's suggestion that her colleagues take their spat back where they came from.

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A new state employee benefit Apr 03, 2025

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Today we have a new state employee benefit and the General Fund budget. And the Poarch Creeks closed on a Birmingham property.

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