In the Weeds with Alabama Daily News

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Episodes

In the Weeds: Alabama to Washington and Back Again

May 25, 2025

Mary and Alex join me to talk about the monster week that was in Washington and how the Alabama congressional delegation played a part in the House passage of the "big beautiful bill." We also get into the developing story that U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville will soon announce he's running to become governor of Alabama. Alex tells about her conversation with the former Auburn coach in the Capitol as he was leaving the Senate chambe...

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In the Weeds: Session wrap with (most of) the ADN gang

May 21, 2025

In this episode of In the Weeds, Todd, Mary, Trish and Alexander discuss the high points of the 2025 legislative session, including major overhauls to education funding, the tense final days at the Legislature among endless filibusters, and a preview of the 2026 elections.

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In the Weeds: Live with the League of Credit Unions

February 12, 2025

We were invited to host the show from the League of Credit Union's Alabama Advocacy Day, which featured a gathering of credit union leaders from around the state. Todd and Alexander talk about the issues facing the Legislature and take questions from the audience on everything from gambling, the state of the news media and education. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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In the Weeds: Montgomery to Washington and Back Again

January 31, 2025

I'm talking with ADN Washington Correspondent Alex Angle about her first month reporting on Capitol Hill and what it has been like covering the Alabama delegation in this crazy first few weeks of the Trump Administration.

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In the Weeds: Confirmation bias w/ Stephen Boyd

January 17, 2025

While Montgomery prepares for the upcoming legislative session, all eyes are on Washington, D.C. this week as the U.S. Senate is in the heat of the confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees. Stephen Boyd comes "In the Weeds" this week to talk about that process, which he is familiar with as both someone who himself went through Senate confirmation and who prepared senators for the questioning of nomi...

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In the Weeds: What day, year is it again?

January 6, 2025

The "In the Weeds w/ Alabama Daily News " podcast is back for its sixth season and we'll be with you just as soon as we figure out what day of the week it is. Or what year, honestly. Mary and I revisit the stories from 2024 that will bleed into 2025, including the Veterans Affairs saga, school choice, overtime income tax cuts and more. We've actually recorded multiple podcasts that were never published due to audio problems, but ...

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In the Weeds: Trish is here and Mary is happy

October 18, 2024

In this episode of In the Weeds, we talk to Trish about her journey to becoming Alabama's premiere education reporter and then get into her latest education stories: exploring a new funding model, the CHOOSE Act, charter schools and how the Literacy Act implantation is going.

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In the Weeds: Hanging with Rex Reynolds & the ARSEA

September 30, 2024

Mary and Todd are on location at the recent Alabama Retired State Employees conference in Birmingham, where they interview House General Fund Budget Chairman Rex Reynolds.

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In the Weeds: Davis’ resignation, looming budget issues and court fees

September 13, 2024

In the latest In the Weeds podcast, Todd and Mary get into more details on Alabama Veterans Department Commission Kent Davis' forced resignation following the messy, and later dismissed, ethics complaint he filed fellow state agency leader Kim Boswell of the Alabama Department of Mental Health. When Davis initially said he wouldn't resign, Gov. Kay Ivey's office released information about concerns raised about the department's prop...

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In the Weeds: A Messy Agency Spat

August 16, 2024

Todd and Mary discuss their recent story about the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs filing an ethics complaint against the head of the Department of Mental Health over an opioid funding dispute. Messy! Also their trip to the Business Council of Alabama conference and the latest with prisons and ADN's plans to hire a reporter based in DC.

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Episodes

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In the Weeds: Live with the League of Credit Unions

In the Weeds: Montgomery to Washington and Back Again

In the Weeds: Confirmation bias w/ Stephen Boyd

In the Weeds: What day, year is it again?

In the Weeds: Trish is here and Mary is happy

In the Weeds: Hanging with Rex Reynolds & the ARSEA

In the Weeds: Davis’ resignation, looming budget issues and court fees

In the Weeds: A Messy Agency Spat

Popular Podcasts

In the Weeds: Alabama to Washington and Back Again

In the Weeds: Session wrap with (most of) the ADN gang