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Mary, Todd and Alexander talk about the roaring start to the 2026 election cycle, from Tommy Tuberville clearing the field for governor to the burgeoning field of candidates for lieutenant governor and speculation as to who else gets in the Senate race. They also dive into some controversial topics, including the Nicole Jones Wallace situation and former VA commissioner Kent Davis' lawsuit against Gov. Kay Ivey. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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 chamber. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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.  

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.

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.

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 nominees.

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 those are now resolved so you can listen to our pontificating on a more regular basis as we get into the busy season. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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.

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.

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 proposed spending of American Rescue Plan Act money. They also run down the statuses of the state's current General Fund and Education Trust Fund and outline some issues and big asks looming in the 2026 legislative session.