In the Weeds with Alabama Daily News

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.

A new episode of “In the Weeds” is out today. 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. After that, Mary Sell and I get into legislative session prep, talking through what the next 13 weeks are going to look like in Montgomery. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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.