Alabama's schools are seeing better results, and the state's leaders want people around the country to pay attention, a north Alabama man had an unfortunate encounter with a dressed up deer, and a well-traveled former Auburn quarterback is making his own tour of America's college football landscape.

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Lawmakers meet and Gov. Kay Ivey speaks.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville warns of Muslim takeover.

Civil-right pioneer Claudette Colvin dies.

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Gov. Kay Ivey's final State of the State address is tonight, DHR is still announcing ways to make EBT cards secure, and Birmingham's mayor dropped a thought about a major public-transportation project that may be just a dream.

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On today's report: possible digital IDs in our future, a police funding boost for a small city, and a special note for those who live in the 334 ... or maybe we now call it the 334-slash-483.

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With the Legislative Session cranking up next week, we have AL.com capitol reporter Mike Cason on today to give us a sneak peek.

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First, we have news items on a Trump proclamation that could affect a Birmingham plant, the original Foosackley's, the passing of a former state lawmaker, and where salamander love is stopping traffic.

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Today we have a court case over whether police can make you show identification in some instances (other than during traffic stops).

Alabama's November's unemployment figure was better than the U.S.'s.

And Alabama Music Hall of Famer Jim McBride has passed away.

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Sen. Tuberville made some claims about Jan. 6 that aren't brand-new and largely reflect what President Trump and pro-Trump activists have been alleging. We'll share them here and along with the context of some established reporting regarding that day.

We'll also talk about space spending and hopefully mention Ella Cook's murderer for the final time.

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Hyundai production, UAB Health growth, state political personnel.

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Today let's talk about Alabama reaction to the military action in Venezuela, New Years Eve gunfire in Birmingham and a record for Bo Nix.

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We'll update Birmingham's homicide total for the year, especially since we leaned into that story so much in '24. Also, there's more security coming to the SNAP program, and it was hard for a lot of people to watch Alabama in the Rose Bowl.

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