SYNOPSIS: Why does Alabama have the highest residential electricity rates in the country? This week, we dig into the profitable, polluting business of Alabama Power, the state's largest electrical provider. Dennis Pillion, a reporter for Inside Climate News, joins to talk about what he has found digging into the private company. Much of its decision-making is shielded from public view by Alabama law, and the state's residents are quite literally paying the price for it. Also: What does Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet's overwhelming win in a Trump-friendly state Senate district mean for Texas? • Another generational stand-off in a Democratic congressional primary, this one in North Carolina. • Virginia looks to get strict on semi-automatic weapons. • And a new play in Miami revisits the city's language wars.

SHOW NOTES: "Wired for Profit" Inside Climate News "How Taylor Rehmet upset a MAGA candidate to flip a North Texas Senate district" The Texas Tribune "A House District Divided" The Assembly "Miami New Drama premieres 'English Only,' a play about Miami's language wars" Miami Times Herald "English Only" Miami New Drama

CONTACT: Jesse Mayshark [email protected] (865) 214-7764