Todd has many thoughts about the "re-redistricting" process banging around in his head, and so Mary kindly lets him download all of it on the pod to get it out of his brain.

Mary and I welcome State Senator Clyde Chambliss for an in depth discussion about his takeaways from the legislative session and his thoughts on what to expect in the future. That includes on the issue of transportation infrastructure, an area in which he has significant experience as a civil engineer. Of course, any conversation with Sen. Chambliss is going to involve talk about budgets and, in particular, how he thinks Alabama is preparing for the future.

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Mary and Todd preview the last week of the legislative session, even if we can't remember what day it is (you'll have to listen).

We go over our thoughts on the schedule and Mary's conversation with Sen. Arthur Orr about all those tax bills sitting in his committee, many of which are up today.

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Mary and Todd preview the upcoming week in the Alabama Legislature. With just seven meeting days remaining, some big ticket items are still yet to be resolved, namely the budgets, the $2.8 billion supplemental education package, the grocery sales tax cut and school choice legislation.

We'll go in the weeds on all those topics and more. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

A new episode of our "In the Weeds" podcast is out today.

This week, Mary and I are joined by ADN's newest reporter Alexander Willis!

As ADN readers know, Alexander is doing great work reporting from the State House, and I'm excited for you to get to know him a little better in our conversation.

We are talking about the budget & supplemental, where the grocery tax is headed, the Rep. Givan situation and other issues, all with a little perspective and history from me thrown in.

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A new episode of "In the Weeds" is out today!

This week, Mary and I welcome State Sen. Chris Elliott, whose police jurisdiction legislation recently caused quite a stir with 128 municipalities statewide forced to end collecting taxes and fees in those areas. PJs, get it?

There were a lot more issues to discuss, though: occupational licensing boards, the Mobile Bayway project, and this pesky little west Alabama highway.

Tune in below or wherever you get your podcasts.

A new episode of "In the Weeds" is out!

This week, Mary and I host Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield to go in depth on the economic development incentives bills currently before the Legislature.

We also chatted about the more granular details of industrial recruiting. A truly weedy conversation!

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Mary and Todd visit with State Rep. Rex Reynolds, chairman of the House General Fund budget committee. They talked budgets, obviously, but also hit on other issues: the Huntsville police shooting, prisons, a possible grocery sales tax cut and much more!

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Todd and Mary review the week that was in the Alabama Legislature. No guests, just informed commentary about what happened and curiosity about what's next as Spring Break comes.

 

Todd and Mary talk with House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels of Huntsville about the Democrats' agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Among the topics discussed are un-taxing groceries and overtime income, school choice and economic development incentives.

The term triangulation refers to a political strategy used by the Clinton administration in which the former president would claim the popular middle ground on issues by making the right and left positions seem extreme. It came up in this conversation because of Daniels staking out what would seem like Republican proposals in any other year: tax cuts on groceries and overtime income.

Really interesting conversation. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.