Andrew Yeager

2 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Andrew Yeager

There’s one thing Alabama lawmakers are required to do each session — that’s pass the budgets. Legislators spent time this week working toward that goal as the Senate approved a record-setting education budget. We hear about that other legislative happenings with Todd Stacy, host of Capital Journal on Alabama Public Television. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Give us some highlights of this education spending package. You said it’s a record and that’s correct.

3 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Andrew Yeager

If there’s any topic that hovers over the Alabama legislature, never quite going away, it’s gambling. The perennial issue has always fallen short. The discussion is back this year, and we hear about it with Todd Stacy, host of Capital Journal and Alabama Public Television. The following conversation has been edited for clarity. Why is this such a tricky issue and what’s been going on with it this week? It is a tricky issue. That’s really just because there’s so many components involved.

3 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Andrew Yeager

Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s office said he never received an invitation to a town hall in Birmingham held for his constituents last month. The organizers beg to differ. Tuberville was one of three Republican leaders invited to a town hall hosted by the left-leaning Birmingham Indivisible on March 22. When all three Republicans failed to attend, volunteers propped up cardboard cutouts of them on the stage.

4 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Andrew Yeager

Davis Little noticed Haleigh Black the first time they were in a room together. “I was actually playing a gig and they invited Haleigh up to play and I was like, ‘Oh my goodness. Who is this violinist? She’s amazing,’” Little said. After the show, Little offered to buy Black a drink but was rebuffed. What he didn’t know was that Black was gearing up for a lengthy overseas trip. “I was thinking, ‘I do not need this right now. I’m about to go to Turkey, Greece, Israel and Palestine for nine months.

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Andrew Yeager

Many lawmakers like tax cuts and evidence of that came this week when a package of $192 million in tax cuts flew through the Alabama House. We take a look at what’s in that package, alongside other action in Montgomery this week, with Todd Stacey, host of Capital Journal and Alabama Public Television. The following conversation has been edited for clarity. This is a $192 million package of tax cuts. Where are these tax cuts coming from?