Baillee Majors
Morning Edition Host, Reporter and Internship DirectorBaillee Majors is the Local Bureau News Chief, internship director and host for Morning Edition at Alabama Public Radio. Baillee joined the newsroom in December 2019. Before that, she spent seven years working in morning television news in Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee. Her passion for news began after a trip to the CNN newsroom in Atlanta at the age of 18. She’s a born and raised Alabamian and graduated from Troy University where she majored in Communications and Fine Arts. When she’s not listening to public radio herself, Baillee enjoys reading, baking, collecting ceramic mushrooms and playing the ukulele.
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Alabama voters are heading to the polls for the state's 2nd Congressional District runoff elections happening Tuesday, April 16, for both the Democratic and Republican parties.
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As part of an ongoing effort to combat hunger, the City of Auburn's Dean Road Ceramics Studio and the City of Opelika's Denson Drive Recreation Center will host the 11th annual Opelika-Auburn Empty Bowls Spring of 2024. The event is set for Saturday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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The public is invited to cast into summer with the 30th annual Fishing Rodeo set for May at the Auburn Parks and Recreation at the lake at Auburn Technology Park South. Anyone outside of Auburn can begin registering on Monday, April 15.
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Some Alabama households will be facing food insecurity in the coming months, as the state decided not to take part in a 2024 summer electronic benefit transfer (EBT) program. The nonprofit Alabama Arise is looking to make change ahead of next summer.
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Findings from the latest Alabama Kids Count Data Book are being released. The data measures how children are faring in the state and highlights several areas that policy and lawmakers need to prioritize to improve Alabama’s child well-being.
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More than two dozen organizations in Alabama are joining together to launch a new coalition aimed at modernizing Alabama’s school funding policies. The Every Child Alabama Coalition includes individuals and organizations representing several communities and viewpoints.
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The 2024 Auburn Rodeo is taking place at Sistrunk Farms on Saturday, April 20. Parker McCollum, Flatland Cavalry, Alexandra Kay and Tristan Baugh are set to take the stage.
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The rock band Earthbound is set to hold its annual outdoor concert, Earthbound’s Earthfest, at Avondale Brewery in Birmingham on April 20. The event will benefit the Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit clean water advocacy organization protecting Alabama’s Black Warrior River watershed.
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The University of Alabama is gearing up the 2024 Golden Flake A-Day Spring Football Game, set to be played on Saturday, April 13. The annual A-Day Game is the 15th practice and final practice game for the Crimson Tide and takes place at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. CT., with ESPN will televising the game.
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Comic book fans, cosplayers and fandoms of all sorts are meeting up in downtown Huntsville this weekend. The Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo is once again back in the Rocket City and is taking place at the Von Braun Center from Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14.