Pat Duggins
News DirectorPat Duggins is APR’s news director. As a kid, he watched the Apollo manned moon launches along Florida’s space coast. Pat later spent 14 years covering NASA for NPR. After re-organizing the APR newsroom, he and the team were honored with over 150 awards for excellence in journalism. That includes APR being the first radio newsroom to receive RFK Human Rights’ “Seigenthaler Prize for Courage in Journalism.” Pat holds a master’s degree from the University of Alabama and has published two books on NASA. When he’s not at APR, he enjoys cooking with Lucia, and tending his beloved fig tree.
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The Alabama Senate voted thirty one to zero to cut the State’s sales tax on groceries from 4% down to 2%. The measure now goes to Governor Kay Ivey after the Alabama House agreed to a change by the Senate. -
Water transport is a cost-efficient way of moving goods and people — but it emits lots of greenhouse gases. The shipping industry produces nearly 3% of the emissions warming the planet. Government and industry leaders hope "green shipping corridors" can bring improvements.
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Alabama’s Republican Party isn’t concerned about the technical issues that during Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign announcement. The Republican lawmaker went on Twitter to say he’s running for President. DeSantis’ presentation included microphone feedback and outages that lasted about twenty minutes.
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President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown's confirmation, however, could be delayed. Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville
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Before Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself in to a hospital for clinical depression in February, he used to walk the halls of the Senate stone-faced and dressed in formal suits. These days, he's back to wearing the hoodies and gym shorts The Associated Press also wrote about Fetterman’s collegial relationship with other members of the upper chamber, perhaps mostly notably with Republican Junior Senator Katie Britt of Alabama.
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The Alabama Public Radio news team has spent the last few months looking into why educated and skilled workers are leaving the Gulf coast. Our series is titled “Should I stay, or should I go?” APR has spoken to people who want to leave Alabama and why.
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The U.S. Space Program today is marking fifty years since the launch of Skylab, NASA’s first attempt at a space station in low Earth orbit. Alabama played a key role in its development.
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The Detroit Lions traded up in the second round to take Alabama safety Brian Branch with the forty fifth pick in the NFL draft.
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It's Day 2 of the NFL draft and fans of the Crimson Tide are wondering where safety Brian Branch will wind up?
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The Carolina Panthers believe they've finally found their franchise quarterback and he played for Alabama.
