As API enters our third week publishing Anchored in Alabama, our team continues to be encouraged by the stories we hear from you and from local media. It is clear that our faith communities and businesses are stepping up to this challenge. We also w ...
Having Freedom is not Irresponsible
When Georgia’s governor announced that the state would allow some non-essential businesses to reopen, everyone had an opinion. What I heard and read most often, however, was how his lifting of restrictions was, “reckless” and “irresponsible.” I see a gli ...
4/24/2020 New Recap: Reopening America Guidelines and Rama Jama’s
In this week's episode, Josh and Parker go through the Trump Administration's Reopening America guidelines, discuss the downstream effects of the CARES Act boost to unemployment compensation, and more. To listen, click here.
Accountability Act Schools Continue to Serve Students with Excellence in Coronavirus Crisis
As the coronavirus pandemic impacts the world, our news feeds are full of tragedy and sacrifice. These stories of financial hardship, sickness and death dominate the news cycle. This is not, however, the full story. Across the state, the private sec ...
Alabama Policy Institute Submits Report to the Governor’s Special Task Force on Reopening the Economy, highlights Constitutional Freedom, and the Role of the Alabama Department of Labor
Birmingham, Ala. – Today the Alabama Policy Institute (API) submitted to the Governor’s Special Task Force on Reopening the Economy a report (“Healthy Citizenry, Healthy Economy, Healthy Society”) detailing two important factors related to returning to no ...
Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope – Week Two
As API enters our second week publishing Anchored in Alabama, our team continues to be encouraged by the stories we hear from you and from local media. It is clear that our faith communities and businesses are stepping up to this challenge. We ...
4/17/2020 News Recap: Biden Endorsements, Reopening the Economy, and the Mike Hubbard Case
In this episode of the 1819 podcast, Josh and Parker give an update on the coronavirus numbers in Alabama and the reopening of the economy, discuss the effects of the CARES Act on businesses and individuals (think the $1,200 direct deposit), and analyze w ...
Alabama Policy Institute Releases “Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope” to Highlight Responses of Private Enterprise and Faith Communities to COVID-19
Birmingham, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Policy Institute released its first edition of Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope, a weekly publication that highlights the creativity, dedication, and strength, not of the government, but of private ...
Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope – Week One
Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope Anchored in Alabama serves as a news aggregate of Alabama's private enterprise and faith communities offering solutions during COVID-19 and is an effort to show that the government is not the only answer to toda ...
4/10/2020 News Recap: Holy Week, Alabama’s Stay at Home Order, Bernie Calls it Quits
This week on the 1819 Podcast, we are joined again by API's Dana Hall McCain. Join us as we discuss all the latest news, including Governor Ivey's stay at home order, Senator Sanders' exit from the race for the Democratic nomination for president, and mor ...