While Alabama’s major metropolitan areas continue to experience healthy growth, the state’s population is increasing at a rate that is less than half that of the U.S. as a whole. This poses a problem because the results of the 2020 Census will be used to ...
9/11/2020 News Recap
In this week's news recap podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss: -CARES Act funds being used to pay for Alabama's unemployment costs -The 19th Anniversary of 9/11 -Senator Ben Sasse's plan to Make the Senate Great Again -Disney's filming of Mulan ...
The Party Platforms Changed My Mind. They Might Change Yours, Too.
“If you never change your mind, why have one?” A few weeks ago, I was dead set on how I would vote in the presidential election in November. More accurately, perhaps, I was dead set on how I would not vote. Today, I’m not so sure. Some might ...
2020 Election: Comparing the Democratic and Republican Platforms
To help voters this election year, the Alabama Policy Institute has put together a side-by-side comparison of the party platforms on issues ranging from abortion to gay marriage, taxes to immigration, gun control to the environment. We’ve organized it and ...
9/4/2020 News Recap: Saban Marches, Burkette Resigns, and a “Setup” Speaker Pelosi
The hosts are all here for another edition of the 1819 Weekly News Recap! On this week's episode, we discuss: -The City of Tuscaloosa's potential aid to shuttered bars -Nick Saban and the Tide's social justice march -Senator Burkette's resignation and the ...
API Earns National Award
As part of the State Policy Network’s (SPN) annual meeting, the nationwide organization made up of state focused education and research institutes (also known as think tanks), announced that Alabama Policy Institute (API) had been awarded the “Bob William ...
Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope – Week 19
As API enters the nineteenth-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 today's challeng ...