Recently the American Association for Retired People (AARP) sent a petition to the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) urging the PSC to reconsider their Report and Order issued regarding the Alabama Power Company rate structure. On the surface, the ...
Republicans Can Regain Trust by Defunding Obamacare
As October 1st and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare quickly approach, Republican members of Congress are faced with a tough decision over whether or not to provide funding for the new programs created by the law. ...
Press Release: JOINT STATEMENT BY AG LUTHER STRANGE AND API PRESIDENT GARY PALMER
Today, Attorney General Luther Strange and Alabama Policy Institute (API) President Gary Palmer addressed API's recent receipt of a letter from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) that inquired about API's relationship with the American Legislative Exchange ...
Gettysburg and the Declaration of Independence: Anniversaries offer time for reflection
This 237th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence could be slightly overshadowed by another anniversary…the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Considering the abuses of government power that have dominated the news in recent weeks, it ...
Cap-and-Trade by Other Means
The Alabama Public Service Commission recently held a public hearing concerning Alabama Power Company rates. But the hearing was really about an effort initiated by environmental groups determined to impose cap-and-trade type regulations on Alabama ...
A Tribute to Margaret Thatcher
“All beginnings are hopeful.” That’s what the principal of Somerville College, Oxford said to the students who arrived there in 1944. That statement made a lasting impression on Margaret Roberts, who would become Great Britain’s only female prime ministe ...
Why the Accountability Act Matters
In 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the doorway of Foster Auditorium to block the “schoolhouse door” in order to prevent black students from enrolling at The University of Alabama. Fifty years later, there are still people trying block “scho ...
Medicaid That Makes Sense
While Governor Robert Bentley continues to stand firm against the expansion of Medicaid, the proponents of an expansion continue to insist that Alabama grow a program which has proven unmanageable and unaffordable for the state. Gov. Bentley joined 19 ot ...
The Ranking that Matters
As the 2013 Legislative Session gets under way, Alabama Republican legislators will be dealing with a lot of facts and figures as they try to pass sensible budgets, eliminate wasteful and inefficient spending, and pay back the money being taken from the A ...
Don’t Look to Washington, Look to the States
In the immediate aftermath of the 2012 elections, many people concluded that the conservative movement was all but lost. But who would have thought that only five weeks after the election, conservatives would be celebrating a landmark victory? Following t ...