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Are Alabama’s state revenue streams too ‘wild’ to enact permanent tax cuts?

February 10, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

The question of what to do with Alabama’s $3 billion revenue surplus continues as the 2023 Alabama legislature regular session approaches.Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, discussed the prospe ...

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Tax cuts would benefit Alabama more than a one-time rebate

February 7, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

Tax cuts would benefit the state more than one-time rebate checks, Mississippi Center for Public Policy President and CEO Douglas Carswell recently explained. This call for permanent tax cuts rather than rebates comes despite the Mississippi legislature’s ...

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Why the 2022 World Games didn’t deliver the promised economic benefits

February 7, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

Optimism abounded when Birmingham won its bid to host the 2022 World Games. The games were supposed to attract scores of foreign visitors to the Birmingham-Jefferson County area and introduce them to Alabama, bringing substantial and long-lasting economic ...

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Too many lawmakers would rather spend money on government than return it to the people

February 7, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

On last week’s episode of Alabama Public Television’s Capitol Journal, Gov. Kay Ivey (R) and Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) spoke about enacting a tax relief package in the 2023 legislative session. Both lawmakers endorsed a one-tim ...

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Medicaid expansion debate goes beyond bringing in federal dollars

February 7, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) is joining the push for Medicaid expansion in our state. RSA’s monthly member publication, The Advisor, recently argued in favor of expansion, posing the question, “Do we care about all Alabamians?”The answer is lik ...

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How will Alabama lawmakers spend the remaining $1 billion in ARPA funds?

February 7, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law nearly two years ago. Alabama’s state government directly received $2.1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding under the act, the first half allocated during a January 2022 special legislative se ...

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Tax cuts would benefit Alabama more than a one-time rebate

January 20, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

Tax cuts would benefit the state more than one-time rebate checks, Mississippi Center for Public Policy President and CEO Douglas Carswell recently explained. This call for permanent tax cuts rather than rebates comes despite the Mississippi legislature’s ...

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How Washington’s looming debt limit fight could impact you

January 18, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

The federal government expects to reach the statutory debt limit this Thursday, setting up another high-profile political showdown in Washington, the first real test for the newly elected Republican House majority.The debt limit represents the total amoun ...

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Alabama lawmakers should ‘do more’ with historic surplus

January 18, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

“We can do more.”That was the message Alabama’s newly elected Speaker of the House, Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) gave lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon. The statement came on the heels of Ledbetter lauding increased state funding for education ove ...

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Why Alabamians should pay attention to this week’s organizational session

January 18, 2023
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

State lawmakers will convene in Montgomery this week for the official start of the new legislative quadrennium — the 2023 organizational session. While the organizational session is typically a ho-hum affair, decisions about House and Senate leadership an ...

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