Southeastern states responded to the novel coronavirus in remarkably similar ways at the beginning of the pandemic. Shutdowns and stay-at-home orders were the norm. In recent months, however, some states have reopened more than others. For example, Mi ...
No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in The room where it happens This description of 1790s American politics in the well-known musical Hamilton&n ...
“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 ...
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 ...
On this episode of the 1819 News Recap Podcast, Justin and Parker discuss: -Tuscaloosa's shuttering of bars and bar service -Governor Ivey's extended Safer at Home order -CARES Act spending -Census response rates in Alabama -Our impressions of the Re ...
As API enters the eighteenth-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 ...
API's Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider appeared twice this week on Mobile's Archangel Radio. On Monday, Snider discussed API's good news publication Anchored in Alabama. To listen, click here. On Thursday, Snider discussed Governor Ivey's "Mask ...
Birmingham, Ala. - Today the Alabama Policy Institute (API) released “The Supreme Court in Review: 2019-2020 Term.” The report details the most important cases decided by the Supreme Court during its most recent term and is to serve as a resourc ...
API director of policy analysis Parker Snider recently appeared on Mobile Radio to discuss the Supreme Court's recent redefinition of "sex" to include gender identity and sexual orientation through its ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. You ca ...
Uncertainty can be crippling. In many, it turns an energetic “can-do” spirit into a cautious “wait and see” mentality. In 2011, more than half of small businesses surveyed by the US Chamber of Commerce said they were holding off on hiring new employees l ...
