At the Birmingham Museum of Art, in the back and around a corner, is a painting that few care to look at for too long. It’s small, roughly the size of a piece of printer paper. The background is a golden sunset, rolling hills, and tall lanky trees that, e ...
Points of Policy: Alabama’s Balance of Power with Scott Stantis
On this week's Points of Policy podcast, Phil Williams is joined by new API staff member Scott Stantis, who serves as the organization's Public Affairs Officer, to discuss how the pandemic has revealed Alabama's balance (or imbalance) of power between the ...
Mobile Radio: Phil Williams on the Jeff Poor Show
Tuesday morning, Phil Williams joined the Jeff Poor Show to discuss election integrity and the fact that the courts and the legal system are a part of almost every American election. To listen, click here.
Mobile Radio: Parker Snider on Archangel Radio
Monday morning, API's Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider joined Mobile's Archangel Radio to discuss the constitutional amendments that will be on each ballot in Alabama on Election Day, November 3rd, 2020. To listen to the 10-minute segment, cli ...
Huntsville Radio: Parker Snider on WVNN’s Politics and Moore
This Saturday, API’s Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider joined WVNN's Saturday morning show "Politics and Moore". In the 30-minute segment, Shannon Moore, the show's host, and Snider discuss the differences between the two party platforms in regard ...
Coronavirus Restrictions by State: October 2020
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 ...
Huntsville Radio: Parker Snider on the Party Platforms
This Saturday, API Director of Policy Analysis joined the WVNN's Politics and Moore. In the 15-minute segment, Moore and Snider discuss the differences between the Democratic and Republican party platforms. To listen, click here. The in ...
Redistricting and Alabama’s Room Where it Happens
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 ...
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 ...