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Alabama Policy Institute Releases Framework to Maximize School Choice Under New Federal Education Freedom Tax Credit

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The Alabama Policy Institute (API) has released a policy brief detailing how Alabama families and education providers can integrate the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC) with existing state school choice initiatives. Follo ...

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NEW POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATES AND OVERWHELMING VOTER FAVORABILITY FOR the CHOOSE ACT 

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A new statewide survey conducted by the Napolitan News Service on behalf of Alabama Policy Action reveals robust leads for certain candidates in major upcoming general election races, alongside overwhelming public support for univer ...

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API Celebrates BluePrint for Alabama Reforms Targeting Red Tape, Transparency, Public Safety, and Welfare Integrity Taking Effect on Oct 1st

API Celebrates BluePrint for Alabama Reforms Targeting Red Tape, Transparency, Public Safety, and Welfare Integrity Taking Effect on Oct 1st BIRMINGHAM, AL — The Alabama Policy Institute (API) today celebrates the historic implementation of a mas ...

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Alabama Policy Institute Expands Investment in the State’s Future with New Alabama Policy Leaders Program

Press Release | Alabama Policy Institute Alabama Policy Institute Expands Investment in the State's Future with New Alabama Policy Leaders Program Birmingham, AL – For nearly 40 years, the Alabama Policy Institute (API) has served as a stalwar ...

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Babylon Bee CEO brings message of courage to API’s annual dinner: ‘What better hill is there to die on than reality itself?’

Grayson Everett | September 25, 2026 | Yellowhammer News Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon told the Alabama Policy Institute’s annual dinner Thursday night that his company gave up more than 40% of its web traffic rather than delete a joke. In his words, ...

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Seth Dillon highlights free speech, censorship at Babylon Bee in API annual dinner remarks; 2026 Legislative Champions announced

Julianne Davis | 09.27.26 1819 News BIRMINGHAM — Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon delivered the keynote address, focusing on the company's pillars of free speech and faith, at the Alabama Policy Institute's (API) annual dinner on Thursday night in Bir ...

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Alabama’s Health Insurance Debate Must Include Taxpayers

Birmingham, AL – Twenty dollars a month has become a flashpoint in Alabama’s state employee health insurance debate. But the discussion should include the people paying much of the benefits bill: taxpayers. Maintaining affordable coverage fo ...

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The Alabama Policy Institute Accepts Highly Sought-After Ed-Prize Award for Opportunity Anchors Initiative

API President and CEO Stephanie Smith joins the other 2026 Ed-Prize winner and two Civics Prize winners on stage at the State Policy Network's Annual Meeting.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Josie Ellis Director of External Relations251-303-5286 Josie@alaba ...

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Technological tools should never undermine the foundational principles of a free society

Conservatives Must Reclaim the Fourth Amendment from Mass Surveillance Every day, hundreds of thousands of Alabamians drive to work, drop their children off at school, go to church, and run errands with the quiet, fundamental understanding that unless ...

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Alabama lawmakers may soon restrict or ban state’s 2,800 Flock cameras: ‘We need to rein them in’

Al.com John Sharp and Ruth Serven Smith Everywhere she goes, Faith Wheeler says she can’t escape the prying lenses of the cameras around her city - including by her driveway.  “I feel like I’m being watched,” said Wheeler, a sophomore at Gulf ...

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The Institute for Family Studies’ Family Structure Index ranks Alabama 27th among the 50 states. The index measures key indicators of family formation and stability, including the prime-age marriage rate, total fertility rate, and the percentage of teens raised in an intact

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"If state sovereignty means anything, it means Alabama cannot be forced to accept the death of unborn children and the harm it causes to mothers because someone outside our borders disagrees with our choice to protect life.” - Alabama AG Steve Marshall

Thank you for protecting

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We will never forget the horrific attacks on the Israeli people three years ago & we remember those who are responsible. Antisemitism is abhorrent and can never be tolerated.

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Today, join us as we pray for Representative Ed Oliver!

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Help us welcome Kennedy Jones to the Alabama Policy Institute team! Kennedy joins us this fall as a Social Policy Intern.

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