Featured Article from Alabama Today | On Wednesday, Stephanie Smith addressed a joint meeting of the Shelby, Jefferson, and St. Clair County Young Republican Clubs. The three groups of YRs were gathered at Hoover Tactical Firearms to ...
API Announces Endorsement of Federal STUDENT Act
Birmingham, Ala. – Today (July 24, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced its endorsement of the federal Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today (STUDENTS) Act, which seeks to reform the federal charter of the country’s l ...
API Supports PRICE Act
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (April 11th, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced its support for the Parental Rights in Children’s Education (PRICE) Act introduced by Senator Larry Stutts and Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, to create a universal education ...
API Supports Bipartisan Overtime Tax Exemption Bill
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (April 3rd, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced its support for HB217, to exempt full-time hourly waged employees from paying taxes on work performed in excess of 40 hours per week. House Bill 217 is sponsored b ...
API Names Stephanie Smith President and CEO
Birmingham, AL (January 25, 2023)— Stephanie Smith has been named the Alabama Policy Institute's (API) 3rd president and CEO. She will succeed Caleb Crosby, who has informed API's Board that he plans to step down as President and CEO. Cros ...
What voters should know about constitutional items on the November ballot
Election Day 2022 is now less than three weeks away. And while the focus for many voters may be on races for governor, U.S. Senate and the Alabama Legislature, there are also 10 constitutional amendments and a vote on the revised Constitution of Alabama 2 ...
API calls on AL legislature to enact $750 million in permanent tax cuts
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (September 8th, 2022) the Alabama Policy Institute (API) calls on Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Legislature to take immediate action to enact a minimum of $750 million in permanent tax cuts for citizens. This action is part of ...
Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Here’s what you need to know.
What Happened Today the Supreme Court of the United States issued its long-awaited ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In the decision, the Court overturned two key precedents which had prohibited states from limiting abortion ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Alabama’s Abortion Ban
The following is an interview with attorney Eric Johnston, the author of Alabama’s 2019 Human Life Protection Act in which he answers the most frequently asked questions concerning Alabama’s abortion ban. 1) What does the Human Life Protection Act ban ...