The Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature is upon us. Though the only statutory requirement of our state legislature is to pass balanced budgets, there will be literally hundreds of bills considered and debated as our elected leadership moves through ...
Expanding Medicaid Discourages Work
The Alabama Policy Institute (API) is continuing the fight against expanding Medicaid in the Yellowhammer State. API Director Stephanie Smith said Alabama should focus on making the private healthcare system better for people in the state instead of incen ...
API Poll: Gambling expansion not a top priority for GOP Voters
A recent poll commissioned by the Alabama Policy Institute (API) shows that the planned expansion of statewide gambling is not a primary concern for Republican voters ahead of the 2024 legislative session. https://1819news.com/news/item/poll-gambling-exp ...
API’s Thirty-Fifth Year of Conservative Leadership
This year marks 35 years of the Alabama Policy Institute (API) and we are celebrating three and a half decades of upholding conservative principles in the State of Alabama. Our leadership believes that only ideas based upon truth hold value and that upho ...
API’s Stephanie Smith – A Necessary Gambling Rebuttal
There are no legal lotteries in the State of Alabama and games of chance are prohibited by the State Constitution. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled 13 times that §65 permits only traditional paper card bingo. Any other variations of bingo or games of c ...
API releases “Educational Freedom in Alabama” Report
The Alabama Policy Institute (API) released its 2023-2024 Educational Freedom in Alabama report Tuesday to support universal school choice. The report broke down the components of a quality school choice program, which included allowing K-12 fam ...
API report reveals hurdles, hope for universal school choice in Alabama
The Alabama Policy Institute released its 2023-2024 Education Freedom in Alabama report. Part of the data compiled, according to the organization, demonstrates why implementing and attaining universal school choice within the state has proven difficu ...
Alabama is the first state in the nation to eliminate the overtime tax!
Alabama’s policy on taxing overtime pay changed Jan. 1. Starting Monday, full-time hourly workers in the state pay no state income tax on overtime pay, or pay they receive for working more than 40 hours in a week. Previously, workers paid 5% state taxes o ...
Alabama Policy Institute Releases Comprehensive Educational Freedom Report
Who knows what’s best for children – their parents or government?API believes the answer is simple and foundational: their parents. One of the three tenets of the Alabama Policy Institute’s mission is to promote and defend families as the primary foundati ...
API Report warns that gambling, state lotto legalizations comes with downsides
A new report by the Alabama Policy Institute (API) suggests that a gambling expansion would have negative repercussions.API commissioned Dr. John Hill to prepare an in-depth report on gambling and the effects of expanding legalized gambling in the state. ...