Let’s demand our education system stop serving as a glorified public employment agency with little to no accountability and limited academic success. Let’s start putting our focus on what education is actually supposed to be all about educating ...
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 st ...
The Alabama Policy Institute this week published a new, exhaustive report detailing its position on why expanding gambling is problematic for the state and its future.
API President Stephanie Smith said her organization hopes lawmakers considering a gambling bill will see the report and understand the drawbacks. “API’s comprehensive report outlines that states that have legalized gambling experience higher rates of ...
Alabama Policy Institute releases study on legalizing gambling in Alabama: ‘Gambling is a bad bet for Alabama families’
API’s report outlines that states that have legalized gambling experience higher rates of gambling addiction, crime, corruption, addiction, and mental health disorders. With more opportunities to gamble, the negative impact of gambling increases. Th ...
Alabama Policy Institute’s Stephanie Holden Smith – Jeff Poor Show
I enjoyed talking through the merits and probability of gambling legislation passing this session with Jeff Poor today: https://audioboom.com/posts/8418310-alabama-policy-institute-s-stephanie-holden-smith-jeff-poor-show-monday-12-18-23?utm_cam ...
STUDY RELEASED ON EFFECTS OF LEGALIZED GAMBLING
Alabama Policy Institute has released findings from a study on gambling. The group says it shows states that have legalized gambling experience higher rates of gambling addiction, crime, corruption, and mental health disorders. And shows gamblin ...
Teachers Unions Spend Big on GOP State Lawmakers – Wall Street Journal
API research and analysis were used in this John Tillman opinion piece on the negative influence of teacher unions on school choice legislation. ttps://www.wsj.com/articles/teachers-unions-spend-big-on-gop-state-lawmakers-school-choice-5e610478
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Alabamians to Start Receiving Grocery Tax Relief This Friday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Alabamians to Start Receiving Grocery Tax Relief This FridayBirmingham, Ala. (August 29, 2023) –After decades of advocacy on behalf of all citizens by the Alabama Policy Institute (API), Alabama shoppers will start to see relie ...
Featured Article – It’s Time to Get America’s Largest Teaching Union Out of Politics
Featured Article from The Daily Caller | For over 165 years, the National Education Association (NEA) has used its membership, money and power to influence state and national elections and governmental policy. Despite the recent backlash regarding t ...