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 ...
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 ...
API’s Stephanie Smith concerned legalized gambling could be similar to ‘marijuana mess’
Alabama Policy Institute (API) President Stephanie Smith said that gambling will be one of the two biggest issues confronting the Alabama Legislature in 2024. She suggested that a forthcoming gambling commission set up by the state could create ...
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-1 ...
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 di ...
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 ta ...
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 fou ...
API President/CEO Pens Op-Ed on Educational Freedom
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 ...