Kansas, one of a handful of states alongside Alabama that still fully taxes the sale of food, recently announced a bipartisan plan to “Axe the Food Tax”. Just before Thanksgiving, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a budget into law that will make ...
This Tuesday, API's Senior Director of Fiscal Policy Justin Bogie spent some time on 106.5's the Jeff Poor Show discussing Alabama's growing budgets.
This report, entitled “Follow the Money and See Where It Goes: ALABAMA CITIZENS PAY FOR BIG GOVERNMENT,” examines the alarming rising tax revenue and spending from the state’s General Fund and Education Trust Fund budgets over the past several years. ...
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (October 20th, 2021), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) released a new report evaluating the current fiscal state and uninhibited growth of Alabama’s government. The report entitled “Follow the Money and See Where It Goes: A ...
In 2021, Alabama’s state government took more money from taxpayers than ever before. The big question is, what will state government leadership do with it? It should be used to provide tax relief to citizens and businesses, not to continue to grow go ...
Tuesday afternoon, API’s Senior Director of Fiscal Policy joined Rightside Radio host Phil Williams on WVNN 92.5/770AM to discuss what Alabama has done with federal coronavirus relief funds and some better options for spending the influx of cash. ...
On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Bishop Jim Lowe, Justin Bogie, and Parker Snider sit down to discuss the unique opportunity Alabama has now, in light of an influx of federal cash, to eliminate the state's sales tax on groceries.Listen belo ...
Last Thursday marked the 16th workday of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session. With lawmakers over halfway through the regular session, they are pausing this week for Spring Break.Thus far, the legislature’s focus has been on raising revenues and exp ...
Birmingham, Ala. – Today (March 15, 2021), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced its opposition to legislative proposals to fund pay increases in the public sector at a time when the private sector is still reeling from government action in th ...
