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 th ...
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-gamblin ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Top Ten Things the Alabama Legislature Should Accomplish in 2023
The Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature will resume Tuesday. 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 ...
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 Alab ...
The free market should drive electric vehicle sales, not the government
“I believe Alabama is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the EV industry.” Those were the words of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey delivering the opening remarks at the Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit this past week. She continued, “We need to lean ...
ESG and the collapse of the free market
Last month, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined 19 other states in a letter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, challenging BlackRock’s use of ESG as investment criteria when managing state pension funds. While many people know what ESG stands ...
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 pa ...