The 2023 Alabama Regular Legislative Session marked another record state budgets. The budgets are not outliers. Each year since 2017 has represented the largest enacted ETF budget in Alabama history in terms of non-inflation adjusted dollars. From 2019 t ...
The Alabama Open Meetings law has been in the news lately as it pertains to the issuance if marijuana licenses, gambling expansion, and more. But what is it? What are the benefits and limitations? Read API’s Alabama Open Meetings Act Primer below: Down ...
API reports the latest data on direct Alabama Education Association (AEA) contributions and recipients. View Report PDF
County and Local Sales Tax Chart Alabama lawmakers have consistently cited that Alabama has one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the nation. However, when county and municipal sales taxes are accounted for, the overall sales tax burden is the fourth ...
How Does Alabama’s Business Climate Compare to Other States? Throughout Alabama’s 2023 Regular Legislative Session, much of lawmakers’ time was focused on making the state more competitive in attracting new businesses. The “Game Plan” legislation took ...
The Truth About PRICE Act Funding and Costs This week, House Bill 295 by Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, the Parental Rights in Children’s Education (PRICE) Act, is scheduled to receive a public hearing in the House Education Policy Committee. As introduced, the bi ...
How Alabama Teacher Salaries Compare To Other Southeastern States During her 2023 State of the State Address, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) pledged that teacher salaries would be the highest in the Southeast by the end of her second full term. Specifi ...
Permanent Tax Relief Should be the Alabama Legislature’s Top Fiscal Priority in 2023 During the 2023 Regular Legislative Session, lawmakers will be tasked with allocating a total state revenue surplus of $3 billion. This is excess money that came dire ...
Alabama Should Embrace Educational Freedom One of the three tenets of the Alabama Policy Institute’s mission is to promote and defend families as the primary foundation to society. Therefore, School Choice initiatives that acknowledge and strengthen the ...
Alabama licenses a total of 151 occupations, covering over 432,000 Alabama workers - over 20 percent of the state’s labor force. Occupational licensing imposes substantial costs on Alabamians in terms of reduced occupational mobility, reduced entrepreneur ...
