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 ...
The Costs of Occupational Licensing in Alabama
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 ...
How Alabama’s Certificate-of-Need Laws Increase Costs and Reduce Access to Healthcare
API’s mission is to improve the lives of Alabamians through public policy that honors the principles of free markets, limited government, and strong families.API believes state government should be built upon a framework that adheres to common principles ...
2023 Medicaid Expansion Report
Medicaid expansion has been a hot topic in the state recently as the 2023 regular session of the legislature looms. As I'm sure you're aware, the state has twice expanded coverage for new mothers from 60 days to 12 months. Some see the expansion of Medica ...
Follow the Money and See Where It Goes: Alabama Citizens Pay for Big Government
Read the report 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 ov ...
Alabama’s Use of CARES Act Funds: Grow Government or Help All Alabamians?
On January 20, 2020, the first case of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was diagnosed by officials in Washington State and the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). In the coming weeks the United States saw a sharp rise in confirmed coronav ...
How Businesses Can Dual Benefit From Donating to a Scholarship Granting Organization
The AAA enables students in Alabama’s worst-performing schools to receive a scholarship to cover the costs of attending a better school. Those scholarships are funded by private donations from individuals and corporations to Scholarship Granting Organiz ...
The November 2020 Constitutional Amendments
In this edition of the Goat Hill Intelligencer, we detail each constitutional amendment that will be on the statewide ballot on Tuesday, November 3rd. Through the explanations and information provided in this guide, the people of Alabama will be able to c ...
Coronavirus Restrictions by State: October 2020
Southeastern states responded to the novel coronavirus in remarkably similar ways at the beginning of the pandemic. Shutdowns and stay-at-home orders were the norm. In recent months, however, some states have reopened more than others. For example, Tenne ...
The 2020 Census and Alabama (September 2020)
While Alabama’s major metropolitan areas continue to experience healthy growth, the state’s population is increasing at a rate that is less than half that of the U.S. as a whole. This poses a problem because the results of the 2020 Census will be used to ...