Alabama State Senator Arthur Orr is shepherding a bill through the legislature that asserts parental rights regarding the vaccination of their children: https://www.al.com/educationlab/2024/04/alabama-legislature-may-ease-religious-exemption-for ...
Priority Talk: Stephanie Smith with Alabama Policy Institute
Greg Davis of ALCAP and I discuss an update on Alabama legislative issues:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5MoHp5D8AhX1cS2sIxsY0d?si=TWXDpYK5SqybAeQiocQHKQhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/priority-talk/id1619643355?i=1000653027726
Vincent Vernuccio and Stephanie Holden Smith: How Alabama can protect its workers’ privacy
We all want fairness and integrity without coercion in the union certification process. This law would ensure employees are given ample opportunity for their independent decisions to be recognized and respected while signaling to employers and employ ...
Rightside Radio: President of API Stephanie Smith
I also got to talk to Phil Williams on his show this week about the movement on the gambling legislation. You can listen in here:https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-mdysv-15dbc1b
Priority Talk: Stephanie Smith with Alabama Policy Institute
Greg Davis of ALCAP and I discuss the current iterations of gambling legislation here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0U4H9ZYN4MTu9voTPPquxR
Jeff Poor Show – Alabama Policy Institute’s Stephanie Holden Smith
Jeff Poor and I also discussed gambling legislation recently: https://audioboom.com/posts/8482546-alabama-policy-institute-s-stephanie-holden-smith-jeff-poor-show-tuesday-4-02-24
API Releases Workforce Participation Report
The Alabama Policy Institute has released a comprehensive workforce participation report today. API has researched and enumerates a wide range of factors that influence the state's labor force participation rate. Increasing dependent care needs, auto ...
Gambling on Hold…For Now
Legislators did not consider the Senate-amended gambling legislation this week. HB 151, a constitutional amendment, and HB 152, the enabling legislation, by Rep. Chris Blackshear, R-Phenix City, would exponentially expand gambling in Alabama if passe ...
Gambling Legislation Update
Though the Senate's stated aim was to limit the number of casinos in the state, the net effect of the legislation is the legalization of seven specific casinos that have been illegally operating plus the three PCI locations for a total ...
Educational Freedom Update
A 2023 report from the Alabama Policy Institute showed that the Alabama Education Association was the largest contributor to Republican state legislative candidates in the 2022-23 election cycle, spending $1,557,500 on Republican House and Senate cam ...