Tag: Alabama Policy Institute
Alabama Senate committee votes to ban sales of fetal body parts
Today, legislation that would make the sale of fetal body parts for profit a Class B felony passed out of a Senate committee by...
Alabama reactions to Supreme Court declaring same-sex marriage a right
Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in a 5-4 ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry in the United States.
The AP reports,...
Legislator pay and why the case against Speaker Mike Hubbard proves...
Legislator pay is a topic of conversation that seems to happen at four predicable times: during elections, in times of budget crisis, in times...
Marshall Yates: Will Obama use IRS to silence religious groups on...
Weddings are typically not a time for politics, but because the U.S. Supreme Court is now considering altering the definition of marriage, a ceremony...
No vote on gambling proposal from Senate panel
The Senate committee on tourism declined to vote Tuesday on legislation to authorize a state lottery and legalize casino-style gaming in Alabama.
Last week, Sen. Del...
Panelists debate gaming legislation in Mobile
Mobile news station WJTC/UTV 44 held the state’s first public forum on the issue of increased gaming since Sen. Del Marsh introduced legislation Tuesday. Marsh's...
Katherine G. Robertson, Caleb Crosby: Gaming a bad idea for Alabama
We have known for months that a deal was in the works to expand gambling operations in Alabama either through a lottery, a tribal...
Luther Strange, Katherine G. Robertson call federal energy plan “overreach”
In the torrent of overreaching directives coming from Washington to the states, Alabamians may not be aware of the ongoing effort by the Environmental...
Lawmakers announce flat income tax proposal
With the frustration of doing taxes still fresh on the minds of the American people, two Alabama state lawmakers have unveiled a plan that...
Alabama should reject Medicaid expansion
In 2013, Arkansas's then-Gov. Mike Beebe, Democrat, pushed a non-traditional Medicaid expansion program that gives low-income individuals subsidies to use toward private coverage, rather...
