Tag: API
Brooke Bacak: Pro-life voters should look beyond the ballot box
Voters in Alabama have great concern for the unborn. After Tuesday’s special election, many feel anguish over the loss of a reliably pro-life Senate...
Personnel note: Alabama Policy Institute announces staff additions, changes
On Tuesday, the Alabama Policy Institute announced several new hires and changes in staff positions as they prepare to move into the 2018 legislative...
Alabama Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage ban
Suits filed in Alabama opposing an earlier U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which called same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional, were struck down Friday by the Alabama Supreme Court.
The...
Email insights: Defined benefit plans explained
The Alabama Policy Institute (API) sent out an email Thursday endeavoring to explain the complicated world of public pensions with a helpful infographic.
Considering the fact...
Katherine Robertson: Legislative session postmortem: three themes
It's only been a few days since Governor Bentley signed the General Fund budget for fiscal year 2016 into law. We don't yet know...
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...
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...
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...