Alabama should be building better schools, not better prisons. It’s as simple as that. And the truth is if we had done that from the beginning...
The word “sacrifice” gets used a lot, but it can be difficult to truly appreciate the full meaning of that word. For one group of people,...
In the military we have a saying: A platoon is only as strong as its weakest soldier. That concept applies to a lot of things in...
This week, our nation celebrates its 243rd birthday. Most of us will spend the day celebrating with family and friends, barbecuing and watching fireworks. But between...
One of the positive things to come out of the 2019 Legislative Session is a piece of legislation that has finally brought pay equality to Alabama....
Sometimes I feel like a broken record, but here we are once again. Another year, another budget, and another failure to provide our retirees with a...
Unintended consequences are a common problem when it comes to making laws and government policy. A good example of this is the changes lawmakers made in...
One of the problems exposed during the gas tax debate was the fact that $63 million a year gets diverted out of the Alabama Department of...
Earlier this month, the governor announced her plan to spend almost a billion dollars of taxpayer money to build three new prisons for men (there will...
In a recent editorial, the Alabama Policy Institute attempted to label four of the arguments against “school choice” as myths. I guess that’s what you have...