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...
When I was in the Legislature, I opposed tax increases unless we had tried everything else and the money to be raised from the tax was...
You may have seen ads on TV recently talking about a bridge project in South Alabama. If you hadn’t heard of this project before those ads,...
When I was growing up, kids didn’t start learning the alphabet until they began kindergarten. Today, kids are expected to be able to write their names...
Education is the most important service our government provides, and one of the top issues impacting education is school safety. Unfortunately, it seems like every conversation...
The Legislative Session has come to an end, but legislators won’t be the ones making the most important decision our government will make this year. The...
By Rep. Craig Ford Eleven years is a long time to go without a pay raise. But for educators, state employees and retirees in Alabama, that’s...