Yellowhammer has tried to be at the forefront of covering the ongoing efforts by wacko environmentalists to influence energy policy in the state of Alabama. Today, we have an update on two of the main cogs in the enviro machine — the Alabama Environmental Council and en...

By Cameron Smith, Alabama Policy Institute Since its passage, plenty of ink has been spilled regarding the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013 (Accountability Act). Unfortunately, precious little has been devoted to examining the peculiar ruling by Montgomery Circuit Jud...

By Cameron Smith, Alabama Policy Institute In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama stated that “[i]t is our generation’s task…to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class.” For many of us, that idea seems r...

This article is the second in a three part series by the Alabama Policy Institute focusing on energy issues in Alabama. The first article can be viewed on AL.com The stated mission of the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) is “[t]o ensure a regulatory balance betwe...

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Have a tip? Send it here. All sources remain confidential. 1. ALGOP Chairman Race Update Sourc...

By Cameron Smith, Alabama Policy Institute At the end of 2012, while Alabama families were focused on the holidays, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an opinion that undermined private property rights in Alabama and created a significant deterrent to economic investment ...

By Cameron Smith On December 14, 2012, Americans saw the darkness in Newtown, Connecticut. And for many of us it is hard to grasp, maybe impossible. How could a young man be so full of pain and rage that he would take so many young lives? Where are the answers? What can...

The Alabama Policy Institute (API) has released a new infographic in its By the Numbers series that outlines the significant impacts to the federal budget and the budgets of families across the nation should Congress not act to avoid the fiscal cliff. The one-page Fisca...

If Americans are less than confident, slightly confused and even a little angry with the political narrative they are hearing about the “fiscal cliff”, they have every reason to be. The fiscal cliff is a politically-created crisis resulting from two separate legislative...

As the automatic tax increases and spending cuts of the so-called “fiscal cliff” near the horizon, political pundits continue to argue whether the government should solve its budget woes by reducing spending, raising taxes, or some combination of the two. Ev...