Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday signed an executive amendment that would delay portions of the Accountability Act, the session’s biggest victory for Republicans, from taking effect. The Governor’s executive amendment would immediately put into effect th...

The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that the Plan B morning-after pill will now be available over the counter to any woman over the age of 15. They also said it no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters, but instead will be available alongside oth...

Common Core Standards are an attempt to put the same education content in classrooms all across America. Stop at that sentence and do not take the argument any further, and there is already plenty of reason Alabama should reject them. Do I think Common Core Standards ar...

“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. Alabama Democrats dividing an ev...

By Gary Palmer, Alabama Policy Institute In 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the doorway of Foster Auditorium to block the “schoolhouse door” in order to prevent black students from enrolling at The University of Alabama. Fifty years later, there are still...

The above AEA ad is set to start running this morning on radio stations around the state, and it appears their disdain for Republicans is starting to cloud their judgement. Attacking a Governor with approval ratings ranging from the mid-70s to low 80s is not the way to ...

After over a week of confusion, lawsuits, court rulings and general chaos, Governor Bentley on Thursday morning signed into law the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. Speculation that Bentley would send the bill back across the street with executive amendments was quic...

The Alabama Education Association spent the weekend deploying their usual intimidation tactics against members of the legislature who support school choice. Radio ads have been running across the state since Friday, and over the weekend the AEA took out full page ads in...

1. Even Democrats Realize AEA is Significantly Weakened “Everything Henry just said told you all you need to know about AEA now and what we know is that it’s weak. When you say things like ‘we were railroaded, we were lied to’ by everybody from t...

“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. Movement on Common Core When the...