Posts Tagged ‘Alabama’
Got Questions? – Alabama Research Desk Open
I'm going to borrow a concept from Ezra Klein of the Washington Post. Several times a week, Ezra posts to his blog, requesting questions people want researched. I feel like I possess fairly strong research skills as well and I'm interested in what folks in Alabama are curious about in the arena of public policy, but haven't had the time to [...]
New Survey Again Shows Alabama Imposes Highest Income Tax on Poor
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities offers a new survey today on state tax policies toward the poor. Once again, Alabama has the distinction of being by far the most penalizing to its poor of any state. Now, remember that this survey was looking only at state income tax. It does not include the burdenous sales tax, with the sales tax [...]
New Report Shows Alabama’s Economic Performance in Middle of the Pack
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative association of legislators and private sector partners (which has close association with the Alabama Policy Institute) recently came out with a report card on the states with regards to their "economic competitiveness". The policy goals of ALEC and my own policy goals are rarely in [...]
Alabama’s Healthiest Counties
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today released new county-by-county health ratings for most counties across the country. The rankings for Alabama aren't surprising, but the variety of factors considered helps us understand the differences among counties within Alabama. RWJF offers a target value for each measure (the 90% value = only 10% [...]
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