About Alabama

April is an appropriate month to pause and think about tax burdens. For Alabamians, the story has pluses and minuses. While our state and local

The hottest issue in the current legislative session is what to do about failing public schools. This is a critical matter for our state. Eighty-seven

In January the U.S. Department of Education released estimates of the high school graduation rate for all 50 states. These estimates, based on information reported

The Census Bureau released its annual estimates of the populations of the 50 states in December. The numbers show that Alabama continues to be a

Unless Congress and the president agree this month on an alternative solution, in January the United States government will tumble over a “fiscal cliff” that

Last spring students in grades 3–8 of Alabama’s public schools took statewide tests of reading and math skills. The results were generally better than the

While the governor and a majority of legislators have taken a “no-new-taxes” pledge, they did provide in the recent legislative session for distributing any new

On Sept. 18, Alabama voters will decide in a special election whether to approve a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature in May. It will