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The Promise of Charter Schools
Michael Ciamarra - December 18, 2009
Alabama has a tremendous opportunity to quickly improve the quality of education outcomes in the state. If we want to answer the questions, “What does Alabama have to do to succeed in the next five to ten years?’ and “What do we want our education outcomes to look like in five to ten years?”...
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A State Response to ‘ClimateGate’
Michael Ciamarra - December 2, 2009
Senator Mitchell, I want to thank you and members of the EPSN (Ensuring a Productive Session Now) Committee for the invitation and opportunity to testify today on what I consider a non-controversial yet very important public transparency bill we call the Verifiable Science Act. The bill specifically pertains to energy and environmental policies formulated or enacted by the State of Alabama...
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Better save up, because health care is about to get more expensive
Michael Ciamarra - November 24, 2009
As the U.S. House of Representatives leadership muscled through its complex, bureaucratic overhaul of 17 percent of our economy, neither Alabama nor other states have been waiting on the final outcome in the U.S. Senate...
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Senate Health Care Bill Summary
Michael Ciamarra - November 19, 2009
As the Senate prepares for debate on Sen. Harry Reid’s “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (HR 3590), which has been dubbed by some pundits as Obamacare 2.0...
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API supporting Constitutional Amendment that secures patients’ rights and stops individual mandate
Michael Ciamarra - November 9, 2009
The Alabama Policy Institute commends Alabama State Rep. Mac Gipson, R-Prattville, and State Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, for their prefiling and introduction of a constitutional amendment to protect the right of individuals to make their own health care choices...
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Resolutions in Special Session
Michael Ciamarra - August 12, 2009
The Alabama State Legislature has been convened in special session by Gov. Bob Riley...I am pleased to share with you three resolutions that Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R-Pelham, and Alabama’s American Legislative Exchange Council’s state chair introduced for us in the Special Session.
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API New Media Presents
API New Media - August 10, 2009
The Alabama Policy Institute is pleased to release our New Media presentation of “Cap-and Trade"
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Health Care Reform Update
Michael Ciamarra - July 16, 2009
NEWS ALERT - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that he hopes to put health care reform legislation on the Senate floor the week after next and to pass it before the four-week August recess.
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Health Care Reform Update
Michael Ciamarra - July 15, 2009
I thought you might be interested in results from a Zogby poll regarding Americans on Health Care Reform that was released today.
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Health Care Reform Update
Michael Ciamarra - July 13, 2009
As the health care debate changes almost hourly, I want to recommend two columns from The Washington Post.
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