The recovery from the pandemic presents an opportunity for Alabama to regain momentum by investing in proven strategies for improving Read the full release.  

Expanding Medicaid coverage in Alabama could save the state almost $400 million per year over the next six years – Read the full release.  

Alabama had the nation’s second-lowest tax collections per capita in 2019. Only Tennessee had lower state and local tax revenue Read the full release.  

Despite the disruptions of the pandemic, Alabama high school graduates who entered college in 2020 were less likely to be Read the full release.  

The college-going rate for Alabama public high school graduates declined substantially in 2020, reaching a seven-year low, more than 10% Read the full release.  

PARCA BELIEVES Alabama can do better. Sound public policy is essential. It requires open, transparent and responsive government. It is Read the full release.  

By the end of FY 2021, Alabama tax collections had grown at their fastest pace in recent history, fueled by Read the full release.  

After a year and a half of Covid-clouded schooling, only about half of Alabama students, grades 3-8, scored proficient in Read the full release.  

PARCA Senior Research Analyst Dr. Don Dailey died October 9, 2021. A graduate of Birmingham’s Banks High School, Don earned Read the full release.  

Print full analysis here. When the pandemic closed schools in March 2020, Piedmont City Schools didn’t have to scramble to Read the full release.