The Alabama Policy Institute (API) on Thursday will hold its 30th-anniversary celebration at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds.

The celebration will feature a reception at 5:30 p.m. CT followed by the program commencing at 7:00 p.m.

Rick Burgess, the popular radio co-host of “The Rick & Bubba Show,” will emcee the celebration.

The evening will also honor Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), API’s cofounder.

Gary Bauer, former president of the Family Research Council and former senior vice president of Focus on the Family, will deliver a keynote address.

Bauer served in President Ronald Reagan’s administration as undersecretary of education and chief domestic policy advisor. Additionally, Bauer ran for president himself in 2000 as a Republican, participating in five national debates. Known as a leading proponent of religious liberty in America, he most recently was appointed by President Donald Trump to serve on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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Founded in 1989, API is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to strengthening free enterprise, defending limited government and championing strong families.

Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn