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Lawmakers reintroduced the PRO Act late last week, this time to a Congress and president more receptive to the bill than in years prior. This bill would be a disaster for America’s workforce, which is why it should be rejected again. The PRO Act would, among other things, potentially eliminate independent contracting for millions of workers, and reclassify those workers as traditional employees under the National Labor Relations Act. Proponents claim that reclassifying independent […]
Independent contracting has given Paige Cerulli of Plainfield, Massachusetts, the opportunity to choose her own hours and contracts that suit her health needs, purchase her own home, write a novel and poetry in her free time, and make more money than she ever did as a full-time employee. Put simply, she is doing well for herself as a freelance writer. But some in Congress want to solve that “problem.” Under the PRO Act, lawmakers are attempting to classify many independent contractors as employees under […]
Nearly one month into the Legislative Session, AFP-MN State Director Jason Flohrs chatted with Senator Majority Leader Paul Gazelka about the state’s budget, Covid-19 response, the Governor’s emergency powers and tax increases, and much, much, more. As Flohrs said, “Now is the worst time to dig deeper into Minnesotans’ pockets. We look forward to working […]
Overcoming coronavirus and restoring a healthy economy is a top priority for all Americans. Millions have suffered because of the damage caused by the pandemic and the policies that came with it. Recovering stronger will require laser focus on defeating the virus itself — helped by vaccines and more effective treatments — and setting up the conditions in which […]
On Friday, Feb. 5 – a day in which the United States logged nearly 125,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 3,550 deaths – the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would wait more than three weeks to review Johnson & Johnson’s request for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine. The company submitted its […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) Today held a virtual press conference with coalition members calling on lawmakers to give families, students, and educators the educational flexibility they deserve by passing the Hope Scholarship bill, a form of Education Savings Accounts. Watch the press conference here See media coverage of the press conference […]
Parents have proved their resilience as they found and applied innovative methods for their kids to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s time for government to be as innovative as families. Writing in the Miami Herald, Americans for Prosperity-Florida State Director Skylar Zander says legislation by state Senator Manny Diaz Jr. is a good […]
As the vaccine distribution plan makes steady gains in fighting COVID-19, Americans must now find innovative solutions to help the country recover stronger from the economic pain wrought by the pandemic. Americans for Prosperity Deputy Director of Government Affairs Thomas Fletcher met with AFP President Tim Phillips, Stand Together Vice President of Economic Opportunity Akash Chougule, and policy fellow Clint Woods met Jan. 29 to discuss what some of those reforms could look like. Phillips began this […]
Americans for Prosperity-Florida State Director Skylar Zander | Miami Herald Op-Ed The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the shortcomings of one-size-fits-all education. In the midst of a worldwide crisis, we saw our education system struggle to adapt to the individual needs of individual students. If it were not clear before that we need to move beyond prioritizing […]
