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The Hein Family Story: A Kansas Dream Denied Meet Norman and Leatha Hein. For 30 years, the Heins built a successful lawn care business from their rural Kansas home – creating jobs, serving their neighbors, and, most importantly, minding their own business. But as their business expanded, they ran headlong into a wall of local […]
Affordable, reliable energy is the engine of American prosperity. It powers our homes, drives economic growth, and fuels innovation. But in the recent past, misguided policies have driven up costs and limited access to the energy everyone depends on. Building a stronger economy and expanding opportunity begins with an all-of-the-above energy strategy that unleashes innovation, […]
The high cost of regulations was taking its toll in the Bluegrass State. And there’s little wonder why. The Kentucky Administrative Regulations boasts 122,000+ restrictions and comes in at over 6.5 million words. According to Heather LeMire, Americans for Prosperity’s Kentucky state director, “Burdensome government regulations … make life harder for everyday Kentuckians. … [The] […]
National security should not come at the expense of personal liberties. Unfortunately, a program meant to protect us from terrorist attacks has become a backdoor mechanism used by the government to snoop on U.S. citizens. Americans for Prosperity’s James Czerniawski, senior policy analyst for technology and innovation, recently testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on […]
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case that could expand educational freedom to millions of Americans. Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments for Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. And Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, was there to defend educational freedom across the country. John Tidwell, state […]
In Texas, everything is bigger. The trucks, the highways, the steaks — and soon, educational freedom. That’s because last week, the Texas legislature passed the largest education savings account bill in the country, becoming the 19th state to pass significant educational freedom legislation. Now, tens of thousands of families will finally be free to choose […]
To understand the urgent need for the Department of Government Efficiency, we need only turn back the clock four years. In 2021, the Biden administration issued 3,257 regulations with the force and effect of law. During that same year, Congress, the body in charge of actually writing laws, passed only 81. As a result, the […]
Rising energy costs are hitting American families and businesses hard. Higher utility bills, pricier commutes — energy costs are making everything more expensive. And one big issue is making everything worse: an outdated, inefficient, and overly complicated federal permitting process. For energy companies, it often takes longer to navigate the bureaucratic hoops than to actually […]
The Department of Government Efficiency is making fiscal responsibility cool. With some polls showing that 72% of Americans support its mission, there is an excellent opportunity to advance the principles of limited government and careful stewardship of taxpayer dollars. But this energy shouldn’t be limited only to the federal government. There’s plenty of waste, fraud, […]
