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Of the rights enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, perhaps none is as widely recognized by Americans as freedom of speech. A recent Freedom Forum survey found that 64 percent name it as one of the five rights listed in the First Amendment — a far higher percentage than can identify the others. But restraints on freedom […]
In the months since coronavirus became widespread in the United States, many American families have come to appreciate the importance of quality health care in a way they hadn’t before. Facing exposure to a disease that we’re still learning about, people understand the importance of having ready access to testing and treatment when they need it. Unfortunately, […]
Lessons from the Pandemic is a new video series that shows how specific government regulations and red tape initially hampered our response to COVID-19, but that once these regulations were eased or eliminated the situation improved. But these changes are only temporary—we’re working to make them permanent and need your help! What can you do? […]
Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee State Director Tori Venable, State Rep. Michael G. Curcio | Tennessean We all agree that selling drugs to kids or near kids is a terrible act and should be punished harshly. However, Tennessee’s well-intentioned Drug-Free Zone law has ruined lives without doing a thing to keep drugs out of the hands of children. It […]
Technology is a powerful tool that allows people to easily organize around important issues and can often balance the scales of justice. As we’ve seen over the last month, technology is playing a crucial role in social justice movements, improving police accountability, and public safety. A new poll released by Americans for Prosperity and YouGov shows just […]
Today, Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Van Buren v. United States. The brief asks the Court to interpret a federal anti-computer-hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), in a commonsense way that avoids criminalizing the day-to-day actions of millions […]
The Tennessee Legislature finished up session late this year, but thanks to the help of our volunteers and amazing staff so much was accomplished that will help all Tennesseans rise as we build our economy and communities back up. Here are the three biggest wins from legislative session that are going to create more opportunity […]
Should you be forced to join and contribute financially to an organization whose fundamental principles you don’t agree with? That’s what Mark Janus had to do as a condition of keeping his job. As an Illinois state employee, he was required to pay fees to a government union, even though he didn’t agree with many […]
The country’s push toward health care reform, designed to make countless Americans better off, is continuing apace. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a new rule this week that would make permanent some of the agency’s previous reforms to the practice of telemedicine. Specifically, the rule change would allow home health agencies to continue using remote patient monitoring, phone calls, two-way audio-video, and […]
