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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 […]
What: Facebook Live Panel Discussion on Certificate of Need with Dr. Marcelo Hochman When: Wednesday, July 8, 2020, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. EST Where: Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina’s Facebook Page To weather the COVID-19 crisis, we need to ensure that South Carolina health care providers are free of barriers that keep them from delivering medical care to patients in need. So, why does our state […]
The coronavirus pandemic presented challenges to state legislatures across the country, and Virginia’s was no exception. After adjourning on March 12, lawmakers reconvened in a special session to tackle several measures that were suspended in the wake of COVID-19. Despite these difficulties, several laws were enacted that will remove barriers for Virginians and empower them to build lives marked by opportunity. Among […]
Americans for Prosperity-Missouri State Director Jeremy Cady, American Conservative Union General Counsel David Safavian, American Conservative Union Policy Analyst, Alyse Ullery| The Missouri Times Missouri has the seventh-highest incarceration rate in the country – 56 percent higher than Kansas and 64 percent higher than Illinois. If incarceration rates were effective in lowering violent crime, Missouri would be […]
The Iowa legislature recently completed a unique and challenging 2020 session. Despite a lengthy suspension due to coronavirus, there were some important policy advances that will help people in our state get ahead and build better lives. Among the positive moves by Iowa’s elected officials this year: Occupational Licensing: Last week Governor Kim Reynolds signed a measure to require Iowa licensing boards to […]
