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The Big W: American Electric Power has canceled its Wind Catcher project, which was nothing but a corporate welfare scheme. What it is: Oklahoma’s so-called Wind Catcher project would have been the largest-ever wind farm in the United States, located in the Oklahoma panhandle. The $4.5 billion project was an attempt to take advantage of expiring federal tax credits and leave taxpayers to foot a big portion of […]
This week, we sat down with Sarah Field, Americans for Prosperity’s vice president of judicial strategy, to discuss AFP’s grassroots efforts to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Field elaborated on Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications, experience and judicial philosophy and underscored the importance of seating principled jurists to the bench. Watch the full […]
On Friday American Electric Power and Public Service Company decided to pull the plug on the controversial Wind Catcher project. This victory for ratepayers and hardworking Oklahoma families is in no small part thanks to the thousands of activists who emailed the Oklahoma Corporation Commission urging commissioners to reject the proposal. The project was a boondoggle from the […]
This year, the U.S. Senate has an enormous opportunity to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a principled jurist who will defend the Constitution and the rule of law, to the Supreme Court. Americans for Prosperity’s Vice President of Judicial Strategy Sarah Field outlines Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications in her recent piece in The Hill: Judge Kavanaugh could […]
Your weekly round-up of the major wins making headlines thanks to AFP’s grassroots activists across the country (July 23-July 27). The Big W: Roosevelt and Lea counties become sixth and seventh New Mexico counties to pass a right-to-work ordinance. What it is: Right-to-work legislation gives workers the freedom to opt out of union dues. Why it’s important: At most unionized workplaces […]
Arlington, VA – Lawmakers in Washington and across the country promise Medicaid expansion will deliver health care to America’s most vulnerable populations. With ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid in states like Nebraska and Utah, people should take note of the consequences it has on the people Medicaid was intended to help. Under the Affordable Care […]
Last month, the US Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME that public sector collective bargaining amounts to political speech, so no public employee can be forced to fund it against their will – and that union dues cannot be deducted from their paychecks unless they have demonstrated affirmative consent for their employer to do so. This ruling affected almost every state in […]
Alison Acosta Winters | The Hill Despite fierce opposition, Congress and President Trump enacted one of the boldest tax reform packages in a generation. … For the first time in a long time, we have a healthy economy that’s firing on all cylinders. The 213,000 new jobs the United States added in June and steadily […]
Public pension funds are threatening the fiscal stability of many states and localities. Many people, including the leadership of government unions, blame underfunding and have been demanding state governments increase taxes and funnel even more money into the system. But a new study says underfunding is a symptom, not a cause. The report from Wirepoint […]
