Commentary
Hosts first of two bootcamps to develop engagement skills, educate on policy goals MERIDIAN, MS — Yesterday, Americans for Prosperity – Mississippi (AFP-MS) hosted the first of two bootcamps for grassroot activists. The second bootcamp is next Tuesday, September 20th. The bootcamps are focused on AFP as an organization as well as their main policy objectives of […]
A recent report ranks South Carolina as the third worst state to have a baby. The Palmetto State ranks: 40th for infant mortality rate 45th for the number of midwives and OB-GYNs per capita 28th for cost of hospital Caesarean delivery 25th for cost of hospital conventional delivery charges A key driver of the problem […]
When White House national climate advisor Gina McCarthy accidentally emailed a reporter that a key oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet was “cancelled,” officials at the Department of the Interior scrambled for an explanation amid surging gas prices and rampant inflation. They cited “lack of industry interest” to justify the cancellation, but […]
The Save Local Business Act would preserve key American engines of economic and employment growth. Here’s how. Updated July 5, 2023 As a part of AFP’s broad agenda supporting a flexible workforce and contained within the AFP endorsed Employee Rights Act, the Save Local Business Act would help ensure continued paths to success for many […]
The escalating costs of higher education have pushed tens of millions of Americans to fall deep into debt before starting their careers. This troubling situation reflects decades of government policy errors that prioritized access over value but have undermined both. We need Congress to address the root causes. And that brings us to what happened […]
On August 19, 2022, Governor Kevin Stitt strengthened the rights of Oklahoma educators with an executive order that expands the worker freedoms protected by the Supreme Court in its 2018 Janus v. AFSCME decision. Governor Stitt’s decision follows actions by the Michigan Civil Service Commission (2020) and Indiana leaders (2021) to ensure teachers and other […]
Commonplace in the market for medical services, certificate-of-need laws prohibit medical providers from practicing or expanding unless they can demonstrate not only “need” for their proposed services but also survive a bureaucratic gauntlet that can take years, cost thousands of dollars, and allow competitors — existing and potential — to challenge the application. The result […]
Randy Chamberlain is a candidate for Montana Senate District 32. He has lived in the district for more than a quarter century and his four children and 10 grandchildren also live in the Gallatin Valley. Chamberlain is a small business owner who has been self-employed since 1985. Chamberlain ran for the statehouse in 2020 too. […]
Brad Tschida has served in the state legislature since 2015, including a two-year stint as House majority leader from 2019 to 2021. Over the past seven years, Tschida has been a leader on the issues most important to Montanans, from education to health care, from regulatory reform to energy policy. He is now running to […]
