Commentary
When most people hear “free speech,” topics like protest, press, and prayer come to mind. Paying membership dues? It likely doesn’t rank near the top. But it has significant First Amendment implications. To practice law, many states require lawyers to join a bar association and pay dues. These mandatory bar associations typically use member dues […]
RICHMOND, VA – Today Americans for Prosperity-Virginia issued a statement in response to Governor Youngkin’s Day One Game Plan Legislative Agenda, which features the deregulatory legislation HB 244. The bill, sponsored by Del. Michael Webert, would remove the regulatory barriers stifling businesses, entrepreneurs, and overall economic opportunity in Virginia. “Americans for Prosperity-Virginia applauds Delegate Webert […]
COLUMBA, SC — Americans for Prosperity-SC (AFP-SC) unveiled its 2022 Legislative Agenda, which includes priorities to expand access to quality, affordable health care, criminal justice reform, and expand economic opportunity. The 2022 Legislative Agenda is available here. AFP-SC State Director Candace Carroll released the following statement: “Americans for Prosperity is already engaging and seeing our priorities advance […]
Dear Lawmaker, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity in West Virginia, I urge you to support legislation repealing the ban on construction of nuclear power plants. This repeal would end the 25-year-old ban which restricts West Virginia from developing an innovative all-of-the-above energy approach. The federal government has recently taken important steps to remove and streamline […]
In a two-hour press conference on January 19, President Joe Biden said the federal government could have done more to boost U.S. COVID testing capacity. The president then tried to reassure Americans who have been standing in line for hours for tests and waiting days for results. Pointing to a federal website through which households […]
PHOENIX, AZ — Americans for Prosperity – Arizona (AFP-AZ) State Director Stephen Shadegg released the following statement after U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) came out in support of changes to the Senate filibuster: “It comes as zero surprise that Mark Kelly would go along with Schumer’s plan to blow up the filibuster to pass a partisan agenda with […]
One of the most important duties of your state legislator is spending taxpayer dollars wisely. Building a budget that serves all residents of your state is a difficult task. Tradeoffs are required and are often exacerbated when specific behaviors, products, or industries are rewarded, punished, or prohibited. Consider the following questions as your legislators engage […]
Every state budget is funded through a system of taxes and fees. It’s important for each constituent to understand how those taxes and fees affect your finances and if applicable, your business. Individuals make the best decisions for their own families, lives and livelihoods, not the government. People with similar gross incomes in different states […]
“Lawmakers should work quickly to fully repeal all state certificate-of-need laws and allow our trusted medical providers to meet the needs they see in their communities, without archaic certificate-of-need barriers in the way,” Americans for Prosperity – West Virginia State Director Jason Huffman writes in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. “Certificate-of-need laws force health care providers to […]
