Podcast
ARLINGTON, VA— Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) State Director Genevieve Collins joined the Ruthless podcast on Thursday to discuss the importance of Texas’ new school choice program – the largest of its kind in American history. Collins explained how AFP-TX’s grassroots activists built support for school choice in communities across the state to bridge the urban-rural divide over the […]
How would the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also called the PRO Act, affect independent contractors, including gig workers and freelancers, across the country? Would it help them, as supporters of the bill claim — or would it end up costing many of them their livelihoods? Thomas Bingham, a senior grassroots trainer with Grassroots […]
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is planning to have the Keystone State, without a vote from the General Assembly, join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a coalition of states that have decided to levy direct taxes on their carbon emissions through a “cap and trade” program. So, what would joining RGGI mean for Pennsylvania’s economy? In the fourth episode of Grant Us Knowledge, Grant Gulibon discusses […]
As the Pennsylvania legislative session winds down, it’s time to reflect on the busy year this has been for the commonwealth’s politics. The General Assembly debated a wide range of issues, from criminal justice to health care, regulatory reform to education. Meanwhile, all Pennsylvanians have been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. In the fifth episode of Grant Us Knowledge, Deputy State Director Grant Gulibon discusses the many issues Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania has been […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a heavy toll on Pennsylvania’s students. What’s more, the impact of this health crisis puts some students in a worse position than others. While some districts were more prepared than others to deal with the fallout of the virus, many simply didn’t have the ability to provide educational alternatives to their students. So, how do we ensure […]
153,000 regulations. That’s how many regulations are on the books in Pennsylvania. How does this plethora of regulations help – or hinder – people from achieving their potential? In the second episode of Grant Us Knowledge, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania’s new podcast covering important policy issues in the commonwealth, Deputy State Director Grant Gulibon maps out […]
What do many fare drivers, real estate agents, optometrists, and hair stylists have in common? Often, they work as independent contractors, who perform services outside the direct control of an employer. Millions of Americans work as independent contractors. Unfortunately, regulators across the country are working to make it more difficult for independent contractors to provide their services. California’s AB5 law, for example, reclassifies millions of independent […]
Public policy has incredible power to shape people’s lives. Bad public policy creates barriers that prevent people from realizing their potential, and Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania is committed to advocating solutions that empower everyone to overcome these barriers so they can contribute and succeed. To achieve that goal, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania has launched Grant Us Knowledge, a […]
National security is the most important function of our government and is the key to safeguarding American prosperity. Will Ruger, vice president of research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute and a veteran of the Afghanistan War, joins the show to discuss how the 18-year war in Afghanistan continues to cost precious lives and […]
