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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 […]
U.S. Senator Rick Scott and Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips | Tampa Bay Times The COVID-19 pandemic has presented Americans with a vivid lesson in the costs of regulation. As the crisis escalated in March and April, hand sanitizer disappeared from store shelves. Many distillers were eager to pitch in and shift their facilities […]
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 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 […]
In recognition of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME June 27, 2018 ruling, Americans for Prosperity wishes all public sector workers, including the now retired Mark Janus, a Happy #Janusversary. The Court’s decision reaffirmed the free speech rights of all government workers to freely decide whether to financially support government unions as part of […]
On Wednesday, Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (“AFPF”), filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Indian River County’s cert petition in Indian River County v. Department of Transportation, asking the Court to reconsider “Skidmore deference”, an analytical practice in which a federal court defers to an […]
Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, filed an amicus brief May 22 supporting the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ lawsuit against California Assembly Bill 5. The law, which took effect January 1, requires companies or organizations that engage independent contractors to reclassify them as employees under certain conditions, while arbitrarily carving out exceptions […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity commended the Trump administration for issuing the Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery Executive Order, which would seek additional regulations to be waived to promote job creation and growth, call on federal agencies to permanently rescind rules waived in the wake of COVID-19, and outline a regulatory bill of rights. […]
Arlington, Va. – Arlington, Va. – A coalition of 24 organizations including Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued a letter to President Trump urging him to revise the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the remainder of 2020 to help address the effects COVID-19 has had on fuel demand and the economy as a whole. The letter urges […]
