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Concord, NH—Today, Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire (AFP-NH) issued glowing praise for the state’s legislature in standing firm to protect recent educational reforms that have given Granite State students greater educational options and individualized pathways for success. The legislature rejected measures that would repeal or weaken the state’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program. Similar attempts […]
What is the lawsuit? Ohio offers a number of scholarships which benefit kids on the autism spectrum, kids with special needs, kids living in underperforming school districts, and kids living in poverty. The scholarships take a small portion of per-pupil state funds that normally follow kids to their public school district, and instead follow kids […]
Government price controls mean a future with as many as 342 fewer new cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other leading diseases
This article was authored by Kel McClanahan of National Security Counselors for Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Sunshine Week 2022 essay series on reforming FOIA. Scene: A courtroom. There are four people seated, two each at two tables. Then a voice rings out: “All rise!” They all stand. Five men and three women file into the room and […]
Today, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to roll back due process protections for Granite Staters. HB 1476 would undermine the progress New Hampshire made in 2018, by passing sensible reforms to pretrial detention that required judges to consider a defendant’s income and ability to pay bail on low-level offenses. HB 1476 would roll […]
This article was authored by Allan Blutstein, director of FOIA operations at America Rising Corp., for Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Sunshine Week 2022 essay series on reforming FOIA. When the Freedom of Information Act was amended in 1986 to create a three-tiered fee system, its purpose was undisputed: to recoup more FOIA processing costs from commercial […]
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today announced its endorsement of 5 additional candidates running for the Indiana State Legislature: Fred Glynn (HD-32), Scott Hawkins (HD-71), Tyler Johnson (SD-14), Spencer Deery (SD-23), and Shane Weist (HD-41.) Each candidate earned the support of AFP-IN through championing principled policy solutions to tackle the greatest challenges facing […]
This article was authored by Matt Topic of Loevy & Loevy for Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Sunshine Week 2022 essay series on reforming FOIA. According to none other than Richard Nixon, “When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, […]
This article was authored by Ginger Quintero-McCall, legal director for Demand Progress, for Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Sunshine Week 2022 essay series on reforming FOIA. I am writing this from the standpoint of having spent several years serving as a Freedom of Information Act attorney in the federal government, and also having worked closely with […]
