Why trading higher energy costs for no environmental benefit is a bad deal
Jun 23, 2021

“A cleaner environment, which we all want, and affordable, reliable energy, which we all need, are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they are mutually reinforcing.” Chris Hudson, vice president of government affairs at Americans for Prosperity, brings home that point in a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner that calls on Congress to reject […]

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Cheerleading, social media, and free speech: What the Supreme Court’s decision in Mahanoy School District v. B.L. means for students’ First Amendment rights
Jun 23, 2021

One of the biggest student free speech cases in the last half century started with a high school cheerleader and a profanity-laced Snapchat. The implications of that terse, ephemeral message extend well beyond the original hundred-plus friends with whom the freshman student shared her post. In a decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 […]

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How H.B. 2900, Arizona’s tax reform bill, will make all taxpayers better off
Jun 23, 2021

Arizona is recovering quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic. More Arizonans are getting vaccinated each day, businesses are rebounding, and more people are finding work. As a result,  tax revenues are expected to grow over the next year, culminating in a budget surplus of nearly $4 billion in fiscal year 2022. That’s great news for Arizona […]

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Americans for Prosperity Applauds Bipartisan Certificate-of-Need Transparency Effort
Jun 22, 2021

Grassroots group says bill package will shine light on healthcare bureaucracy  Lansing, MI — Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) applauded four bills introduced today in the Michigan House that will help policymakers understand how the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) commission impacts access, cost, and quality of health care in the state. Sponsored by Representatives Bronna Kahle (R-Adrian), David LaGrand (D-Grand Rapids), […]

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Protecting protest rights means condemning violence
How S.1. undermines free speech
Jun 22, 2021

Today the Senate will vote on S. 2093, the “For The People Act” (formerly S.1). The legislation’s backers pitch it as protecting voting rights, but it undermines free speech. Were it already law, S.2093 would have stifled the robust debate that’s happening right now about the bill itself. Nearly a third of it isn’t about […]

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AFP-SC Urges Governor McMaster to Veto Earmarks, Rein in Fiscal Mismanagement
Jun 22, 2021

COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today urged Governor McMaster to veto $155 million in earmarks included in the state budget. According to the Post and Courier, the $155 million includes funding for nearly 230 pet projects from state legislators. A new Senate rule passed this year enables the public to see what […]

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AFP Key Vote Alert: Vote “NO” on S.J.Res.15
Jun 22, 2021

Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “NO” on S.J. Res.15, a resolution of disapproval for the Office of the Comptroller’s (OCC) October 2020 “True Lender” rule under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Overturning this rule will ultimately harm small businesses and […]

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AFP, coalition partners work to ensure teacher ‘power of choice,’ affirmative consent in Indiana
Jun 22, 2021

Mackinac Center Senior Fellow Vincent Vernuccio was about to go on national television when the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME came down. He quickly texted a group of labor experts, including Austen Bannan, Americans for Prosperity’s senior employment policy analyst. “Does this mean what I think it means?” Vernuccio asked. In the […]

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Key Vote Alert: Vote “NO” on S. 2093
Jun 21, 2021

Dear Senators: On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “NO” on S. 2093, the so-called For the People Act of 2021. There are ways to protect voting rights, defend free speech, and strengthen our democracy. But this bill isn’t it. Nearly a third of it threatens […]

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