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The rise of the gig economy has helped college students across the country pick up extra cash and gain valuable work experience between classes. Allison Rigterink counts herself among them. Rigterink, a senior political science major at Saginaw Valley State University, and an intern at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, picked up gig work in January 2019. She became a courier for Shipt, an app-based company that facilitates front-door delivery […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) for finalizing the rule to retain existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter. In today’s final rule, EPA is completing a robust science-based process to lock-in standards for particulate matter consistent with the Clean Air Act, the Administration’s Back-to-Basics […]
Americans for Prosperity Tennessee State Director Tori Venable | Tennessean Elected officials in Metro Nashville are desperate to avoid doing their jobs, and taxpayers are paying the price. It’s time policymakers at the local and state levels act to head off a future fiscal crisis. When the city encountered a completely predictable revenue slowdown as […]
Tallahassee, Fla. – Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) today commended Senator Manny Diaz for introducing SB 152, a red tape reduction bill that would cap the current number of legally binding rules, and require the elimination of an old regulation in order to implement a new one. AFP-FL State Director Skylar Zander issued the following statement: […]
Group urges decisive action on remainder of jail and pre-trial reforms before end of year Lansing, Mich. — Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) today applauded state Senators after their passage of seven bills related to the recommendations of the Jail & Pre-Trial Task Force. SB 1046-1051 and SB 1125 arose from recommendations introduced by the state’s bipartisan […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Americans for Prosperity West Virginia (AFP-WV) today unveiled the group’s short-term legislative agenda from their Path to Prosperity policy roadmap. The Path to Prosperity is a comprehensive policy agenda that embodies the bottom up solutions that will change the state’s status quo and help our fellow Mountaineers reach their full potential. Launched in 2018, […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) congratulated Sens. Martin (SD 13) and DiSanto (SD 15) today on their reelections to the Pennsylvania Senate upon certification of the election. AFP-PA also backed ten other candidates for the Pennsylvania House that were reelected: Representatives Kerry Benninghoff, Cris Dush, Seth Grove, Mike Jones, Dawn Keefer, Kate Klunk, […]
It’s hard to imagine a more tireless and passionate advocate for freedom and individual rights than Dr. Walter Williams, who passed away December 2, at the age of 84. He understood that all of us have the ability to transform our own lives and create tremendous value for others. In his decades of teaching at […]
Grassroots group endorsed state representative’s re-election earlier this year DURHAM, NH – Today, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) congratulated the selection of Rep. Jason Osborne as House Majority Leader. Osborne, who began his 4th term in the House, was selected as the 2019 recipient of AFP-NH’s Tom Thomson Defender of Liberty Award. Additionally, AFP-NH endorsed […]
