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Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina State Director Andrew Yates | Greenville News The U.S. Senate recently had an opportunity to debate legislation to reform policing in America. Sadly, a minority of senators blocked consideration. But while partisan games in Washington might prevent the Senate from acting, there is much our own state can do — and lawmakers in […]
The Kansas Board of Education rejected an executive order from Governor Laura Kelly’s office last week that would have delayed the opening of schools until after Labor Day in response to COVID-19. The board made the right call. Kansas doesn’t need top-down solutions that decide the fate of every school in the state, regardless of circumstance. The severity of COVID-19 varies county by […]
Senator Michelle Benson walks us through the closing moments of the second Minnesota Legislative special session, the important policing reform that broke through the logjam, and the ongoing fight over executive overreach. Then in the second half: With Congress back to work this week, host Jason Flohrs checks in with Kelly Merkel with AFP’s Government […]
CONCORD, NH – Following Governor Sununu’s veto of HB1454, which blocks the Learn Everywhere program allowing students to receive credit for completed courses that prioritize work-based learning, Americans for Prosperity Deputy Director of Grassroots Operations Sarah Scott issued the following statement: “Now more than ever, we should enable students and families to receive opportunities outside […]
Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas State Director Ryan Norris and Lessons Learned Founder Kevin Hunt | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The purpose of the criminal justice system is to protect public safety while respecting human dignity and everyone’s constitutional rights. Our state legislators have before them a slate of proposals that would go a long way toward achieving both […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity commended the Senate for prioritizing the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Senators Mitt Romney, Joe Manchin, Todd Young, Doug Jones, and Krysten Sinema, would create bicameral, bipartisan “Rescue Committees” tasked with proposing reforms that would save and improve endangered trust fund […]
Today, Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in CIC Services, LLC v. IRS. Americans for Prosperity Foundation asked the Court to reject the IRS’s use of the Anti-Injunction Act to shield its unlawful regulations from judicial review by requiring regulated parties to literally […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Regulations Policy Fellow Clint Woods issued the following statement in response to a business meeting by the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in which several pieces of legislation related to COVID-19 and smart regulatory reform were passed: “We commend Chairman Ron Johnson and members of the […]
Arlington, VA – Members of the House Ways and Means Committee released a discussion draft this week outlining a plan to further promote telehealth options for Americans. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) endorsed the proposal as an important step in removing the barriers that stand between Medicare patients and the remote health care they need. AFP Senior Health Policy […]
