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Rep. Jason Osborne receives award for his commitment to breaking down barriers MANCHESTER, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today announced that Rep. Jason Osborne will receive the grassroots group’s Tom Thomson Defender of Liberty award. “Rep. Jason Osborne has evolved into a leader and a champion for the New Hampshire Advantage in Concord. […]
Arlington, VA – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing Wednesday examining legislative proposals to protect consumer privacy. The committee will assess how legislative proposals intend to provide consumers with more security, transparency, choice, and control over personal information both online and offline. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is supportive of federal digital privacy […]
A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]
Recently, state Rep. Bruce Griffey signed onto a bill that would severely limit access to education for children throughout Tennessee. What’s worse, he’s used false claims and offensive arguments to get his point across. Among other things, Griffey has insinuated parents with substance issues would abuse educational savings accounts to fund their drug habits, claimed […]
Judge Steven H. John’s ruling that South Carolina’s civil asset forfeiture law violates the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution was a victory for due process, private property rights and the protections afforded to every South Carolina citizen. But as encouraging as the ruling was, it only applies to two counties in the […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity applauds Senator John Cornyn and bipartisan co-sponsor(s) including Sen(s) Blumenthal, Coons, Crapo, Durbin, Grassley, Leahy, Lee, Portman, Tillis, and Whitehouse for introducing the RE-ENTER (Recognizing Education, Employment, New skills, and Treatment to Enable Registration) Act. The legislation that seeks to improve communities by allowing formerly incarcerated individuals to file […]
HARRISBURG, PA – Americans for Prosperity – Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) today thanked the Pennsylvania Senate for unanimously passing Senate Bill 637, which would help provide a pathway to employment for individuals who have a criminal record. Currently, government occupational licensing laws and regulations prevent Pennsylvanians with past convictions who have paid their debt to society from […]
Bipartisan rebuke of corporate welfare keeps more money in Wisconsinites’ pockets Madison, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Thursday applauded Governor Evers for signing into law Assembly Bill 73, which ends a more than twenty-year-old sales tax in southeast Wisconsin that was implemented to subsidize a professional sports stadium. AFP-WI has long opposed government […]
A growing chorus of voices in Congress have called for increased government control of the internet to punish alleged online bias. Many, including Sen. Josh Hawley from the right and Sen. Elizabeth Warren from the left, have attempted to enact top-down legislative action to address the issue. For example, Sen. Hawley’s recently introduced Support for Internet Censorship […]
