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Background: Current New Jersey occupational licensing laws force hair braiders to spend thousands of dollars on arbitrary requirements to open for business. Many of the women affected by these requirements are West African immigrants who began braiding hair at a young age as part of their culture. Paying the money to go to cosmetology school and taking the […]
Grassroots group applauds Lea County Commission unanimous approval to vote right-to-work ordinance into law next month SANTA FE, N.M. – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM), the state’s leading grassroots advocate for worker freedom, on Friday commended the Lea County Commission for unanimously supporting an ordinance to make Lea County the fifth right-to-work county in New […]
The Big W: No tax increases for Louisiana! What it is: This week, a second Louisiana special legislative session has ended with no tax increases. The governor is trying to fill gaps in the budget by increasing taxes, but legislators and citizens are having none of it. Why it’s important: Louisianans will be paying a […]
Arlington, VA – In a letter to President Trump released today and in advance of the upcoming G-7 meeting, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Prosperity and The LIBRE Initiative urged the president to use the meeting “as an opportunity to advance a trade agenda that builds upon your previous tax and regulatory reforms […]
Arlington, VA – Following news reports Tuesday that President Trump instructed U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to prevent closures of nuclear and coal power facilities through the use of subsidies and mandates, Americans for Prosperity sharply criticized the proposal calling the action an unprecedented government intervention in electricity markets. AFP urged the administration to work with federal […]
Indianapolis, Ind. – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today applauded Congress for voting in support of President Trump’s rescission package, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3), that cancels $15 billion in unspent funds from previous years. AFP-IN had urged Indiana’s congressional delegation to support the rescission package as part of the […]
Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) today applauded Congress for voting in support of President Trump’s rescission package, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3), that cancels $15 billion in unspent funds from previous years. AFP-PA had urged Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to support the rescission package as part of the […]
Legislation would protect the constitutional right states have to govern their own approaches to marijuana policy Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners wrote to leaders from the House and Senate Judiciary Committees urging them to support new bipartisan legislation known as the STATES Act. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity commended the U.S. House of Representatives today following the passage of H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act. The bill, otherwise known as the rescission package, is a step in the right direction toward restoring fiscal sanity in Washington. On Monday, AFP sent key vote letters to House members […]
