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RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) today announced its support for 11 House of Delegates candidates running for election and re-election. These individuals earned the support of AFP-VA for their demonstrated legislative leadership, dedication to principled policy solutions, and ability to build broad-based policy coalitions. AFP-VA is supporting these candidates through a variety of tactics, including leveraging the full weight of its grassroots […]

RICHMOND, VA—Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) today announced its targeted, grassroots campaign urging local elected officials across the Commonwealth to reject any proposal to adopt forced negotiations through collective bargaining. Starting May 1st, local governing bodies—including county, city, and town governments—can now propose adopting ordinances to recognize a collective body of government employees, causing serious unintended […]

RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) disapprove of the General Assembly’s decision to accept the substitute to SB1406. These last-minute changes distract from the bill’s primary objective, which was to end the harmful impacts of our current response to cannabis use. This bill would have ended criminal penalties for cannabis possession for adults 21 and older […]

RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) encourage the legislature to reject amendments to SB1406 that distract from the bill’s main objective of ending the harmful impacts of our current response to cannabis use. This bill will end criminal penalties for cannabis possession for those that are 21 and older and allow a legal market […]

Collective bargaining, or forced union contracts, gives government unions exclusive rights over negotiating employment contracts for public employees. This leads to less transparency for constituents when it comes to the policymaking decisions that impact the availability of services, quality of public services provided, and the price taxpayers pay to be afforded these services including everything […]

RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) reflected on the highs and lows of the legislative session. The grassroots group will continue to push for labor reform as a top priority for the year, focusing on collective bargaining in the near months. AFP- VA State Director J.C. Hernandez issued the following statement: “We were pleased […]

RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity- Virginia (AFP-VA) today expressed concern that lawmakers failed to advance SB1323, a worker classification bill for independent contractors, to the floor. This bill would ensure that Virginia does not experience California’s detrimental consequences from reclassifying workers through its AB 5 law that led to roughly one million independent contractors being reclassified. The grassroots […]

RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) renewed urgency for lawmakers in the House of Delegates to pass SB 1445, a bill that improves vaccine distribution across the state. The grassroots group weighed in after the Virginia Department of Health announced that disbursements of vaccines can only be administered by local health districts rather than […]

RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) today released their legislative agenda ahead of the start of the legislative session to highlight their areas of focus. The goal of the agenda is to provide a vision for key policy reforms that will help to remove barriers to opportunity for Virginians. View Here: 2021 Legislative Agenda  […]