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Most full-time jobs come with employer-provided health insurance. If this benefit is on the table, why would an individual choose to operate as an independent contractor — especially a person who lives with a chronic condition? Althea Cole, an Uber driver who battles a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis, explains in this column in the […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a myriad of problems with our bloated and bureaucratic health care system. In a new op-ed in the Rochester Post Bulletin, Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota State Director Jason Flohrs asks, why double down on that failed approach? Minnesota lawmakers are attempting to radically upend our health system under the assumption that […]
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write urging you to vote “YES” on H.R. 1996, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act. This legislation ensures access to financial services for legitimate cannabis-related businesses and service providers. With multiple states legalizing cannabis use, American financial institutions face unnecessary barriers […]
The White House and leaders in Congress seem determined to pass a massive bill intended to boost “infrastructure,” at a spending level that’s unprecedented for such an effort. Unfortunately, it includes little spending actually related to infrastructure. This isn’t the first time in recent history that spending bills disguised as infrastructure bills have been criticized […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity today issued the following statement after government regulators recommended pausing usage of the coronavirus vaccine produced by Johnson and Johnson. In an announcement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the pause after six people who received the vaccine developed rare […]
Farahn Morgan has a way with words. Her talents took her from her rural hometown in southwestern Virginia to Washington, D.C., where the publicist quickly found success — and the sense of rootlessness that sometimes comes with a busy, full-time job. “I lived in a kind of abstract haze, removed from the daily challenges even […]
Jo Beth McDaniel started her career as a journalist early, freelancing for newspapers in Alabama while still a teenaged college student. After graduating, she began working for major newspapers and magazines in the Atlanta area. Over time, she discovered the newsroom environment wasn’t as glamorous as she had hoped. She describes working in an office […]
Until the coronavirus pandemic hit, the U.S. economy was growing at a consistent and stable rate. Largely as a result of COVID-19 and the policies adopted to fight it, the economy contracted by 3.5 percent in 2020. But even before the year was over, signs pointed to a strong rebound this year and next. That […]
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed into law HB 4, the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. This bill allows New Mexicans to seek relief in court if their civil rights have been violated by a law enforcement officer or other government authority acting in an official capacity. That’s an important step forward for […]
