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Lansing, MI – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan urged caution toward Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal, which limits tax relief to a few carveouts and spends more than has ever been spent in Michigan history even as Michiganders struggle under the burden of inflation. Annie Patnaude, state director for the grassroots group, issued the following statement: “Governor Whitmer’s […]
Grassroots group says bill will make Michigan truly competitive LANSING, Mich. — The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) applauded lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee for pursuing an estimated $2 billion in tax cuts today. Sponsored by Senator Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton), SB 768 would reduce both the corporate and individual income tax rates to […]
Americans for Prosperity says state is spending $1 billion on political points, not economic development LANSING, Mich. — Taxpayers are subsidizing political points in an election year for Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity said today. The group’s statement came on the heels of a presser in which the Governor joined executives from GM to […]
Grassroots Groups says bills pit business against business, leave taxpayers on the hook LANSING, Mich. — The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) joined a chorus of voices opposing corporate subsidies in today’s house Commerce and Tourism Committee. Both HB 5425 and 5426 were brought to an initial hearing in the house on Tuesday. Sponsored […]
Michigan’s hospitals are suffering a crisis of capacity as the COVID-19 Delta variant sweeps the state. In part, writes Annie Patnaude, state director of Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Michigan, in an op-ed for The Detroit News, the state’s certificate-of-need laws are to blame. These laws, Patnaude writes, “forbid health care providers from expanding their facilities, purchasing new equipment — including hospital […]
Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books that make quality, affordable health care more difficult to access. These restrictions, called certificate-of-need laws, prevent hospitals and other providers from making necessary investments in their services, equipment, and facilities without government permission. While CON laws are intended to ensure that providers don’t […]
“Prevailing wage laws increase costs for taxpayers and make it harder for small and minority-owned contractors to fairly compete for state construction projects.” LANSING, MI – Americans for Prosperity – Michigan (AFP-MI) today slammed Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s reinstatement of the “prevailing wage” rule, that forces construction companies to pay union rates to workers on state […]
Grassroots activists are ready to hold Representatives Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens accountable for voting against the best interests of their constituents LANSING, Mich. — Grassroots activists with the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity are rallying and making their voices heard loudly at the President’s visit to Howell, Mich. today. The group, and its numerous […]
LANSING, Mich.— Ahead of President Biden’s visit to Howell, Mich., the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity said it will continue its efforts to rally grassroots opposition to the Biden Administration’s bloated budget proposal. The grassroots group said there is not broad support for the budget proposal’s radical government overreach. Meanwhile, the connected infrastructure bill […]
