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BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Monday commending the House for approving HB 748. The bill would revamp the state’s occupational licensing laws and restore accountability by ensuring licensing boards are using the “least restrictive” regulation while maintaining consumer safety. “We commend the House for voting to reform our archaic […]

Let the countdown begin! We’re just a few days out from Tax Day on April 17, when we’ll say goodbye to our outdated, complex and burdensome tax system and hello to a simpler, fairer and more efficient new tax code! Check out these five positive changes that all Americans will see next year thanks to the Tax […]

By now you’ve heard millions of Americans are benefitting from tax reform. Hundreds of companies have given out bonuses, pay raises or other benefits as a direct result of the reforms Congress passed last December. But how exactly is that extra money benefitting these hard-working Americans? If you ask employees at Southwest Airlines, there’s a […]

Late last year, Congress passed federal tax reform, overhauling the old tax code. That’s good news for American businesses and families, but bad news for lawmakers who opposed fixing our rigged tax system. Now that federal tax reform has gone into effect, we can say goodbye to a lot of hurtful tax policies. Here’s five things you […]

There may be no crying in baseball, but there’s certainly corporate welfare. When teams take the field for Opening Day this year, many of them will be playing on the taxpayers’ dime—literally. For decades now, lawmakers at every level of government have been forking over millions of hardworking residents’ money to build stadiums for billionaire […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released the following statement applauding the House Agriculture Committee for advancing HB 561, which will repeal the onerous and wildly unnecessary occupational licensing requirement for florists. “We’re very pleased that the House Agriculture Committee advanced HB 561 that would remove the license for florists,” said AFP-LA State Director […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) applauds the House Committee on Commerce for advancing HB562, which addresses Louisiana’s antiquated and over-burdensome occupational licensing regulations.  The bill aims to reduce the many of the unnecessary fees and training programs that discourage Louisianans from working while still keeping consumers safe. “Advancing this bill is the […]

Today the House voted to pass a pork-laden $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. While that’s bad news, one piece of good news is that the bill doesn’t include any money for Obamacare bailouts. Meant to prop up Obamacare and its skyrocketing premiums, these proposals – including reinsurance and cost-sharing reduction payments – are nothing more […]

As Congress considers the upcoming omnibus spending bill to fund our government, it is also considering enacting harmful bailouts to prop up Obamacare. Americans for Prosperity’s army of grassroots activists is working hard to push back against calls for these taxpayer-funded bailouts of private health insurance companies. Proponents of Obamacare bailouts claim that sending billions […]