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COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) and a broad coalition of more than a dozen organizations sent a letter to the South Carolina legislative leadership and state senators urging their support of S. 290, a bill that would repeal the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws. Last week, AFP-SC announced a major ad […]
Trusted reform should be made permanent grassroots group says COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today announced the launch of a robust, statewide six-figure mail and digital campaign focused on helping reform South Carolina’s health care system. The group is targeting a temporary reform that was enacted last year by Governor McMaster during […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Following Governor McMaster signing S. 147, a bill that protects South Carolina businesses from frivolous lawsuits regarding allegations of exposure to COVID-19, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina Interim State Director Candace Carroll issued the following statement: “Businesses who safely reopen and take proper precautions for COVID-19 should not be faced with frivolous lawsuits. […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today announced a statewide ad campaign against a proposed $51 million bailout to the state Department of Commerce to repay on old loan to Palmetto Railways. AFP-SC is running a statewide digital ad that connects South Carolinians to their lawmakers to urge their opposition to this latest […]
Across the South, states are reforming criminal justice and sentencing polices to safely reduce prison populations and save taxpayers money. At the forefront of this movement has been a unique coalition that includes Americans for Prosperity and the American Civil Liberties Union. In a new op-ed in the Charleston Post and Courier, Shirene Hansotia, criminal […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today praised the legislature for passing HB 3589, a bill gives school districts the option to implement schools of innovation that provide more flexible ways to educate South Carolina students. The bill now heads to Governor McMaster’s desk. Schools of innovation are private-public partnerships with public school […]
COLUMBIA, SC – As President Biden virtually visits South Carolina today, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today urged President Biden to reject a proposal of a so-called infrastructure package that has little to do with improving roads and bridges but would harm the economy and increase taxes on small businesses who are struggling to get back […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Following reports that Governor McMaster is considering using funds from the latest so called American Rescue Plan Act to pay for an interstate, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) interim State Director Candace Carroll issued the following statement: “Governor McMaster should send funds from the latest so called COVID relief spending package back […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) announced Candace Carroll as the interim state director for the chapter. Carroll will continue efforts to enact criminal justice reform, root out corporate welfare, and help make health care reforms issued by Governor McMaster last year permanent. Andrew Yates is taking a position at yes. every kid, […]
