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Grassroots group thanks legislature for banning shackling incarcerated women during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recuperation COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today praised the Senate for passing H. 3967, a women’s dignity bill that forbids shackling incarcerated women during pregnancy, labor and postpartum recuperation. The bill now awaits Governor McMaster’s signature to be […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today urged senators to build on H.4431, a bill that modernizes South Carolina’s business license tax, and support comprehensive tax reform. H.4431 would standardize how businesses pay business license taxes and establish a portal where all businesses can register and pay their taxes. The grassroots group is […]
Competition and innovation are allowing the American economy to reach unprecedented heights. Since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, real disposable personal income per household has risen by about $6,000 and employment numbers are higher than they’ve been in decades. Despite this success, many activists and interested parties from across […]
Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina Director of Grassroots Operations Candace Carroll | The Greenville News and the Anderson Independent Mail For too long, K-12 education in our state has been a closed system that denies families access to options that ensure every child has an educational experience that meets his/her individual needs and unique learning styles. It’s […]
Grassroots group partners with first beneficiary of First Step Act and leading statewide criminal justice reform advocates to discuss accomplishments of criminal justice reform, goals for statewide reforms ROCK HILL, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) announced it is hosting an event on criminal justice reform with Matthew Charles on Tuesday at Winthrop University. […]
Grassroots group urges Senate Education Subcommittee to vote to move Senate Bill 556 out of subcommittee COLUMBIA, SC – Ahead of tomorrow’s Senate Education Subcommittee hearing on Senate Bill 556, a bill that would give students and families an education scholarship account (ESA), Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina Director of Grassroots Operations Candace Carroll issued the […]
Your Christmas present from Congress has just arrived – two omnibus spending bills with “something for everyone to like.” But really, they are a massive, expensive lump of coal. As Congress has seen fit to do so many times in the past, these spending bills were left until the last minute, forcing a scramble to […]
Grassroots group rallies support for ESA bill CHARLESTON, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today announced it is launching a mail and digital campaign urging members of the Senate Education Subcommittee to support educational freedom for South Carolinians and advance Senate Bill 556 to the full committee. The bill would give students and families […]
GREENVILLE, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today announced it is hosting a discussion on Friday featuring Congressman William Timmons and AFP Vice President of Economic Opportunity Russ Latino on the current debt crisis and solutions legislators can bring to help put our country back on a sustainable fiscal path. The event is part […]
