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Tennessee’s legislative session is over, with exciting results to show for the hard work put in by Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee and our inspiring activists and volunteers. Great bills were passed that will promote freedom and prosperity for Tennessee. Other not-so-great bills also passed, but we’ll continue to make our voices heard when we see issues […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released the following statement Tuesday condemning the Senate Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development Committee for killing HB 561. The bill would have repealed the onerous and wildly unnecessary occupational licensing requirement for florists. “I am very disappointed that the Senate Agriculture Committee decided to keep the nation’s only florist […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) released the following statement Tuesday commending the Missouri legislature for voting to send HB 1500 to the Governor’s desk to become law. The bill establishes that hair braiders no longer need to obtain a cosmetology license or undergo 1,500 hours of unnecessary training. Instead, they must register with […]

AFP-Arizona April 19 Legislative Update   1)  PROGRESS REPORTS — Last week, AFP-Arizona sent progress reports to all ninety Arizona Legislators, giving them estimates of what their scores would likely be on AFP-AZ’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard if the session were to end right now.  With a few exceptions, the scores are not good.  Most fall […]

Earlier this week, the White House released an executive order directing federal agencies to promote employment for people on public assistance programs by strengthening existing work requirements or creating new ones where they don’t currently exist. While the order doesn’t actually change policy since most such reforms need to be enacted by Congress, it does […]

AFP-Arizona’s April 12 Legislative Update is available in PDF HERE. 1)  PROGRESS REPORTS — Last week, AFP-Arizona sent progress reports to all ninety Arizona Legislators, giving them estimates of what their scores would likely be on AFP-AZ’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard if the session were to end right now.  With a few exceptions, the scores are […]

JACKSON, Miss. – A diverse group of leaders in the movement for criminal justice reform joined Governor Bryant Wednesday for a signing ceremony for HB 387. The public safety legislation will help people released from prison become productive members of society by limiting the circumstances in which licenses can be suspended, modernizing parole and probation […]

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 […]

For a PDF version of the AFP-Arizona April 9 Legislative Update, go HERE. 1)  PROGRESS REPORTS — This past week, AFP-Arizona sent progress reports to all ninety Arizona Legislators, giving them estimates of what their scores would likely be on AFP-AZ’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard if the session were to end right now.  With a few […]