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Bill would rein in regulatory process, reassert legislative oversight of state rule-making St. Paul, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) on Monday released a key vote alert in support of HF3280, a bill that would reset the process of rewriting the Pollution Control Agency’s (PCA’s) outdated sulfate standard. The PCA’s proposed rewrite would impose severe […]
Grassroots group commends Senate Committee for Advancing Worker Freedom Bill Minneapolis, MN – Americans for Prosperity – Minnesota (AFP-MN) today thanked the Senate Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections for supporting SF3983, which clarifies that an approved collective bargaining agreement cannot act as a barrier to holding a decertification election that is […]
It’s been said before, but merits repeating: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The CBO’s latest economic predictions highlighting America’s rising federal deficit underscores this point. The Wall Street Journal notes: The Congressional Budget Office said the federal budget deficit would total $804 billion this year, 43% higher than it had projected last summer, and […]
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 We’re just a few days out from Tax Day on April 17, when we’ll say goodbye to our outdated, complex and burdensome tax system and hello to a simpler, fairer and more efficient new tax code!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 […]
St. Paul, MN – An op-ed by Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota State Director Jason Flohrs appeared in the Duluth News Tribune last week highlighting the landmark case on worker freedom and free speech, Janus v. AFSCME, that will be decided by the Supreme Court later this year. This case will decide the constitutionality of current law […]
College and university campuses have taken a wrong turn regarding free speech. Many campuses around the country, include several in Minnesota, limit their students’ free speech to small “zones” on campus. Outside these zones, students are to keep their ideas and opinions to themselves, lest they offend someone who disagrees with them. In a recent op-ed, AFP Minnesota’s […]
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 […]
