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Assembly Committees Consider Employment Law Standardization, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform, Winery Hours Extension MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today urged lawmakers to approve Assembly Bill 748, the Employment Law Standardization Act. The measure was the focus of an executive session in the Assembly Committee on Local Government today. AFP-WI activists are calling upon […]
Imagine landing your dream job, only to find out that to keep it, you must give part of every paycheck to an organization that advocates for causes with which you disagree. Since, 2007, that’s been reality for Mark Janus. At a young age, Janus learned the importance of public service as a Boy Scout in […]
Memo: How Work Requirements Help Lift People Out of Poverty And Preserve The Social Safety Net Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) announced that they would allow states to develop their own work requirements for able-bodied adults. The elderly, disabled or pregnant would be excluded. Despite the hand-wringing by opponents and headlines suggesting that these […]
Grassroots advocacy group encourages Senate to quickly follow suit and increase work opportunity for everyone MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin applauded the Assembly for passing Governor Walker’s sweeping welfare reform plan today. AFP-Wisconsin led a heavy grassroots and digital advertising push to urge lawmakers to pass the plan. The State Senate is expected to […]
Arlington, VA — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today told the House Ways and Means Committee that President Donald Trump “feels strongly” that the United States should impose a sales tax on purchases made over the Internet, according to Bloomberg. Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “The entire point of […]
Great news for millions of Americans! According to the New York Times, “A wave of optimism has swept over [the American economy.]” Following the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act over 300 businesses, both large and small, have announced plans to invest in the American economy and give back to their employees. As a result, individuals and families […]
AFP-WI Priorities Take Center Stage in Valentine’s Day Hearings MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today reaffirmed its strong support for a quartet of free-market reform bills that were featured at committee hearings in the state Capitol on Valentine’s Day. Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin State Director Eric Bott made the following statement: “AFP-WI is enamored […]
Plot Was Scrapped Last Year Due to Public Outrage from Grassroots Activists MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin today called on lawmakers to reject a proposal to create a massive new bureaucracy with unchecked powers to regulate distilleries, microbreweries and wineries, taverns, grocers, and others in the Badger State. According to documents obtained by the […]
TO: Honorable Members of the Wisconsin Legislature FROM: Eric Bott, State Director Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin DATE: February 13, 2018 RE: Return of the Liquor Tsar This morning the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy broke a […]
