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Raleigh, North Carolina—Today, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore and North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger announced they had come to an agreement on expanding Medicaid in North Carolina. Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) opposes the proposal and issued the following statement shortly after the announcement was made public. “After a decade of opposing mandates […]
February 28, 2023—On Tuesday, Sens. Joyce Krawiec, Ralph Hise, and Gale Adcock, along with Reps. Cunningham, White, Lambeth, and Sasser re-introduced the Safe, Accessible, Value directed, Excellent healthcare (SAVE) Act. This critical health care reform bill will cut through needless regulatory red tape and finally allow Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to provide care to […]
Raleigh, North Carolina—Today Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) announced its legislative agenda for the 2023 long legislative session. Titled “A North Star for the Old North State”, the legislative agenda outlines AFP-NC’s top five priorities for this session: Foundational education reform, including expanding education options for North Carolina’s students. Economic reform, including reforming the state’s […]
Raleigh, North Carolina—Four North Carolina Lawmakers were among 73 members of Congress to receive the inaugural “Pioneer for Prosperity” Awards from the nation’s largest grassroots organization, Americans for Prosperity (AFP). Pioneers for Prosperity are lawmakers who served as policy champions in the 117th Congress, actively opposing bad ideas and proactively offering principled solutions to the […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) law harms patients and deters billions of dollars in health care investment in the state. North Carolina is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the […]
Today, in a 4-3 decision split down party lines, the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to fund a court-ordered public education plan known as “The Leandro Plan.” The decision orders that the case be sent back to a trial judge in order to determine the total amount of funding. This […]
Raleigh, North Carolina—Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision that potentially invalidates the state’s voter approved Constitutional Amendment setting a limit on how high the General Assembly can raise taxes. AFP-NC Deputy State Director Tyler Voigt issued the following statement in response: “Today’s decision from the North Carolina Supreme Court threatens to invalidate the […]
Raleigh, North Carolina—Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) today announced support for policy champions running to serve in the North Carolina General Assembly. AFP is endorsing State Rep. Erin Paré, State Rep. Jeff Zenger, Former Rep. Bill Brawley, State Rep. Bobby Hanig, Allen Chesser, John Harris, Jarrod Lowery, Don Pomeroy, and EC Sykes, for their principled […]
The average price for a gallon of gas has increased nearly $2 since last summer. It has risen almost 40 cents since Memorial Day 2022. According to AAA, consumers in the western half of the United States are paying the highest prices in the country — upwards of $6.36 per gallon. While prices in North […]
