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Lansing, Michigan—Tuesday, February 13 marks one year since Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan legislature repealed Michigan’s Right to Work law, becoming the first state in the nation to claw back rights from private sector workers. As the repeal goes into effect, Americans for Prosperity Michigan (AFP-MI) State Director Annie Patnaude released the following statement: […]
“A state cannot tax-and-spend its way into prosperity,” said Patnaude Annie Patnaude, state director of the grassroots liberty group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan issued the following statement in response of Governor Whitmer’s State of the State address this evening: “To paraphrase Winston Churchill, a state cannot tax-and-spend its way into prosperity. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposals to […]
Lansing, Michigan—In late December, a Michigan Court of Claims ruled that income tax relief passed by the Michigan legislature applied only to 2023 income taxes, despite the intent of the legislature to make the tax relief permanent. Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) State Director Annie Patnaude issued a statement after the decision: “Judge Gleicher’s decision denies […]
Lansing, Michigan—Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI), the largest grassroots organization in the Great Lake State, issued a stinging rebuke of the Growing Michigan Together Council’s report on how to grow Michigan’s population. Governor Gretchen Whitmer convened the council earlier this year to address Michigan’s anemic population growth as Michiganders flee the state. Among the Council’s recommendations […]
Lansing, Michigan—Today, the Michigan legislature voted to violate public employees’ privacy by requiring that the government hand over the personal identifying information of new public employees to union organizers. The measure is similar to a provision in the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) a federal bill that would roll back Right to Work protections […]
Lansing, Michigan—Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) today criticized the Michigan legislature for passing a bill package that includes HB 5120-5123 that would further empower unelected bureaucrats in Lansing. Among the bills quickly rammed through the legislature were wind and solar permitting reforms that would give near-total control of wind and solar permitting to the Michigan Public Service […]
Lansing, Michigan – As Ford, Stellantis, and GM recently announced new rounds of layoffs due to the UAW strike, Americans for Prosperity-Michigan State Director Annie Patnaude released the following statement: “By playing favorites and recklessly spending Michiganders’ hard-earned tax dollars the Biden-Whitmer agenda has emboldened big union leaders who know they will stand with them instead of American auto […]
Detroit, MI — Yesterday, Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) welcomed President Biden to Michigan with the display of a mobile billboard on his route to join striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members on a picket line in Wayne County. AFP-MI State Director Annie Patnaude made the following statement: “A three-day weekend and high hourly salaries won’t make […]
Lansing, MI and Columbus, OH— As workers at 38 spare parts distribution centers walked off the job at noon today, more Michigan and Ohio workers are finding themselves at the center of a heated conversation around skyrocketing inflation, the shaky post-COVID economy, and the future of American manufacturing. As the premier grassroots policy organizations in […]
