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ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new report outlining how state legislatures can unleash freedom and reclaim sovereignty with structurally balanced budgets. The report describes model policy for a state structural balance tax and expenditure limitation (TEL), highlighting how adopting structural balance in their budgeting can help state policymakers produce better results. Most […]
However surprising it may sound, the cross section between economic growth for our state and personal growth for our children lies in video games. In fact, this “Talk Business” op-ed co-written by Americans for Prosperity’s Jackson Acuff will have you questioning why e-sports has ever been viewed as a time suck with limited redeemable qualities. […]
Americans for Prosperity Senior Criminal Justice Fellow Greg Glod and actor, writer, and comedian Clayton English recently launched a new Lava for Good podcast titled “The War on Drugs.” The podcast examines the failed policies of America’s “War on Drugs” and its repercussions that persist to this day. A constant string of fentanyl-related headlines dominate […]
What are the Twitter Files? And why should you care about them? To steal from my Stand Together colleague Neil Chilson, at some point last year the social media platform Twitter became the world’s leading place to get breaking news about Twitter — and it seemed as though Twitter was the topic of the day […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) announced the launch of its new podcast, American Potential. The show, hosted by AFP Regional Vice President Jeff Crank, will showcase the stories of extraordinary Americans who are taking action in their communities to address the pressing challenges facing our country. It is easy to feel cynical about the […]
Who knows what your community’s health needs are better than you and your neighbors? Well, according to many state governments around the U.S., they know better than you do. And they’ll overreach to show it. In 1979, Georgia’s General Assembly established a Certificate of Need (CON) to prevent new health care facilities from being built […]
Arlington, VA – Today, the House of Representatives took an important first step to help improve our nation’s energy security and reduce costs for millions of Americans by passing the Strategic Production Response Act (SPRA). Among Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) top legislative priorities is unleashing America’s energy resources. This legislation, sponsored and driven by House […]
Dear Representatives, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support H.R. 21, The Strategic Production Response Act. H.R. 21 prohibits releasing crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for reasons other than a severe energy supply interruption until a plan is issued to increase oil and […]
Updated on January 27, 2023 On January 26, the House of Representatives passed the Strategic Production Response Act. The SPRA would hold the current administration accountable for lowering the U.S. strategic oil reserves to their lowest level — roughly 380 million barrels — in almost 40 years. In fact, the administration has reduced the reserves […]
