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CHARLESTON, SC – Following Governor McMaster’s announcement to grant $32 million to thousands of families to help pay for education expenses, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) praised the decision and urged the legislature to pass a larger ESA program. The funding is from the governor’s discretionary education account from the CARES Act, which will help […]
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) on Thursday celebrated HB 1645 becoming law following Governor Sununu signing the criminal justice reform bill today. The grassroots group was at the forefront of advocating for the bill and ran a statewide digital campaign that enabled Granite Staters to contact their legislators and Governor Sununu in support […]
Tennessee Lawmakers graded on their votes this past session in Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN), the Volunteer State’s leading grassroots advocate for economic freedom, announced the release of their taxpayer scorecard today. The grassroots group produces this comprehensive legislative digest to inform Tennesseans on how their elected state officials voted on some of […]
Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee State Director Tori Venable, State Rep. Michael G. Curcio | Tennessean We all agree that selling drugs to kids or near kids is a terrible act and should be punished harshly. However, Tennessee’s well-intentioned Drug-Free Zone law has ruined lives without doing a thing to keep drugs out of the hands of children. It […]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri today expressed disappointment after Governor Mike Parson stated he will sign SB 600 into law. The bill institutes disproportionate sentencing requirements that do not improve public safety. The law will cost taxpayers $16 million per year and is estimated to increase Missouri’s prison population by 2,500, resulting in […]
Lawmakers should make COVID-related health care reforms permanent. NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended Governor Lee for extending reforms to expand health care access under Executive Order 50. The grassroots group urged lawmakers to take up telemedicine and certificate of need reforms when a special session is called to address COVID liability […]
What: Facebook Live Panel Discussion on Certificate of Need with Dr. Marcelo Hochman When: Wednesday, July 8, 2020, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. EST Where: Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina’s Facebook Page To weather the COVID-19 crisis, we need to ensure that South Carolina health care providers are free of barriers that keep them from delivering medical care to patients in need. So, why does our state […]
CHARLESTON, SC – Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) Director of Grassroots Operations Candace Carroll issued the following statement: “As it stands today, the traditional one-size-fits-all, zoned by ZIP code education system doesn’t work for many families. Thankfully, the Supreme Court’s ruling opens the […]
Americans for Prosperity-Missouri State Director Jeremy Cady, American Conservative Union General Counsel David Safavian, American Conservative Union Policy Analyst, Alyse Ullery| The Missouri Times Missouri has the seventh-highest incarceration rate in the country – 56 percent higher than Kansas and 64 percent higher than Illinois. If incarceration rates were effective in lowering violent crime, Missouri would be […]
