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In the News: Oversight of the Kansas Department of Commerce
News coverage of the Kansas Open Records Act complaint against the Department of Commerce: Kansas Reflector: Kansas AG asked to investigate commerce department handling of records request “The APEX program doled out over $1 billion in incentives to favored companies. The public deserves to be able to inspect the quarterly and annual reports the law…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas Files Second Open Records Act Complaint with Attorney General Against Department of Commerce
TOPEKA, KS –Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas (AFPF-KS) filed a Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) complaint today against the Department of Commerce (Commerce). AFPF-KS filed the complaint with the Attorney General after the agency failed to provide reports requested by AFPF-KS over seven months ago regarding a Commerce-run corporate welfare scheme called the Attracting Powerful Economic…
Read MoreAFP Foundation Sues Biden Administration for Public Records Relating to Overreaching Energy Permitting Regulations
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity Foundation today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint seeking information on the Council of Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) recent overreaching revisions to energy permitting regulations that will cause delays and drive up the costs of badly needed energy projects. Click here to view the complaint. In May, AFP Foundation launched…
Read MoreNetChoice and the “Informational Interest”: Can the Government Ensure You Listen to the Right Message?
The Supreme Court’s decision in NetChoice v. Moody, the much-anticipated challenge to Texas’s regulation of social media companies, was not the barnburner many had anticipated. Instead of deciding the First Amendment question directly, the Court found that neither lower court did the proper facial analysis, meaning they must not only find a First Amendment violation…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation releases summary of engagement for Supreme Court October 2023 term
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Foundation today released a report of its amicus engagement during the October 2023 Supreme Court term. AFPF Chief Policy Counsel James Valvo said: This term the Supreme Court upheld protections for free expression, ruling the government cannot coerce companies to stop doing business with organizations based on their speech. The…
Read MoreNew Report Reveals How the Department of the Interior Undermines Transparency
AFP Foundation released a report revealing the Interior Department’s disturbing pattern of undermining transparency and accountability.
Read MoreRep. Obernolte Questions Secretary Raimondo on Abuse of the DPA
Sec. Raimondo ignores that the purpose of the DPA is to increase domestic production to combat a shortfall of critical defense articles.
Read MoreCertificate of need laws con rural patients out of health care
A Bad Deal: No to STAR Bonds for Stadium Subsidies
STAR Bonds are a Failed Government Program
Read MoreUtah Teachers Union Sues to Mandate Educational Conformity
Seeking to litigate a difference in opinion, Utah’s largest teachers union, the Utah Education Association, filed a lawsuit, Lebresh v. Cox, asking the court to enjoin the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, arguing that the Scholarship Program violates the Utah Constitution and injures a variety of individual plaintiffs who simply don’t agree with it. The…
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