Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kentucky Releases Report Exposing the Harmful Impact of Kentucky’s Certificate of Need (CON) Laws  

FRANKFORT, KY – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation – Kentucky (AFPF-KY) released a comprehensive report detailing the failures of Kentucky’s Certificate of Need (CON) laws, advocating instead for commonsense reforms and solutions to expand healthcare innovation. The report authored by AFP health care policy analyst Sofia Hamilton and AFPF investigative analyst Thomas Kimbrell emphasizes how…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation provides statement to House Veteran Affairs Committee on implications of Loper Bright decision

December 18, 2024 | The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC) held a hearing on Wednesday titled “Restoring Congressional Power over VA After Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.” AFP Foundation sent a statement for the record to the Committee to explain the significance of the Loper Bright decision and show how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)…

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VA’s Claim of an “Independent” Red Team Report Falls Apart Under Scrutiny

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) billed its Red Team report on the supposed “Urgent Need to Address Community Care Spending” as an “independent” assessment. Yet, documents obtained by Americans for Prosperity Foundation through the Freedom of Information Act paint a different picture: internal emails and chat logs show VA officials actively drafting, editing, and…

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AFP Foundation Responds to Law Profs Advocating for Abusing Emergency Powers

AFP Foundation’s Thomas Kimbrell and Kevin Schmidt write in the Yale Journal on Regulation responding to Berkeley Law Professors Elena Chachko and Katerina Linos’ “Emergency Powers for Good,” published in the William & Mary Law Review. Chachko and Linos argue that in some cases, “invoking emergency powers is the only viable way to break deadlock and enact long…

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Another Legislative Audit Shows Failure of STAR Bond Program

The Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit released a follow up to its 2021 audit of the STAR Bond program, and the findings reveal that even allowing the Department of Commerce to pick and choose its favored metrics—improving local quality of life—doesn’t show a program that benefits taxpayers. The problem with their favored metric is that “Commerce…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Calls for Withdrawal of AI Reporting Requirements in Defense Production Act Rule

Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) submitted a formal comment opposing the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) proposed rule that abuses Korean-war era Defense Production Act (DPA) authority to establish reporting requirements for the development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models and computing clusters. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE COMMENT.…

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Congress, not bureaucrats, should make federal criminal law

By Michael Pepson Would it surprise you to know that Congress has granted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unfettered power to write its own criminal code governing one-tenth of the land in the United States? A Nevada federal court ruled that Congress unconstitutionally transferred its legislative power to write crimes to the BLM. Last…

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