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303 Creative LLC v Elenis: The Biggest Supreme Court Free Speech Case You Might Not Have Heard About

A small independent website designer in Colorado is getting national attention. Why? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next week about whether the government can force her to say something that goes against her personal beliefs. It’s one of the biggest free speech cases this Supreme Court term. And you may not have…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas Requests Attorney General Investigate Open Records Act Violation by Department of Commerce

TOPEKA, Kan. – Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas (AFPF) filed a Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) complaint today against the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) after the agency failed to provide documents requested by AFPF over a year ago regarding a Commerce-run corporate welfare scheme called the Sales Tax and Revenue (“STAR”) Bond program. The 2021 KORA…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need Law

Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) law harms patients and deters billions of dollars in health care investment in the state. North Carolina is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need Law

Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) law harms patients and deters billions of dollars in health care investment in the state. North Carolina is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of West Virginia’s Certificate of Need Law

Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how West Virginia’s certificate-of-need (CON) law harms patients and deters millions of dollars in health care investment in the state. West Virginia is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the government before adding or…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of West Virginia’s Certificate of Need Law

Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how West Virginia’s certificate-of-need (CON) law harms patients and deters millions of dollars in health care investment in the state. West Virginia is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the government before adding or…

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Certificate-of-need laws make South Carolina one of the worst states for having babies

A recent report ranks South Carolina as the third worst state to have a baby. The Palmetto State ranks: 40th for infant mortality rate 45th for the number of midwives and OB-GYNs per capita 28th for cost of hospital Caesarean delivery 25th for cost of hospital conventional delivery charges A key driver of the problem…

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New emails undermine official reason for cancelling key oil and gas lease

When White House national climate advisor Gina McCarthy accidentally emailed a reporter that a key oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet was “cancelled,” officials at the Department of the Interior scrambled for an explanation amid surging gas prices and rampant inflation. They cited “lack of industry interest” to justify the cancellation, but…

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Tiwari v. Friedlander asks: Is depriving patients of medical services rational?

Commonplace in the market for medical services, certificate-of-need  laws prohibit medical providers from practicing or expanding unless they can demonstrate not only “need” for their proposed services but also survive a bureaucratic gauntlet that can take years, cost thousands of dollars, and allow competitors — existing and potential — to challenge the application. The result…

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