Utah Bill Aims to Cut Crime and Aid Taxpayers
This legislative session, Utah lawmakers will have the opportunity to reduce crime, cut taxpayer costs, and improve the success and sustainability of communities.In June of 2016, state leadership from...
View ArticleIRS Shortchanges Taxpayers $1.2 Million Due To Outdated Tech
The IRS shortchanged taxpayers $1.2 million because they failed to address outdated computer systems, according to a report published by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration...
View ArticleMontana Takes Important Steps to Improve Public Safety
On Wednesday night, Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed four criminal justice reform bills that seek to cut costs and reduce recidivism.The newly signed legislation will require the Office of Public...
View ArticleOklahoma Lawmakers Advance Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Measures
This week, a number of criminal justice reform bills are moving through the Oklahoma legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. These historic votes are a huge step towards a better criminal...
View ArticleATR Supports Better Sentencing in Nebraska
Americans for Tax Reform this week released a letter to Nebraska lawmakers urging support for State Senator Ernie Chamber’s LB 447.Nonviolent drug offenses make up a significant proportion of mandatory...
View ArticleArkansas Should Not Lose Ground on Public Safety
In a letter sent to the Arkansas Legislature, Americans for Tax Reform urged state lawmakers to oppose mandatory minimum sentencing in SB 177. Increasing sentences arbitrarily and limiting parole...
View ArticleCommercial Space Win: Rocket is Successfully Reused
Last week, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) made history by successfully relaunching one of their previously used Falcon 9 rockets back into space. The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral,...
View ArticleNo Jail Time for Speeding Tickets in Mississippi
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) released a letter to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant today urging the signing of HB 1033, a criminal justice reform measure that will reduce the state’s overcrowded...
View ArticleATR Urges DHS to Oppose Obama’s EB-5 “Midnight Rule”
In a letter to Secretary Kelly, Americans for Tax Reform urged the reconsideration of an EB-5 regulation proposed by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
View ArticleLouisiana Needs Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform
Americans for Tax Reform sent a letter to Louisiana lawmakers urging them to support legislation containing policy recommendations from the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force. For too long...
View ArticleLouisiana Must Act to Improve Public Safety
With an incarceration rate that has increased by 35 percent over the past 20 years, resulting in annual costs to taxpayers as high as $700 million Louisiana jails people at a rate nearly double the...
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