Still honored. Still grateful. Still celebrating. 🏆🎉 Mark Chenoweth accepts the first-ever Chip Mellor Prize from Institute for Justice and State Policy Network for NCLA’s victory ending Chevron deference. Dismantling unlawful administrative power doesn’t stop here.

Congrats to the team Opportunity Arkansas for their win last night State Policy Network networks annual meeting for their work defending parents rights to choose the best education for their children by defeating the attempt to remove the great Arkansas ESA program! A special congrats to

No one in America should be poor or struggling to achieve the American Dream because of bad public policy or limited opportunity. That’s my “why…” the aspirational goal that drives my professional work. It was a privilege to share this message while speaking to a national

Congratulations to 2025 Thomas Roe Award Winner Jonathan Small of OCPAthink for achievements that have greatly advanced free-market philosophy and policy solution (cc State Policy Network) youtu.be/oQ9GaBgFEsA?si…

Our team had a great time with State Policy Network - with so many folks ready to bring real change to their communities! 🇺🇸 We enjoyed visiting with Policy Champion Rep. Jacob Landry for LA and talked about Louisiana’s energy abundance and the bright future ahead. ⚡ Exciting things are on

The issue underlying so many problems today is that for 100 years our government has treated property rights like 2nd-class rights in America. We say, no more. We’re changing that in Montana. Our team spoke at the State Policy Network annual meeting this week about the efforts we are

Coming soon 🎙️: Our President & Co-Founder Melissa Jackson sat down with americanpotential at State Policy Network during #SPN2025 to talk Freedom in Ed, school choice, curriculum, and parental rights. We’ll share the episode as soon as it’s out—can’t wait! 🚀📚

It was a blast at State Policy Network’s annual meeting in NOLA this week. Great to see so many friends and meet new people who are working to let people prosper! Let’s go! #SPNAM

Hosted a great Institute for Justice breakfast panel, “Zoning Justice: Housing Opportunities Made Easier” at the State Policy Network annual meeting in New Orleans. Thanks to my co-panelists Drew Cline, Kendall Cotton and Ryan Puzycki for your great insights! #ZoningReform #PropertyRights #SPN #SPNAM

State Policy Network is a nonprofit that partners with state leaders across the country to solve public policy problems closer to home. During the SPN Annual Meeting last week, State Policy Network hosted the Generation Liberty Fellows: spn.org

Bed Bath & Beyond is reopening stores nationwide—but not in California. The reason: crushing costs and endless red tape. California’s revival will not come from Sacramento. It will come from reformers like California Policy Center (California Policy Center) who are fighting for

In this week’s review, the Goldwater Institute (Goldwater Institute) secured a victory at the Arkansas Supreme Court for a small business owner, while the Mississippi Center for Public Policy (Mississippi Center for Public Policy) the state’s income tax repeal and school choice push, casting Mississippi as a

At SPN’s 33rd Annual Meeting in New Orleans, we were proud to honor Jonathan Small, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPAthink), with the 2025 Thomas A. Roe Award for Excellence in Leadership. Jonathan’s peers call him a “secret weapon” for liberty

Our good friend, Jonathan Small, was honored for his bold leadership at SPNAM this year. We couldn’t agree more.

What does it take to eliminate a state income tax? In Mississippi, it meant years of research, outreach, and persistence from Empower Mississippi(Empower Mississippi) and the Mississippi Center for Public Policy(Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Their work recently earned them the 2025 Bob Williams Award for

Our hearts break for Charlie Kirk's family, friends, and the entire TPUSA team as they grieve the loss of Charlie from this wicked act of violence. They are in our prayers and have our support. Charlie Kirk helped shape and lead the civil debate and conversation around the

So great to be with these State Policy Network Network all-stars at Club for Growth Foundation! What an honor it is to gather with and be inspired by conservative leaders from across the country. We have our work cut out for us, but the Club’s investment in iron sharpening iron helps ensure that

Who really controls America’s energy policy? Contrary to common belief, it’s not just the federal government. In a new op-ed for Governing, SPN Fellow Amy Cooke(Amy O. Cooke) makes the case for why states must lead in charting responsible, reliable energy futures.

Utah is an example of how to do [energy policy] right. “Last year, Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that sets a clear hierarchy for energy planning: adequate, reliable, dispatchable, affordable, sustainable, secure and clean — in that order.”

Education debates often focus on how much money is spent, not whether students are actually learning. In Iowa, spending has gone up, but results have lagged—71% of 4th graders are below proficient in reading and 73% of 8th graders are below proficient in math. Parents and school