While most news junkies will have their attention drawn to the Presidential election this year, those who follow local politics in the state of Texas will be focusing on a policy fight that is no less, if not more so, controversial: school choice.    Fresh off the heels of the recent GOP primary in which...Read More

In its way, the state is akin to a virus: it does everything it can to infect an industry in the private sector. It bogs it down with regulations, taxes, and bureaucracy, decreasing competition and raising prices until the contagion eventually spreads to another industry to wreak similar havoc on the health of the market....Read More

The rights of American ranchers and farmers are at stake. In early March of this year, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, an omnibus spending bill that included a $15 million earmark for the electronic tracking of cattle owned by farmers and ranchers in the US. Through this act, the Department of Agriculture will...Read More

In a major upset, the Student Rights Campaign (SRC) has scored its LARGEST Free Speech victory! The California University System’s Board of Regents attempted to implement an anti-free speech policy that would have controlled posts that students made online, effectively censoring their speech.  Through the efforts of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) activists, a petition...Read More

With the rise of social media as the new marketplace of ideas, the uniparty elite have set their sights on stifling perhaps the last frontier of free speech in America, encapsulated in H.R. 7521, colloquially known as the TikTok ban bill. The bill, recently passed by a 352-65 margin, nominally would force Bytedance, TikTok’s Chinese...Read More

YAL’s Student Rights Campaigns end mask and vaccine mandates, remove pepper spray bans, defend free speech, and more Austin, TX — Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—announced a major milestone for its Student Rights Campaigns (SRCs) taking place across America. Mobilizing thousands of student activists on behalf of freedom, YAL has...Read More

With the Ohio Senate currently debating a new budget for the state, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is urging Ohio’s state senators to double down on including school choice provisions in the budget. As one of America’s leading advocates for education reform, YAL is also calling on the Ohio House of Representatives...Read More

Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is proud to announce that the final draft of Indiana’s state budget officially features a school choice provision. Fully expecting Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb to sign the budget, YAL worked around the clock to include school vouchers into the state budget, on behalf of...Read More

With Governor Jim Pillen signing Constitutional Carry into law, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is proud to celebrate yet another win for gun rights. While the legislation (LB 77) isn’t perfect, YAL’s national push to reaffirm the Second Amendment has received a significant boost with its signing in Nebraska. In...Read More

In light of Mississippi enacting SB 2079, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is proud to celebrate teacher carry coming to yet another state. The newly established “Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act” paves the way for trained school employees to carry concealed firearms in order to protect students, employees, and others. It...Read More