Advocacy

In 2025, due to increasing costs of penny production, the US Treasury announced the end of the production and distribution of new pennies for general circulation as a cost-reduction measure. While existing pennies remain legal tender and will continue to circulate, reports are that shortages are expected to begin by early 2026 as supplies decrease. This phase-out is relevant to cash transactions but has no impact on electronic payment methods such as credit cards or digital wallets.

Advocacy Update for the week of December 4 to December 10.

Advocacy Update for the week of November 27 to December 3.

The American Booksellers Association has jointly signed an amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to again reject a drag ban by West Texas A&M. We join the National Coalition Against Censorship and other free expression organizations in asking the appellate court to call this ban what it is: prior restraint on constitutionally protected free expression. 

Advocacy Update for the week of November 14 to November 26.

Advocacy Update for the week of November 13 to November 19.

Advocacy Update for the week of November 6 to November 12.

Advocacy Update for the week of October 30 to November 5.