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Testimony in Support of the NJ Home Bakers Bill Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 1:00 PM Committee Room 15, 4th Floor Dear Chairman Andrzejczak and Members of the Assembly Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee: Thank you for the opportunity today to testify in support of home-baking entrepreneurs and bill A-801. Chairman Andrzejczak, thank you […]
Nebraska state legislators are considering a bill that would allow local governments to increase spending beyond set budget limits. The bill, LB 943, could lead to even higher property taxes to pay for any budget increases. Nebraskans already pay the 12th highest property tax in the country (The Tax Foundation). We can’t afford even higher taxes. Budget decisions at the state level […]
Below is our updated bill review following the revenue bill deadline. We presently support bills marked in green, presently oppose bills marked in red and presently are monitoring bills marked in orange. (“Support,” “Oppose,” or “Monitoring” also contained in parenthesis for each bill). The status of the bills as ALIVE or DEAD has also been […]
When lawmakers tried to go around our state’s constitution, Americans for Prosperity and our activists were there to stop it. Colorado’s constitution requires any new taxes to be approved by the voters, yet last fall, politicians in Denver attempted to raise taxes without our consent during a special session. Thanks to the hard work of […]
Americans for Prosperity and our activists around the state led the charge to defeat a proposal to increase the sales tax by $3.5 billion. We were able to make the case that Colorado was missing opportunities to cut wasteful spending and that lawmakers should practice fiscal responsibility instead of making life harder for working families. […]
With the help of the LIBRE Initiative, Americans for Prosperity-Colorado and our activists were successful in passing legislation through both chambers of the state legislature to equalize funding for public charter schools. Prior to this legislation being passed, charter schools were chronically underfunded, despite outperforming many traditional public schools. This legislation puts all public schools […]
AFP-Iowa State Director Drew Klein recently joined WHO Radio’s Simon Conway to discuss Gov. Kim Reynold’s Condition of the State address and the future of tax reform in Iowa. Klein stated that Gov. Reynolds’s address “highlighted issues that needed to be talked about.” Gov. Reynolds stated that personal income tax reform needs to happen this year — […]
The Truth in Spending reform (HB 2099/SB 1051), sponsored in the 2018 legislative session by Rep. Vince Leach (Oro Valley) and Sen. John Kavanagh (Scottsdale/Fountain Hills), will protect taxpayers by requiring the Legislature to send out a news release warning taxpayers if it plans to increase state government spending faster than the projected rate of growth […]
As lawmakers tried to push through a bill that would have created a state income tax, Americans for Prosperity and our activists led the way in making sure Alaskan families wouldn’t face another tax. AFP helped keep enough allies in line by focusing the debate around the state’s years of excessive spending. Thanks to the […]
