Commentary

Your weekly round-up of the major wins making headlines thanks to AFP’s grassroots activists across the country (April 9 through April 13).  The Big W: Gov. Scott Walker Signed Landmark Welfare Reform Backed by AFP What it is: The newly signed landmark Walker welfare reform law removes barriers to job opportunities, rewards hard work and cracks down on waste, fraud […]

We’re excited to announce that Chris McCoy has been promoted to AFP-NC’s new state director. Previously serving as a field director in Winston-Salem, and then as senior field director, Chris will now be your voice at the state capitol, fighting for more freedom and opportunity for all North Carolinians. He lives in Moorseville with his wife, three kids, and […]

Earlier this week, the White House released an executive order directing federal agencies to promote employment for people on public assistance programs by strengthening existing work requirements or creating new ones where they don’t currently exist. While the order doesn’t actually change policy since most such reforms need to be enacted by Congress, it does […]

It’s been said before, but merits repeating: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The CBO’s latest economic predictions highlighting America’s rising federal deficit underscores this point. The Wall Street Journal notes: The Congressional Budget Office said the federal budget deficit would total $804 billion this year, 43% higher than it had projected last summer, and […]

There’s a holiday coming up. Do you know what it is?  Mark your calendars, because April 17 is Tax Day!  Alright, so maybe there’s no special meal associated with Tax Day, and people don’t hang streamers or blow up balloons. But in North Carolina, Tax Day maybe be worth a “hooray!”   Not convinced? Here are four reasons to celebrate Tax Day in the Tar […]

Trenton, NJ – In light of the White House’s announcement of the twelfth wave of judicial nominees today, Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey is applauding the President’s continued focus on fixing our nation’s judicial crisis and is announcing the group’s support of Paul Matey of New Jersey for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Americans for Prosperity […]

For a PDF version of the AFP-Arizona April 9 Legislative Update, go HERE. 1)  PROGRESS REPORTS — This past week, AFP-Arizona sent progress reports to all ninety Arizona Legislators, giving them estimates of what their scores would likely be on AFP-AZ’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard if the session were to end right now.  With a few […]

Let the countdown begin! We’re just a few days out from Tax Day on April 17, when we’ll say goodbye to our outdated, complex and burdensome tax system and hello to a simpler, fairer and more efficient new tax code! Check out these five positive changes that all Americans will see next year thanks to the Tax […]

If you’ve been following the story of the Nashville transit plan boondoggle, you know by now that this plan to alleviate traffic congestion is estimated to cost taxpayers $9 billion. You also know that the plan’s original estimate was about half that amount, but lawmakers weren’t being upfront about the costs. But did you know that transit plans just like this […]