Commentary
Summer is in swing, which means more travel and … high gas prices! In fact, over Memorial Day weekend, the average U.S. price hit a record high of $4.60 per gallon. On May 25, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois helped ease the pain for consumers in Peoria, Illinois by paying the difference between what gas prices were […]
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), a national nonprofit that educates Americans about the benefits of a free and open society, released a report on civil asset forfeiture activities in Kansas. Kansas’ civil asset forfeiture laws allow law enforcement to seize and keep people’s money and property if law enforcement suspects it is connected to criminal […]
Updated July 1, 2022 On Thursday, May 26, Americans for Prosperity-Missouri activists arrived in Fredericktown, Missouri to lower gas prices for residents. Fox 2 NOW reports that for 90 minutes prices at the BMW Convenience gas station hosting the event were $2.12, the price of a gallon of gas when President Joe Biden was inaugurated […]
There is a rising need for increased flexible work arrangements that would allow employees and businesses to build mutually beneficial relationships. The evidence? We’re in an American and global jobs market where over 1 in 5 workers are planning to change jobs in the next year; over 11 million job openings remain in the U.S.; […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Vice President for Government Relations Chris Hudson issued the following statement opposing S. 4217, the Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act, which is scheduled for consideration by the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday: “This is another empty, ineffective, and virtue-signaling fuel price bill that won’t do anything to provide meaningful […]
The event will be the second this week in the state featuring a Member of Congress SPRINGFIELD, IL — Americans for Prosperity-Illinois will host a grassroots awareness event this Thursday, May 26 to highlight the “True Cost of Washington” and its impact on hardworking Illinoisans. The event will occur the day after Congressman Darin LaHood joins AFP-IL in […]
AFP-MO will roll back gas prices to $2.12, the price per gallon in Missouri the day before President Biden took office FREDERICKTOWN, MO — Americans for Prosperity-Missouri will host a grassroots awareness event this Thursday, May 26 to highlight the “True Cost of Washington” and its impact on hardworking Missourians. Washington’s reckless spending and crushing regulations have Missourians […]
Updated July 20, 2022 Higher inflation (a whopping 8.3 percent increase since last April) continues to run rampant through the economy, wreaking havoc on family finances as Americans struggle with rising costs for everyday necessities and with wages lagging behind climbing prices. Unfortunately, rather than addressing the root causes of inflation, the Biden administration is […]
During a U.S. House hearing, the Department of Homeland Security announced the rollout of their new Disinformation Governance Board, which, among other tasks, will include countering disinformation about the U.S. southern border. As Americans for Prosperity senior analyst David Voorman notes, the mere concept of having an agency decide which forms of speech constitute misinformation […]
