Press Release

BOZEMAN, MT – A new statewide poll finds that most Montanans strongly support “placing more of an emphasis on free speech” on college campuses, creating momentum for the swift passage of H.B. 517, an amendment to the state’s constitution. As the legislature gears up, AFP-MT, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and Alliance Defending Freedom […]

ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) announced support for a series of important bills under Congressional markup that would remove barriers standing in the way of an abundant, reliable supply of American energy. The pieces of legislation under markup today in the House Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources Committees would make vital reforms to unleash our country’s vast energy […]

ARLINGTON, VA—In response to President Biden’s 2024 budget speech, Americans for Prosperity’s Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule made the following statement:  “President Biden unleashed the worst inflation in four decades with $4.8 trillion in new borrowing during his first two years in office. Now, he wants to increase taxes on Americans to pay for it. […]

COLUMBIA, SC — Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP- SC) today praised the State House for passing two criminal justice bills. H 3019 would require arrest records to be destroyed for those arrested by mistaken identity, within 180 days. H 3890 would expunge certain juvenile records. AFP-SC State Director Candace Carroll released the following statement:  […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today announced the grand opening of the organization’s Fort Wayne office will occur on Saturday, March 11 at 12PM. The facility will be used to increase the group’s grassroots efforts in the Fort Wayne area and help set the stage for continued and enhanced engagement for years to […]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—Today a dozen activists affiliated with Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) organized a demonstration opposing more federal spending and increased taxes outside the Finishing Trades Institute where President Biden gave his annual budget address.s referring to the Biden Administration’s inflationary tax and spending policies. AFP-PA State Director Ashley Klingensmith explained the group’s objections to the […]

ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) introduced the Agenda to End Budget Brinkmanship, a policy framework for congressional lawmakers to end the budget battles and fix the broken process causing Washington’s budget dysfunction. AFP’s Agenda to End Budget Brinkmanship calls on the 118th Congress to examine how we got to the brink of the current debt […]

NASHVILLE — Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) State Director Tori Venable released the following statement, after the State Senate voted to shrink the size of the bloated Nashville City Council: “With today’s vote in the Senate, legislation literally shrinking the size of government heads to the governor’s desk. Nashville’s city council – the third largest in the […]

LINCOLN, Neb. – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE) today thanks lawmakers for advancing LB 753, Opportunity Scholarships Act, to Select File. LB 753 will increase choice in education for Nebraska families by enacting a tax credit for donations to nonprofit scholarship granting institutions. AFP-NE State Director Jessica Shelburn released the following statement: “Today, with the advancement […]