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President Joe Biden’s address to Congress tonight will likely include multiple calls to increase government spending to support politically connected companies and industries, all justified by the need to maintain a competitive edge over China. But, as Dan Pearson writes in a commentary piece in National Review Online, “past efforts to improve the economy by […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity weighed in today on President Biden’s expected remarks on health care in his upcoming address to the nation. In his speech this evening, the president will reportedly not call for capping the price of prescription drugs as part of his American Families Act. However, the president will reportedly request another $200 billion to […]

Lawmakers are often reluctant stand up against public opinion. But Missouri’s lawmakers should be commended for rejecting a voter-approved spending spree to expand Medicaid, writes Jeremy Cady, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri. “We’ve seen the disastrous results of this policy in other states,” he writes in a new opinion piece in the Missouri Times. “It’s not worth replicating […]

BATON ROUGE, La – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) today announced its support for HB 524, a bill that would establish a legal market for cannabis in Louisiana. The grassroots group will activate its grassroots activists across the state to advance this bill seeking to improve public safety outcomes by ending criminal penalties for cannabis possession […]

TEMPE, AZ – Americans for Prosperity (AFP-AZ) announced it will host former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, AFP President Tim Phillips, and LIBRE Initiative President Daniel Garza for a forum on the filibuster tomorrow at 6:00 PM PST. Following calls from Senate Democrat leadership to end the filibuster, the panelists will discuss why ending the filibuster […]

While North Carolina Families Face Financial Strife, State Doles Out Tax Dollars to Corporate Interests RALEIGH, NC—Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) today admonished the recent announcement of Apple’s nearly $1 billion corporate welfare giveaway– paid for by hardworking taxpayers. By opening its East Coast research and development campus outside of Morrisville, Apple will receive nearly […]

COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today announced a statewide ad campaign against a proposed $51 million bailout to the state Department of Commerce to repay on old loan to Palmetto Railways. AFP-SC is running a statewide digital ad that connects South Carolinians to their lawmakers to urge their opposition to this latest […]

Proposal Would Allow Homeschooled Students to Work During School Day With Parent’s Permission  Lansing, Mich. — Today, Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) urged the House Education Committee to pass H.B. 4063, a bill that would allow students who are homeschooled to work during the day with a parent-issued work permit. The Committee is scheduled to consider the legislation Tuesday, […]

NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the Tennessee legislature for passing HB 1305. The bill expands upon the current open enrollment law to allow students to enroll in available seats at other public schools. The TN Senate passed the companion bill, SB 788, last week. AFP-TN State Director Tori Venable issued the following statement:  […]