Press Release

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-UT) today announced the release of its 2021 legislative scorecard—highlighting the key votes legislators took during this year’s legislative session to tackle the most critical issues Utahns face daily. AFP-UT’s scorecard serves as a comprehensive guide to provide transparency between constituents and their elected representatives. It highlights the important issues […]

DENVER – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) and Colorado Rising State Action today announced that the groups will co-sponsor ballot language in 2022 to cut the gas tax. AFP-CO plans to further supplement these actions with grassroots efforts to educate voters on the opportunity to decrease the gas tax in response to the legislature skirting the […]

WASHINGTON, DC—Americans for Prosperity Foundation, backed by nearly 300 groups across the political spectrum who filed friend-of-the-court briefs, urged the U.S. Supreme Court today to uphold people’s First Amendment rights. The question before the Justices in Americans For Prosperity Foundation vs. Bonta is whether a state’s blanket demand for a list of an organization’s supporters can […]

Indiana is spending nearly $32 million a year — about $22,000 per person — to incarcerate 1,451 people who, if convicted today, would likely receive vastly shorter sentences. Michael Chartier, state director for Americans for Prosperity-Indiana, joined forces with retired Lt. Jay Hall, a 24-year law enforcement veteran and former Indiana parole officer who now serves […]

Across the South, states are reforming criminal justice and sentencing polices to safely reduce prison populations and save taxpayers money. At the forefront of this movement has been a unique coalition that includes Americans for Prosperity and the American Civil Liberties Union. In a new op-ed in the Charleston Post and Courier, Shirene Hansotia, criminal […]

After such a tough year for Minnesotans, state lawmakers ought to be doing everything in their power to make things better. Instead, they’re threatening to make things worse. Instead of enacting policies that would put money back into the hands of the people who earn it, the state House voted to raise billions in new […]

The state legislature just concluded what Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia State Director Jason Huffman called “the most transformational session in recent memory.” In a new op-ed in the West Virginia Record, Huffman details measures that will overhaul the state’s education system, health care access, occupational licensing, independent contracting, and more. “West Virginia parents and students […]

CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today urged the New Hampshire delegation to reject the administration’s proposal of a so-called infrastructure package that has little to do with improving roads and bridges, but would instead harm the economy and increase taxes on small businesses who are struggling to get back on their feet. […]

Supports Efforts to Remove Unconstitutional Law From Books  LANSING, Mich. — Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) today urged the Board of State Canvassers to certify the Unlock Michigan petition after it deadlocked in a 2-2 vote. The petition would repeal the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act. AFP-MI State director Annie Patnaude issued the following […]