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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: […]
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 […]
