Press Release

Trenton, New Jersey – Americans for Prosperity – New Jersey (AFP-NJ) today announced that it has co-signed a set of principles with the Reason Foundation’s Drug Policy Project regarding the state’s effort to legalize marijuana. If passed, S- 2703, the New Jersey Marijuana Legalization Act would legalize possession and personal use of marijuana for New Jerseyans […]

DENVER, Colo. – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) announced Monday two campaigns to oppose Proposition 112 and Amendment 73 in the upcoming election. Proposition 112 would severely cripple the energy industry in Colorado by making 85 percent of Colorado’s non-federal land off-limits to exploration and production. Amendment 73 is a $1.6 billion tax increase that would permanently restructure the tax […]

Grassroots group urges Granite Staters to reject business tax hikes CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH), the state’s leading grassroots advocacy organization for economic freedom, today announced a statewide digital and grassroots campaign urging Granite Staters to oppose former State Senator Molly Kelly’s tax proposal that increases taxes on New Hampshire businesses by […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—In case you missed it… Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota State Director Don Haggar authored a letter-to-the-editor in the Argus Leader calling for the state’s congressional delegation to do right by hard-working South Dakotans and hold Washington accountable for its irresponsible overspending. The piece ran Saturday in the Argus Leader and can be viewed […]

DES MOINES, Iowa. – Americans for Prosperity-Iowa (AFP-IA) launched a statewide campaign today backing Governor Kim Reynolds in her bid for re-election. The Hawkeye state’s largest free market grassroots group will be knocking on doors, running digital ads, sending mailers, and calling their neighbors highlighting how Governor Reynolds’ leadership on tax reform and regulatory reform […]

DURHAM, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Hampshire (AFPF-NH), will host a free speech and toleration panel with Janisset Rivero, a leading Cuban human rights activist, Demetrius Minor, Director of Coalitions for Americans for Prosperity-Florida, and Zach Greenberg, a Justice Robert Jackson Legal Fellow for the Foundation for Individual Rights […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity expressed frustration today after the Senate agreed to another massive, spending bill with an $854 billion price tag that continues government spending on its current, unsustainable trajectory. Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued this statement: ““Unfortunately, it seems like the only thing Washington can agree on […]

Arlington, VA – As the Trump administration continues to escalate an already-harmful trade war with the announcement of additional tariffs on Chinese imports, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said this morning on CNBC that they were going “item by item” to pick which products would be impacted by the new round of tariffs and which would […]

ARLINGTON, Va. – Following the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. will implement additional tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese products, AFP President Tim Phillips issued the following statement urging the elimination of tariffs and trade barriers: “The continued escalation of this trade war is wreaking havoc on the wellbeing of American businesses and workers. […]