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Grassroots Group Continues Effort Against Whitmer with New Seven-figure Television Campaign Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity today announced its launch of a nearly $1.7 million television campaign airing in Michigan that will highlight Gretchen Whitmer’s harmful record of raising taxes and supporting Governor Granholm’s failed economic agenda. On the heels of a six-figure digital and direct mail campaign […]

Grassroots group praises tax reform for increasing workforce, opportunity for Granite Staters CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) offered the following comments on the release of May state unemployment data, showing that New Hampshire’s economy added 2,100 new workers, while the state’s workforce added 2,430 individuals last month. “Thanks to tax relief by […]

Grassroots advocacy group holds banquet to recognize Yost’s efforts in transparency, responsible government COLUMBUS, Ohio— Americans for Prosperity-Ohio (AFP-OH) will present its 2018 Taxpayer Torch Award to Auditor of State Dave Yost on Thursday, June 21 at the Emidio & Sons Banquet Center in Cuyahoga Falls. The grassroots advocacy group will recognize Yost’s efforts in […]

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Friday led a coalition of organizations urging Congress to pass a one-year, clean extension of the 2018 Farm Bill and use that time to draft a new package that includes meaningful reforms to both farm and nutrition programs. In a letter sent to members of Congress on Friday, the […]

Dear Chairman Taliaferro and Members of the Law & Public Safety Committee: On behalf of Americans for Prosperity – NJ, and our tens of thousands of activists across the Garden State, I urge you to please vote “Yes” today on A-3979, the “Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act”, which would reduce the collateral consequences […]

Dear Chairman Giblin & Members of the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: I previously testified before the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee against a nearly identical bill as the one that is up for a vote in your committee today. During the February 2016 committee hearing, we learned that the bill as written would reduce the number of […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) today applauded Rep. Paulsen and the others in the Minnesota delegation who voted in support of President Trump’s rescission package, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3), that cancels $15 billion in unspent funds from previous years. Earlier this week, AFP-MN urged Representatives […]

Background: Current New Jersey occupational licensing laws force hair braiders to spend thousands of dollars on arbitrary requirements to open for business. Many of the women affected by these requirements are West African immigrants who began braiding hair at a young age as part of their culture. Paying the money to go to cosmetology school and taking the […]

Grassroots group applauds Lea County Commission unanimous approval to vote right-to-work ordinance into law next month SANTA FE, N.M. – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM), the state’s leading grassroots advocate for worker freedom, on Friday commended the Lea County Commission for unanimously supporting an ordinance to make Lea County the fifth right-to-work county in New […]