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Bill provides great opportunity to spur economic growth grassroots group says St. Paul, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) on Wednesday commended the Minnesota legislature for passing HF4385, a tax reform package that provides a state income tax cut for Minnesota families and largely conforms with the reformed federal tax code. Today, the Senate passed […]

Americans for Prosperity-Kansas, broad coalition, worked to defeat tax increase Topeka, KS – Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS) celebrates the defeat of a tax increase that would have unnecessarily burdened Douglas County residents. Following efforts by AFP-KS, NAACP, Justice Matters, Kansas Appleseed and Lawrence Sunset Alliance to educate voters about the flawed proposal, this broad coalition is […]

Momentum grows as county commissioners unanimously vote to make Lincoln the third county in New Mexico to pass right-to-work Carrizozo, N.M. – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) on Tuesday applauded Lincoln County commissioners for unanimously passing the right-to-work ordinance introduced by Commissioner Elaine Allen, making Lincoln the third county in New Mexico to expand workers’ […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) applauded the House vote on SB 243, which would require a unanimous decision of all 12 jurors in a felony criminal case to convict, instead of only ten jurors. Louisiana and Oregon are the only two states to allow a partial jury conviction. “Unanimous juries are a […]

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity today released a letter calling on House lawmakers to rein in excessive spending and corporate welfare in H.R. 2, otherwise known as the 2018 Farm Bill, by amending farm and nutrition titles that perpetuate the harmful status quo of government overreach and irresponsible spending. In the letter to House […]

ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) today raised concerns about the state’s growing levels of debt following the passage of an $825 million borrowing bill by the House of Representatives. The Legislature just passed a nearly billion dollar borrowing package last session, and traditionally a bonding bill of that size is only considered […]

Are your legislators Champions of the Taxpayer? Or Champions of BIG Government? You can find out soon!  AFP-Arizona will release its 2018 Legislative Scorecard later this year.  For an update on the key bills we were tracking in the 2018 session, check out our May 15 Legislative Update.   (SCROLL DOWN FOR SCORECARDS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS) […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity, together with its grassroots partner, The LIBRE Initiative, and Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, today expressed opposition to the Trump administration’s effort to enact tariffs and trade barriers that would severely undermine economic growth, undermine the 2017 tax cuts, and negatively affect American consumers, as well as the workers and […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Gov. Justice announced that he will circumvent the legislature in order to hand millions of dollars to out-of-state, multibillion-dollar corporations at West Virginians’ expense. The governor announced an “integrity fee” that will tax sportsbook operators nearly 20% of their revenue. “The integrity fee is blatant corporate cronyism and the shadowy negotiating process being […]