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Bill to Help Terminally Ill Wisconsinites Clears Key Senate Committee, Moves to Full Senate MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin today thanked Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, for approving landmark “Right to Try” legislation out of the Committee. AFP-WI will be launching a digital ad […]
Arlington, VA — Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, The LIBRE Initiative, Generation Opportunity and Concerned Veterans for American today issued a letter to congressional leaders announcing their opposition to a government spending bill that would open the floodgates to massive increases in government spending and billions of dollars in corporate welfare for […]
RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) on Wednesday expressed disappointment in members of the House Appropriations General Government & Capital Outlay Subcommittee for rejecting Delegate Michael Webert’s House Bill 242, which would have prohibited all taxpayer financing of professional sports stadiums. AFP-VA has consistently opposed stadium subsides, which the organization views as a form […]
Grassroots group commends Senate Commerce and Energy Committee for passage of bill to promote small businesses and entrepreneurs. PIERRE, S.D.—Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota (AFP-SD), the largest free market, grassroots organization in South Dakota, on Tuesday applauded the Senate Commerce and Energy Committee’s passage of Senate Bill 169, which would allow small businesses to grow and […]
Tallahassee, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) is applauding the members of the House Appropriations Committee for voting “Yes” on H.B. 791 by Representative Manny Diaz. This bill would establish the Red Tape Advisory Council whose body will serve the state by digging through the Florida Administrative Code to identify rules that are duplicative, obsolete, […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today applauded the Senate for passing Senate Bill 399, which curbs the growth of burdensome and unnecessary occupational licensing regulations, by a vote of 41-6. AFP-IN, the state’s leading grassroots organization, has been at the forefront of opposing unnecessary occupational licenses without a compelling public need. The group […]
Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) State Director Beth Anne Mumford on Tuesday released the following statement in response to Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address, in which he called for $1 billion in new spending: “Gov. Wolf should have given his budget address in Punxsutawney because it was like Groundhog Day, with Pennsylvanians reliving the […]
**MEDIA ADVISORY** Americans for Prosperity-Colorado Host 2018 Lobby Day: Road to Freedom Denver, CO – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) will host its annual Lobby Day this Thursday at the State Capitol. AFP-CO will hold a press conference and highlight the 2018 policy priorities that include transportation funding, educational freedom, TABOR, occupational licensing, and energy development. […]
AFP-FL: Senator Taddeo’s Hollywood handout bill is corporate welfare Tallahassee, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) the state’s leading grassroots organizations against corporate welfare is calling on the members of the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee to vote “No” on S.B. 1604, related to the proposed creation of the Florida Motion Picture Capital Corporation. The […]
