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HARRISBURG, PA – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) criticized progressive state lawmakers and Governor Josh Shapiro on Sunday for signing a $50.8 billion budget that fails to solve the state’s spending deficit. As the state’s largest grassroots organization, AFP-PA called on state lawmakers to balance their budgets like their constituents do and pass a cyclical budgeting rule to […]
RALEIGH, NC – Today, Governor Josh Stein signed into law North Carolina’s first comprehensive state budget since 2023, a budget crafted by the General Assembly that will further reduce individual income taxes, increase teacher and law enforcement pay, and offer additional funding to communities still recovering from the lingering impacts of Hurricane Helene. Americans for […]
COLUMBUS, OH – Yesterday, Americans for Prosperity–Ohio (AFP-OH) testified in support of House Bill 645 (HB 645) before the House Finance Committee. The legislation would establish zero-based budgeting requirements for state agencies and the Office of Budget and Management, requiring agencies to justify expenditures from the ground up rather than relying on prior-year spending baselines. Zero-based […]
ST. PAUL, MN – In case you missed it, Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) State Director Jake Coleman appeared on One America News Network’s “The Real Story with Riley Lewis” on Saturday to discuss Governor Tim Walz’s handling of Minnesota’s welfare fraud crisis. “So far, Tim Walz has done basically nothing,” told Lewis while discussing the Trump […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) commended Governor Tim Walz from ending his reelection campaign on Monday morning amid national scrutiny into the state’s multibillion-dollar Medicaid and daycare fraud scandal. Jake Coleman, AFP-MN state director, gave the following statement: “Tim Walz made the right decision in ending his bid for a third term as governor. […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) called on state lawmakers to hold Governor Tim Walz accountable for the state’s multibillion dollar fraud scandal Monday, following the FBI and House Oversight Committee announcing expanded efforts to investigate and dismantle the schemes stealing from federal programs. AFP-MN is working in St. Paul and across the state to […]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri leadership traveled to Capitol Hill this week as part of AFP’s ongoing Protect Prosperity campaign to advocate for President Trump’s tax cuts. State Director Gary Hollis, Deputy State Director Duane Lester, and Legislative Director Camellia Peterson traveled to Washington and conducted meetings to urge Missouri lawmakers to extend provisions of […]
CHEYENNE, WY – Americans for Prosperity-Wyoming leadership traveled to Capitol Hill this week as part of AFP’s ongoing Protect Prosperity campaign to advocate for President Trump’s tax cuts. State Director Tyler Lindholm traveled to Washington and conducted three meetings to urge Wyoming lawmakers to extend provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which saves […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) called out Governor Tim Walz for his cross-country campaign stops on Saturday as state government employees received 30-day layoff notices ahead of a potential government shutdown thanks to his party’s failure to finalize a budget. Walz traveled to California and South Carolina this weekend – two key states […]
