Recent News

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—Today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce to boost the Biden Administration’s economic policies, known as “Bidenomics.” Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) State Director Ashley Klingensmith issued the following statement on Sec. Yellen’s visit: “Secretary Yellen will tell us that this is the ‘strongest economic comeback of our lifetimes,’ but […]

Richmond, VA – On Wednesday, the Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 680 unanimously. This bill codifies Gov. Youngkin’s order last year scrapping college degree requirements for most state government jobs. Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) State Director C.J. Sailor released the following statement:   “We thank the Delegates for passing HB 680 unanimously. Americans for Prosperity-Virginia has been […]

ATLANTA, GA – Following the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Occupational Licensing’s announcement yesterday approving a series of ten recommendations that will reform occupational licensing procedures, Americans for Prosperity – Georgia (AFP-GA) is applauding the Committee’s proposals and calling for the full Georgia General Assembly to pass and implement them. AFP-GA State Director Tony West released the following […]

Americans for Prosperity Foundation recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Consumers’ Research v. Federal Communications Commission, urging the Court to grant Consumers Research’s cert petition and enforce the Constitution’s system of checks and balances. At issue is the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, a social welfare program that subsidizes […]

Committee Hearing Today on Medicaid Expansion Distracts Committee from its True Task  Atlanta, Georgia—Today the Georgia House Study Committee on Certificate of Need (CON) Reform heard testimony from out-of-state experts on Medicaid Expansion. Witnesses from Arkansas testified before the CON Study Committee about the supposed benefits of expanding Medicaid in the Peach State.  Americans for […]

“If AI is to be regulated, it is the responsibility of Congress to do so through legislation,” said AFP Foundation Investigative Analyst Thomas Kimbrell.

Lansing, Michigan—Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) today criticized the Michigan legislature for passing a bill package that includes HB 5120-5123 that would further empower unelected bureaucrats in Lansing. Among the bills quickly rammed through the legislature were wind and solar permitting reforms that would give near-total control of wind and solar permitting to the Michigan Public Service […]

ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner made the following statement today: “The House of Representatives has been without a Speaker and unable to do its work for 21 days. It’s unacceptable that lawmakers continue to fail to select a leader when our country’s challenges are so great and the need for […]

DENVER, CO – Last year, Americans for Prosperity and Advance Colorado Institute filed a lawsuit against the State of Colorado for passing Senate Bill 21-260, raising taxes without input from Coloradans, violating the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). Upon the rejection of the state’s motion to dismiss the case, AFP-Colorado State Director Jesse Mallory […]