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Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s leading grassroots advocacy organization, sent Key Vote letters to members of the House of Representatives today encouraging them to support legislation that the group will factor into their grades in the 2018 AFP Scorecard. This week, the House of Representatives will be taking up H.R. 5682, which […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As the 2018 legislative comes to a close, Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) released a statement lauding the legislature on bills approved that advanced worker freedom in the state. Leading the heralded group of bills was HB 1413, which includes provisions that would require an employee’s annual consent for labor organizations to use dues and […]

Anchorage, Alaska – After the Senate voted to enact the Congressional Review Act and overturn the FCC’s decision to cut the chord on net neutrality, Americans for Prosperity-Alaska State Director Jeremy Price issued the following statement: “We’re disappointed by the Senate action today, in particular Sen. Murkowski, for using the Congressional Review Act to reverse progress that […]

Grassroots group applauds Lincoln City Council and Board of Education for pursuing alternative route for school safety initiatives    Lincoln, Nebr. – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE) on Wednesday commended the Lincoln City Council and Lincoln Board of Education for abandoning a proposal to create a joint public agency (JPA) to administer and fund a school safety […]

AFP-Arizona May 15, 2018 Legislative Update 1)  LOW SCORES ON THE 2018 SCORECARD? We are still working on grading our 2018 Legislative Scorecard.  But initial indications are not good.  The 2018 legislative session saw some victories on regulatory policy (see below), but on tax and budget policy, it was a bad scene.  Among other things, […]

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 […]

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) […]

We’ve accomplished so much here in the Beehive state, thanks to our activists and supporters who care about freedom in Utah. Creating a more prosperous Utah means advocating for good fiscal policies that lead to a more prosperous state and holding lawmakers accountable for bad ones.  Many of our lawmakers are focused on growing our economy, removing […]