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DENVER, Co. – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) state director Jesse Mallory released the following statement on the defeat of SB216 by the Senate Transportation Committee: “Simply put, this bill gave undue, taxpayer-funded authority to utility companies to intervene in the electric vehicle market. Bolstering their already government-protected monopoly on the back of Colorado taxpayers is bad […]
BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) applauds the House Committee on Commerce for advancing HB562, which addresses Louisiana’s antiquated and over-burdensome occupational licensing regulations. The bill aims to reduce the many of the unnecessary fees and training programs that discourage Louisianans from working while still keeping consumers safe. “Advancing this bill is the […]
JACKSON, Miss. – Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS) today applauded Governor Bryant for signing an important criminal justice reform measure, HB 387, into law. HB 387 addresses a number of issues facing Mississippi’s criminal justice system. The bill would help people convicted of non-driving offenses maintain their licenses, modernize parole and probation requirements, scale back “debtor prisons” for […]
Remember that time last year when the federal government imposed a 30-percent tax on solar panels? Many were left scratching their heads, unsure what the point of that was. Nevada’s Americans for Prosperity state director, Juan Martinez, wrote in a recent op-ed published by the Las Vegas Sun that those tariffs were what Varun Sivaram of the Council on Foreign Relations called “regulatory capture not to an industry but to an ideology” […]
For a PDF version of AFP-Arizona’s March 23 Legislative Update, go here: afpazlegupdate03-23-2018a BAD WEEK at the Legislature, but the session is not over… 1) BAD NEWS — As you have probably read by now, the Legislature voted overwhelmingly yesterday to pass Senate Bill 1390 (substituted for HB 2158), which will extend the Prop 301 […]
Grassroots group hopes to find opportunities to work with Congressman-elect HARRISBURG, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) on Thursday congratulated Congressman-elect Conor Lamb for winning the special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District and applauded AFP-PA activists for their work in the closing weeks of the race. The grassroots organization had urged Pennsylvanians to vote […]
Gov. Northam doubles down on holding budget hostage over Obamacare Medicaid expansion RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) issued the following statement in response to Governor Northam’s hyper-partisan special session budget proposal that includes a Medicaid expansion plan that has already been rejected by the Senate. The legislature adjourned regular session after failing to pass […]
Grassroots group hopeful Gov. Northam offers a clean budget for swift passage in General Assembly RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) on Wednesday issued the following statement in hopes that Governor Northam will offer a clean budget for immediate passage in the General Assembly. The legislature adjourned its regular session earlier this month without […]
New Jersey Lawmakers Graded on their Votes in Trenton TRENTON, N.J. – Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey (AFP-NJ) today released its Taxpayer Scorecard for the 2016-17 legislative session. The Garden State’s leading free-market grassroots organization produces this comprehensive digest to educate New Jerseyans on how their state elected officials voted on over 40 of the most […]
