Recent News
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 […]
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 […]
Grassroots group reminds Oklahomans: We need better government, not bigger government. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—Americans for Prosperity-Oklahoma (AFP-OK) on Monday released the following statement in response to Governor Mary Fallin’s final State of the State address, in which she proposed a taxpayer-funded bailout of bad policies and reckless budgetary and spending practices: “We are disappointed Governor […]
Albuquerque, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) is calling on the members of the Albuquerque City Council to vote against a proposed ordinance, O-17-32, that would impose a more burdensome tax on every gallon of gasoline purchased within the city limits. The proposed ordinance would increase the gas tax by an additional two cents […]
Week four of legislative session brought with it a bit more clarity on what the rest of session’s major fights will look like. Several key pieces of legislation continued their march through the House. Agency rulemaking is one step closer to a “one-in, one-out” rule, as HB 791 marched through its first committee in the […]
YOU are #WINNING! ARIZONA COMMITTEE RESULTS, JAN 22 – FEB 2 #WINNING — House Bill 2011 is a common-sense bill from Rep. Michelle Ugenti and the Goldwater Institute that would allow persons to offer blow-drying services without having to obtain a cosmetology license. In Arizona right now, blow-drying someone’s hair without a cosmetology or barbering license is a CRIME […]
