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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today applauded the House Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee for passing Senate Bill 399 by a vote of 7-5. The bill would curb the growth of burdensome and unnecessary occupational licensing regulations. AFP-IN, the state’s leading grassroots organization, has been at the forefront of opposing unnecessary occupational licenses […]
Week six of Florida’s legislative session has come and gone, and the chess game continues as we move closer to the season of budget conferencing. Just seven days of session remain until the 50th day, the last day for regularly-scheduled committee meetings. Florida Billboard, Week 6 Notably, the House’s tax cut package was released, with […]
Arlington, VA — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today told the House Ways and Means Committee that President Donald Trump “feels strongly” that the United States should impose a sales tax on purchases made over the Internet, according to Bloomberg. Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “The entire point of […]
AFP-WI Priorities Take Center Stage in Valentine’s Day Hearings MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today reaffirmed its strong support for a quartet of free-market reform bills that were featured at committee hearings in the state Capitol on Valentine’s Day. Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin State Director Eric Bott made the following statement: “AFP-WI is enamored […]
Grassroots group unveils policy agenda in front of local activists and legislators St. Paul, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN), the free market grassroots advocacy organization launched “Roadmap to Prosperity” a comprehensive policy agenda to help make Minnesota the best state to live, work, and raise a family. AFP-MN released the policy agenda during their legislative […]
Plot Was Scrapped Last Year Due to Public Outrage from Grassroots Activists MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin today called on lawmakers to reject a proposal to create a massive new bureaucracy with unchecked powers to regulate distilleries, microbreweries and wineries, taverns, grocers, and others in the Badger State. According to documents obtained by the […]
TO: Honorable Members of the Wisconsin Legislature FROM: Eric Bott, State Director Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin DATE: February 13, 2018 RE: Return of the Liquor Tsar This morning the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy broke a […]
Business has been chugging along in Pierre, and we have been hard at work on issues that are important to you, our fellow free market, limited government patriot. As the legislative session reaches the halfway mark, I wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on in our capital, what it means for […]
Hope [Scholarship] springs eternal in sunny Florida as week five of the Florida legislative calendar comes to an end, and the final four weeks continue to loom. The major themes of the week were educational freedom, the rejection of corporate welfare, and the reduction of regulatory red-tape. View Week 5 Florida Billboard here Among the […]
