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Grassroots group urges Granite Staters to reject business tax hikes CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH), the state’s leading grassroots advocacy organization for economic freedom, today announced a statewide digital and grassroots campaign urging Granite Staters to oppose former State Senator Molly Kelly’s tax proposal that increases taxes on New Hampshire businesses by […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – In light of the state Treasurer’s announcement of a $300 million surplus, Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Friday criticizing Gov. Edwards and the legislature for hastily raising the sales tax by an estimated $463 million this summer. “The Governor needs to explain how it is we have a surplus […]

FRANKFORT, K.Y. – Americans for Prosperity-Kentucky (AFP-KY) today announced the launch of its digital campaign against raising the state gas tax. While the proposal of House Bill 609 did not come to a vote in this year’s legislative session, it is expected to be back next year, serving as a band-aid for egregious overspending in […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota (AFP-SD) today announced its plans to join the “South Dakotans Against Higher Taxes” coalition against the creation of a new tax with the passage of Initiated Measure 25 (IM-25) on November’s ballot. IM25 is a poorly written proposal that will levy a multi-million dollar tax increase through implementing a sales […]

Group’s New Ad Spotlights Real Costs of Evers’ Policies MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Friday announced a new $1.3 million ad buy to supplement its grassroots efforts urging Wisconsinites to vote against Tony Evers in the race for governor. The 30-second spot underscores Evers’ support for policies that would mean higher costs […]

Americans for Prosperity launched a television and digital ad highlighting Phil Bredesen’s abuse of taxpayer dollars and support of higher taxes. The ad reads: When times are tough, we budget for our families. But when our states budget was in crisis, Phil Bredesen supported higher taxes on us. Higher gas taxes, sales taxes, and more. […]

Naples, FL – Following a 5-0 vote to defer a proposal to increase utility fees to address storm water challenges, Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) today commended the Collier County commissioners for deferring this tax increase. The proposal was the second new tax hike proposed by the commissioners this year. Recently, Collier County citizens voted down […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Yesterday, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission announced that customers of Black Hills Energy will receive refunds in October, thanks to savings from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. A total of $7.67 million will be refunded to South Dakotans that are customers of Black Hills Energy. AFP-South Dakota State Director […]