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Lobbyists Shake Down Wisconsin Communities to Pay for Tax Hike Push AFP Says Wisconsinites Shouldn’t Be Forced to Fund Effort to Raise their Taxes MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today slammed the League of Wisconsin Municipalities (LWM) for soliciting $1,200 payments from Badger State communities to lobby lawmakers to pass controversial “dark store” […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Saturday ahead of a likely vote by the Senate of the previously brokered and approved $0.45 sales tax increase in the House. AFP-LA State Director John Kay released the following statement: “Huey Long had a quote about whether or not Louisianans will like good government […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Friday after legislators voted to approve a sales tax increase, which will now be up for debate in the Senate. The House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve three different sales tax increases on Wednesday. AFP-LA State Director John Kay released the following […]

Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) on Friday commented on the $32.7 billion budget passed by the state legislature. The 2018-2019 budget is expected to be signed by Governor Wolf in the coming days. The grassroots group on Tuesday issued a letter to state lawmakers listing key reforms that if enacted would provide Pennsylvania’s […]

Arlington, Va. – Today the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of South Dakota in South Dakota v. Wayfair, holding that states should be able to levy sales taxes on out-of-state retailers even if they lack a physical presence, such as a headquarters or warehouse, in the jurisdiction. The decision overturned precedent from […]

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY June 19, 2018 – Today, the respective Senate and Assembly Budget Committees passed S-2746/A-4202, which would drastically increase the corporate business tax rate. The New Jersey legislature will consider the measures on Thursday. Lawmakers are considering raising the corporate tax rate between 11.5 and 13 percent based on the size of the local business. These drastic tax increases […]

Dear Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean, Jr.: On behalf of Americans for Prosperity and taxpayers across the state, I write today to express our strong opposition to a corporate business tax increase proposal, which would impose major tax increases on New Jersey businesses.  Given the current condition of the state budget and the state’s larger […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana activists gathered in the Capitol Monday afternoon as Gov. Edwards addressed the legislature on the start of Louisiana’s third special session of 2018. The 10-day session was called by Governor Edwards after legislators rebuffed attempts to raise the sales tax. AFP-LA has consistently called for legislators to reject any […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) unveiled Rep. Kenny Havard Friday as the next member of the Taker’s Dozen, the now-infamous group of lawmakers being held accountable for their votes to raise taxes on Louisianans to fund frivolous government spending. Rep. Havard has earned his spot by voting to raise the sales tax in 2016, renewing […]