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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) applauded Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday for signing HB 2540 into law, which reduces income taxes on individuals. “We’re pleased to see Gov. Parson sign this bill into law and provide working families with much-deserved tax relief,” said AFP-MO State Director Jeremy Cady. “While more work is required […]

TOPEKA, KS – Following Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Kansas, Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS), the state’s largest grassroots advocate for the policies and goals of a free and open society, issued the following statement: “It was great to have the Vice President here in The Sunflower State to talk, in part, about how the new tax […]

Supposed Economic-Opportunity Zones Are Taxpayer Scams Tallahassee, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida, the state’s leading grassroots advocates against corporate welfare and using taxpayer dollars to prop up privately owned sports franchises, released the following statement upon news of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn carving out a path through federal policy to pull tax dollars from across […]

Trenton, N.J. – Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey (AFP-NJ) responded to the New Jersey state budget, which the legislature passed and the governor signed on Sunday. The $37.4 billion state budget increased income taxes as well as corporate taxes. AFP-NJ opposed the measure. AFP-NJ State Director Erica Jedynak issued the following statement: “The way New Jersey […]

Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) has released its legislative scorecard, a tool informing the public about the voting record of their elected officials over the last year. The scorecard empowers Granite Staters to hold their legislators accountable for their votes concerning economic freedom, and growing a free and open society. View scorecard here.  13 legislators […]

Grassroots calls on Legislature to quickly act on proposed legislation that creates competitive advantage and protects taxpayers CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH), the state’s leading grassroots group for economic freedom, on Thursday applauded Governor Sununu for calling a special session of the Legislature to pass legislation in response to the Supreme Court […]

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 […]