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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 […]
Legislative leaders will speak with AFP-MN State Director Jason Flohrs to brief participants on upcoming legislative efforts and answer activists’ questions. St. Paul, MN – On Tuesday evening, February 13, Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) will host their 2018 Session Kickoff event, where AFP-MN will unveil their priorities for the upcoming session. Speaker of the House […]
Nebraska state legislators are considering a bill that would allow local governments to increase spending beyond set budget limits. The bill, LB 943, could lead to even higher property taxes to pay for any budget increases. Nebraskans already pay the 12th highest property tax in the country (The Tax Foundation). We can’t afford even higher taxes. Budget decisions at the state level […]
Below is our updated bill review following the revenue bill deadline. We presently support bills marked in green, presently oppose bills marked in red and presently are monitoring bills marked in orange. (“Support,” “Oppose,” or “Monitoring” also contained in parenthesis for each bill). The status of the bills as ALIVE or DEAD has also been […]
Grassroots group supports effort to ban any income tax in Tennessee. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) on Wednesday commended state Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) for introducing legislation to permanently ban the so called “Hall Tax,” an outdated personal income tax on investment interest and dividends. “Senator Kelsey has been a leader in the fight to […]
When lawmakers tried to go around our state’s constitution, Americans for Prosperity and our activists were there to stop it. Colorado’s constitution requires any new taxes to be approved by the voters, yet last fall, politicians in Denver attempted to raise taxes without our consent during a special session. Thanks to the hard work of […]
Americans for Prosperity and our activists around the state led the charge to defeat a proposal to increase the sales tax by $3.5 billion. We were able to make the case that Colorado was missing opportunities to cut wasteful spending and that lawmakers should practice fiscal responsibility instead of making life harder for working families. […]
AFP-Iowa State Director Drew Klein recently joined WHO Radio’s Simon Conway to discuss Gov. Kim Reynold’s Condition of the State address and the future of tax reform in Iowa. Klein stated that Gov. Reynolds’s address “highlighted issues that needed to be talked about.” Gov. Reynolds stated that personal income tax reform needs to happen this year — […]
