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AFP-SC Unveils “South Carolina Freedom Initiative” 2025 Legislative Agenda COLUMBIA, SC—Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC), the state’s most recognizable grassroots mobilizer, is unveiling a new legislative agenda for 2025 containing a policy plan over the next several years that aims to make the Palmetto State the freest in the south. Southern states from West Virginia […]
PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) highlighted a new Cato Institute “report card” today that gave Minnesota Governor Tim Walz a failing grade for his fiscal policy in office. “Cold northern states such as Minnesota that are suffering from out-migration need to adopt taxpayer-friendly policies to stem the population outflow,” the report says, citing […]
DES MOINES, IA – In its biennial report ranking America’s governors on their fiscal policies from a limited-government perspective, the Cato Institute has named Iowa’s Governor Kim Reynolds as the top governor for cutting taxes and spending. Governor Reynolds has championed tax reform and responsible spending and has earned the highest score on Cato’s reports […]
AFP-MS Highlights the Risks of Medicaid Expansion and Advocates for Real Healthcare Solutions Jackson, MS – Americans for Prosperity – Mississippi (AFP-MS) State Director Starla Brown published a new op-ed featured in the Magnolia Tribune, addressing how Medicaid expansion would be a costly mistake for Mississippi. The expansion of Medicaid would likely burden both state and federal budgets, […]
AFP Midwest and Rust Belt State Chapters Issue Joint Statement on Failures of Radical Policies in Their States Midwest, USA – Today, the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania state directors for Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued a joint statement rejecting the radical, progressive agenda of Governors Walz, Evers, Whitmer, Pritzker, and Shapiro and the […]
Greenville, SC—Following recent debates over a one percent sales tax in Greenville, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) expressed its opposition to the increase noting the ways in which residents are already dealing with higher cost-of-living expenses. AFP-SC Director of Public Affairs, Candace Carroll, released the following statement: “With high inflation and the cost-of-living feeling overwhelming […]
AFP-AL Highlights the Damaging Effects of Alabama’s CON Laws on Healthcare Providers in the State Birmingham, AL – Americans for Prosperity – Alabama (AFP-AL) State Director Adam Thompson and AFP Policy Analyst Sofia Hamilton published a new op-ed featured in Yellowhammer News. In the piece, they address how Alabama’s certificate of need (CON) laws are blocking critical healthcare expansions, […]
A couple of weeks ago, the federal government was on the verge of shutdown for the second time in a year, as Congress didn’t agree on funding for the next fiscal year. Washington was barely able to stave off the crisis by doing what it does best: kicking the can down the road for a few months. […]
Imagine having your vehicle seized by police during a minor traffic violation for no reason other than an unfounded suspicion. Civil asset forfeiture laws enable the government to seize and keep any property they suspect is linked to a crime, regardless of whether the owner is charged or convicted. Until recently, Kansas law enforcement could […]
