AFP Turns Down the Temperature on Utility Bills for Colorado Residents 
Sep 16, 2024

  For years, Colorado residents have watched their utility bills skyrocket, forcing households to choose between heat and other basic necessities. What was causing the soaring energy costs? The ideological fixations of a small group of unelected bureaucrats.  The Public Utilities Commission (PUC), composed of a few governor-appointed ideologues, has been rubber-stamping rate hikes at […]

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AFP-OH Sends Message to Brown and Kaptur as they visit Toledo 
Sep 14, 2024

TOLEDO, OH—Today, Americans for Prosperity-Ohio State Director Donovan O’Neil released the following statement as Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Marcy Kaptur visit Toledo touting the radical policies they have supported in tandem with the Biden-Harris administration, which are creating a cost-of-living crisis for Ohioans. “This weekend in Toledo, Sherrod Brown and Marcy Kaptur are trying […]

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The job engine: How energy powers employment across the nation
Sep 12, 2024

The energy industry is a lifeline for thousands of American families, but unfortunately due to restrictive government regulations, the energy sector has been falling behind. It powers our homes, businesses, and economy, creating millions of jobs across the country. Over three million people work in America’s energy sector in electric power generation, fuels, or transmission. […]

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Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina Announces Final Slate of State Legislative Endorsements 
Sep 12, 2024

Raleigh, North Carolina—Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) today announced its endorsements of nine candidates running for the North Carolina State House and Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. AFP-NC will leverage the total weight of its grassroots capabilities behind the following candidates: State Sen. Buck Newton (SD-04), Ashlee Adams (SD-18), State Sen. […]

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Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina Releases Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Future of Education Scholarship Accounts
Sep 12, 2024

Columbia, SC—Following the South Carolina Supreme Court’s ruling that the Education Scholarship Trust Fund is in violation of the state’s constitution, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) pushed back on the decision highlighting how instrumental Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) have been in funding education pathways for lower income families. AFP-SC Director of Public Affairs, Candace Carroll, released the following […]

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Tax dollars for stadiums: A losing game
Sep 11, 2024

Breaking news: Your hometown team will get a fancy, shiny new stadium! The even better news: The team owners will not spend much on it. Taxpayers, both fans and non-fans alike, foot the bill and give away hundreds of millions of hard-earned tax dollars straight to your team owner’s pocket! Americans are familiar with this […]

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Americans for Prosperity-Montana Announces State Legislative Endorsements
Sep 11, 2024

BOZEMAN, MT – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP-Montana) announced the endorsement of five candidates for election and re-election to the Montana State Legislature. Doug Adams (SD-02), Lynn Bennett (HD-04), Hannah Trebas (HD-19), State Rep. Marty Malone (HD-57) and State Rep. Lynn Hellegaard (HD-89) each garnered the endorsement of AFP-Montana for their leadership and desire to […]

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AFP-Texas Launches New Website for 2025 Agenda, Grassroots Push
Sep 9, 2024

AUSTIN, TX – Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) and its sister organization The LIBRE Initiative-Texas unveiled a new website today for their new multi-year grassroots recruitment and advocacy push, “Freedom is Bigger in Texas,” featuring the organizations’ new agenda for the 2025 legislative session.  The campaign aims to recruit over 100,000 new activists or “ambassadors for Texas” to fight for Texas […]

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Do 6-year-olds have First Amendment rights at school?
Sep 5, 2024

If your house is like mine, the last couple of weeks have been hectic as the new school year begins. And free speech and schools go hand in hand. Educational institutions are in the ideas business. That’s why the Supreme Court has even referred to our schools as the “marketplace of ideas.” It’s no surprise, […]

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