Recent News
Austin, TX— Today, at the beginning of National School Choice Week, Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) recommits itself to the cause of freedom in education and calls on state legislators to work diligently and across partisan lines to deliver for Texas students. Parental empowerment in schooling is sweeping the nation, and it’s time that Texas’ leaders caught up. […]
LINCOLN, NE – Today, at the beginning of National School Choice Week, Americans for Prosperity – Nebraska (AFP-NE) calls for the Nebraska legislature to continue fighting for educational freedom for families, amid opposition to a ballot initiative aimed at repealing the state’s new tax credit scholarship program. As the parental empowerment movement makes strides across the […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Americans for Prosperity-WV (AFP-WV) will celebrate School Choice Week with other state and national groups Sunday, January 21 – Saturday, January 27. National School Choice Week was founded in 2011 to promote the concept of all forms of school choice: district schools, district magnet schools, charter schools, private schools, and home schooling. […]
SAINT PAUL, MN – Today, Americans for Prosperity – Minnesota (AFP-MN), launched a statewide advertising campaign to hold state Democrats accountable for their wasteful and unsustainable spending ahead of the 2024 state legislative session beginning in February. The “One Expensive Minnesota” campaign, named after the “One Minnesota Budget” signed by Governor Tim Walz last year, will consist […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman praised the House Budget Committee for advancing bipartisan legislation today to create a fiscal commission and start addressing our nation’s $34 trillion debt. The fiscal commission bill advanced by the Committee would create a focused space for Congress to get to work […]
Topeka, KS—Today, Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS) commended the passage of House Bill 2284, a plan to tackle the rising cost of living by letting hardworking Kansans keep more money in their pockets. As reported by AFP-KS earlier this week, polling shows that the majority of residents agree that a simple, single-rate tax plan is the best way […]
ARLINGTON – Today Americans for Prosperity (AFP) commended the introduction of the Safeguarding Charity Act, by Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Florida Congressman Greg Steube. Recent judicial decisions threaten the First Amendment rights of nonprofit charities, subjecting them to oversight by federal bureaucrats and to costly litigation. The Safeguarding Charity Act will protect nonprofit organizations […]
Raleigh, North Carolina—On Thursday, President Biden visited North Carolina to tout his failed “Bidenomics” policies to voters in the Triangle. Americans for Prosperity North Carolina (AFP-NC) State Director Tyler Voigt issued the following statement on Biden’s visit: “President Biden is trying desperately to convince voters that his failed ‘Bidenomics’ platform is working and has improved […]
Providence, RI – Americans for Prosperity Northeast Region Director Ross Connolly released the following statement following Governor McKee’s 2024 State of the State Address: “Tonight, Governor McKee touched on some of the most important issues affecting our state and his plans to solve them this year. However, Rhode Islanders know that the only path to […]
