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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — As National School Choice week ends, Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) is calling on lawmakers to prioritize increased education freedom for students across the state during this legislative session. New Mexicans deserve educational solutions as unique as they are, and we know the key to that success is a quality education. New Mexico’s […]

Who knows what your community’s health needs are better than you and your neighbors? Well, according to many state governments around the U.S., they know better than you do. And they’ll overreach to show it. In 1979, Georgia’s General Assembly established a Certificate of Need (CON) to prevent new health care facilities from being built […]

Reimagining Healthcare to Save Lives Lifting Barriers to Better Care COVID-19 exposed a tragic reality: America’s healthcare system – your healthcare system – is undermined by too much government bureaucracy and red tape that prevents doctors, nurses, and medical researchers from helping people. Fortunately, we have a solution, a Personal Option. A Personal Option is a commonsense […]

Arlington, VA – Today, the House of Representatives took an important first step to help improve our nation’s energy security and reduce costs for millions of Americans by passing the Strategic Production Response Act (SPRA). Among Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) top legislative priorities is unleashing America’s energy resources. This legislation, sponsored and driven by House […]

DENVER, CO — Today, AFP-CO launched NoMoreRateIncreases.com, a campaign targeting the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and calling on Coloradans to tell the PUC to stop raising rates on utilities. Heating costs are top of mind for Coloradans this time of year and families across the state are feeling the financial pressure of rate hikes, […]

Americans for Prosperity-Florida State Director Skylar Zander | Tallahassee Democrat We all know that the creation of iPhones has transformed the world of communication and improved our daily lives. This is just one example of a free-market technological advancement that continues to radically improve our ability to connect. An opposite analogy, if you think about […]

Tallahassee, Fla. – Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) today applauded the House Choice & Innovation Subcommittee following its approval of HB 1 today.    “All of Florida’s students and parents deserve an education system that works for them. Providing families with the freedom to choose the best educational path for their children will give Florida’s children a better start in […]

“Keep SOAR fund and process intact,” says grassroots group Lansing, Michigan—The new Democratic majority may be tempted to abolish the SOAR fund in favor of a less transparent process, but the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-MI) today urged the legislature to preserve a transparent and accountable process in which Michiganders’ duly elected officials […]

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — As the Chicago Bears continue their campaign to build a taxpayer-funded football stadium in Arlington Heights, a new draft piece of legislation reportedly cues up a path forward for the multi-billion dollar corporate welfare deal. Americans for Prosperity-Illinois Deputy State Director Brian Costin released the following statement on the news: “In a state that’s […]