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DENVER, CO — Americans for Prosperity Colorado (AFP-CO) today launched its 2023 New Year’s Resolutions, an awareness campaign highlighting the organization’s priorities for the New Year.   The campaign, targeted at Governor Polis and legislators, urges lawmakers to “make a resolution” to support returning TABOR refunds, stopping the gas tax increase set to go into effect, and increasing […]

‘Tis the season: The one where everyone seems to want to give you advice on how to win arguments while spending the holidays with family members with different political views. Yes, Americans feel more polarized right now than any other time in recent history. But the truth is that Americans are less divided than we […]

Raleigh, North Carolina—Four North Carolina Lawmakers were among 73 members of Congress to receive the inaugural “Pioneer for Prosperity” Awards from the nation’s largest grassroots organization, Americans for Prosperity (AFP). Pioneers for Prosperity are lawmakers who served as policy champions in the 117th Congress, actively opposing bad ideas and proactively offering principled solutions to the […]

Manchester, New Hampshire—Today the New Hampshire Executive Council voted 3-2 against extending an engineering and planning contract to extend the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority rail service from Lowell, Massachusetts, to Nashua and Manchester, New Hampshire. Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) praised the fiscally responsible decision to save taxpayer dollars. AFP-NH State Director Greg Moore gave […]

The 2023 Washington state legislative session could be fertile ground for common-sense occupational licensing reform. During a recent 2023 state legislative forecast panel at the National Conference of State Legislatures Forecast ’23 Conference, Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins signaled she wants to look at the state’s licensing requirements in 2023 to see if the […]

Richmond, VA – Americans for Prosperity- Virginia (AFP-VA) today endorsed State Senate candidate Kevin Adams for the Special Election to be held on January 10, 2023. AFP-VA will leverage a wide range of tactics, including the country’s largest grassroots outreach and mobilization, a full-time dedicated staff, and trained volunteers to educate and mobilize voters to support Adams’ […]

Harrisburg, PA –Four Pennsylvania lawmakers were among 73 members of Congress to receive the first ever “Pioneers for Prosperity” Congressional award. Last week, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) recognized lawmakers who were policy champions in the 117th Congress, on the frontlines of opposing bad ideas and proactively advancing principles and policies that offer solutions to Americans […]

Lansing, Michigan –Last week, Representative Tim Walberg (MI-07) was among 73 members of Congress to receive the first-ever “Pioneers for Prosperity” Congressional award. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) recognized lawmakers who were policy champions in the 117th Congress, on the frontlines of opposing bad ideas and proactively advancing principles and policies that offer solutions to Americans […]

December 16, 2022, Washington, DC – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued the following statement praising Attorney General Merrick Garland’s move to encourage federal prosecutors to eliminate ineffective and harmful sentencing disparities in cases involving two forms of the same drug – crack and powder cocaine – that are chemically identical. As Americans for Prosperity has […]