Recent News
On behalf of our respective activists and advocates across West Virginia, we encourage you to support Senate Bill 488 and House Bill 4543, eliminating restrictions on voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals. This crucial legislation will restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals by eliminating restrictions on voting once an individual is released from incarceration […]
Alvin Bragg, newly-elected District of Attorney of New York City recently, released a memo outlining new changes intended to refocus resources to areas such as treatment, diversion, and violent crime. He is seeking to do this through: Ceasing enforcement of many crimes Creating expansive and powerful presumptions of pre-trial release limiting who can go to […]
Lansing, MI – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan urged caution toward Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal, which limits tax relief to a few carveouts and spends more than has ever been spent in Michigan history even as Michiganders struggle under the burden of inflation. Annie Patnaude, state director for the grassroots group, issued the following statement: “Governor Whitmer’s […]
“These popular services offer a real opportunity for aspiring beauty entrepreneurs to launch their own small business, but the current licensing requirements discourage many from trying.” ATLANTA – Americans for Prosperity – Georgia (AFP-GA) today praised Representative Beth Camp (R-Concord) for introducing House Bill 1231, the Niche Beauty Services Opportunity Act. This legislation would reduce […]
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists across West Virginia, I urge you to support House Bill 4522, Relating to the expungement of criminal records. This vote may be recorded in our 2022 session legislative scorecard. Americans for Prosperity believes our criminal justice system should promote both accountability and redemption. We believe that accountability is […]
Congress missing huge opportunity to put USPS on sustainable path. Arlington, VA — Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is raising budgetary alarms about a postal reform bill set for a House vote later this week. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 appears to rely on unwise budgetary gimmicks that might shore up the USPS balance […]
Legislation Would Enhance Border Security and Help Modernize Immigration System Arlington, VA – Today, The LIBRE Initiative and Americans for Prosperity applauded the introduction of the Dignity Act, legislation that would streamline, modernize, and improve our country’s immigration system. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, a Republican from South Florida. If enacted, […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is urging the Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt a regulatory action that is certain to impose huge and needless costs on the already inflation-strapped U.S. economy. Not only would the EPA process hurt broad swaths of the private sector—from large employers down to single-family homeowners—but […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Today, Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-UT) announced its support for the Hope Scholarship Bill, a recently introduced education bill in the legislature that will allow families to direct education dollars to tuition, homeschool, online learning, or tutoring to meet their child’s individual learning needs. AFP-UT will launch digital ads, radio ads, and mail […]
