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DENVER – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado today weighted in after the proposed gas fee was debated in committee. The grassroots group showed up to the hearing with a group of activists where some provided testimony. Those that testified highlighted the consequences of the bill including the disproportionate impact on low-income communities. AFP-CO State Director Jesse Mallory issued […]
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today participated in a press conference with the Institute for Justice and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, supporting reforming the state’s qualified immunity laws. Qualified immunity is a judge-made doctrine that shields the government from legal accountability in civil court even when […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) and a broad coalition of more than a dozen organizations sent a letter to the South Carolina legislative leadership and state senators urging their support of S. 290, a bill that would repeal the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws. Last week, AFP-SC announced a major ad […]
Gabriella Hoffman loves the outdoors. In her work as a freelance writer and media strategist, she helps advance political freedom, and she feels the most free when her work takes her outside to cover conservation, hunting, and fishing. Hoffman started her career in Washington, D.C., working a traditional 9-to-5 job that kept her mostly indoors. […]
On his first day in office, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order revoking several of his predecessor’s executive orders designed to bring greater transparency and fairness to federal regulations. In the order, Biden directed all executive branch agencies to rescind “any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies” deriving from those executive orders he revoked. […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity Senior Policy Analyst Austen Bannan issued the following statement on today’s jobs report showing the economy added only 266,000 jobs, well below economists’ expectations: “These job numbers show we can’t take economic recovery for granted. Our economy is moving in the right direction, but the better way to speed […]
On April 7, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law HB 4, the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. The law provides an avenue for New Mexicans to file a lawsuit against government employees, including law enforcement officers, if they have had their constitutional rights violated. Additionally, the law explicitly prohibits the government from using […]
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “NO” on S.J. Res.14, a resolution of disapproval for reforms related to the regulation of oil and gas under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (a companion resolution, H.J.Res.34 was introduced in the House). […]
Grassroots Group Urges Legislature to Prioritize Behavioral Health Diversion in State Budget LANSING, Mich — Keewenaw County Sheriff Curt Pennala has urged citizens to call their elected representatives after his deputies responded to a tragic accident in which a person who was experiencing a mental health crisis drove their car into a group of trees […]
