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St. Paul, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) issued a key vote alert Wednesday urging House members to vote “No” on HF2128, the Health Omnibus Bill. Despite there being portions of the bill worthy of support,  the steps taken by this bill to institute a “public option” would reduce access to care and create unsustainable tax increases […]

Proposal Would Allow Homeschooled Students to Work During School Day With Parent’s Permission  Lansing, Mich. — Today, Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) urged the House Education Committee to pass H.B. 4063, a bill that would allow students who are homeschooled to work during the day with a parent-issued work permit. The Committee is scheduled to consider the legislation Tuesday, […]

NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the Tennessee legislature for passing HB 1305. The bill expands upon the current open enrollment law to allow students to enroll in available seats at other public schools. The TN Senate passed the companion bill, SB 788, last week. AFP-TN State Director Tori Venable issued the following statement:  […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-UT) today announced the release of its 2021 legislative scorecard—highlighting the key votes legislators took during this year’s legislative session to tackle the most critical issues Utahns face daily. AFP-UT’s scorecard serves as a comprehensive guide to provide transparency between constituents and their elected representatives. It highlights the important issues […]

DENVER – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) and Colorado Rising State Action today announced that the groups will co-sponsor ballot language in 2022 to cut the gas tax. AFP-CO plans to further supplement these actions with grassroots efforts to educate voters on the opportunity to decrease the gas tax in response to the legislature skirting the […]

WASHINGTON, DC—Americans for Prosperity Foundation, backed by nearly 300 groups across the political spectrum who filed friend-of-the-court briefs, urged the U.S. Supreme Court today to uphold people’s First Amendment rights. The question before the Justices in Americans For Prosperity Foundation vs. Bonta is whether a state’s blanket demand for a list of an organization’s supporters can […]

Indiana is spending nearly $32 million a year — about $22,000 per person — to incarcerate 1,451 people who, if convicted today, would likely receive vastly shorter sentences. Michael Chartier, state director for Americans for Prosperity-Indiana, joined forces with retired Lt. Jay Hall, a 24-year law enforcement veteran and former Indiana parole officer who now serves […]

Across the South, states are reforming criminal justice and sentencing polices to safely reduce prison populations and save taxpayers money. At the forefront of this movement has been a unique coalition that includes Americans for Prosperity and the American Civil Liberties Union. In a new op-ed in the Charleston Post and Courier, Shirene Hansotia, criminal […]

After such a tough year for Minnesotans, state lawmakers ought to be doing everything in their power to make things better. Instead, they’re threatening to make things worse. Instead of enacting policies that would put money back into the hands of the people who earn it, the state House voted to raise billions in new […]