FDA could approve COVID vaccines more quickly without sacrificing quality
Feb 9, 2021

On Friday, Feb. 5 – a day in which the United States logged nearly 125,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 3,550 deaths – the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would wait more than three weeks to review Johnson & Johnson’s request for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine. The company submitted its […]

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ICYMI: Americans for Prosperity and Broad Coalition Call for Educational Freedom
Feb 9, 2021

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) Today held a virtual press conference with coalition members calling on lawmakers to give families, students, and educators the educational flexibility they deserve by passing the Hope Scholarship bill, a form of Education Savings Accounts. Watch the press conference here See media coverage of the press conference […]

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Taking families’ education innovation to the next level in Florida
Feb 9, 2021

Parents have proved their resilience as they found and applied innovative methods for their kids to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s time for government to be as innovative as families. Writing in the Miami Herald, Americans for Prosperity-Florida State Director Skylar Zander says legislation by state Senator Manny Diaz Jr. is a good […]

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New Americans for Prosperity policy series outlines a plan for strong economic recovery
Feb 9, 2021

As the vaccine distribution plan makes steady gains in fighting COVID-19, Americans must now find innovative solutions to help the country recover stronger from the economic pain wrought by the pandemic. Americans for Prosperity Deputy Director of Government Affairs Thomas Fletcher met with AFP President Tim Phillips, Stand Together Vice President of Economic Opportunity Akash Chougule, and policy fellow Clint Woods met Jan. 29 to discuss what some of those reforms could look like. Phillips began this […]

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Education
ICYMI: Florida should follow parents’ innovation during the pandemic and create education reforms
Feb 9, 2021

Americans for Prosperity-Florida State Director Skylar Zander | Miami Herald Op-Ed The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the shortcomings of one-size-fits-all education. In the midst of a worldwide crisis, we saw our education system struggle to adapt to the individual needs of individual students. If it were not clear before that we need to move beyond prioritizing […]

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Americans for Prosperity and Coalition for Educational Freedom Host Press Conference
Feb 9, 2021

Grassroots group calls for lawmakers to give parents, students, and educators the educational flexibility they deserve by passing the Hope Scholarship bill, a form of Education Savings Account CHARLESTON, WV – Today Americans for Prosperity will join coalition members to call for the passage of the Hope Scholarship bill, which will create education savings accounts […]

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AFP-CO Launches Gas Tax Campaign
Feb 8, 2021

Includes gas station TV, digital ads, and direct mail opposing the tax increase DENVER, Colo – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) launched a new grassroots campaign urging lawmakers to reject increasing the price of gas by adding a yet-to-be-determined fee for every purchase at the pump. Legislators want to bypass the voters by assessing a “fee” instead […]

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A gas tax by any other name would not smell sweet
Feb 8, 2021

Some Colorado politicians are cooking up an end-run around the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Americans for Prosperity-Colorado activists are gearing up to stop them. It was only a little over three months ago that voters resoundingly confirmed their faith in TABOR by putting further restrictions on state officials who try to use “fees” to […]

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Teaming up to improve policing in New Mexico
Feb 8, 2021

Burly Cain, state director of Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico, joined with Laurie Roberts, state policy advocate for the Innocence Project, in writing an op-ed calling for the end of the qualified immunity defense in state courts, to make agencies accountable for depriving citizens of their constitutional rights. Ending qualified immunity is an essential component to effective […]

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