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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico State Director Burly Cain, Innocence Project State Policy Advocate Laurie Roberts | Las Cruces Sun-News Op-Ed There is wide agreement across party and ideological lines that we need to reform policing in our state. To be effective, those reforms need to be comprehensive. In addition to eliminating unnecessary criminalization to allow […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a moment of clarity on K-12 education. The state’s leaders are seizing the opportunity presented by that clarity to reimagine the possibilities for Iowa’s students. A measure making its way through the legislature would expand the number of students eligible for open enrollment, allow charter schools to open without permission […]
SANTA FE, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) today participated in a press conference with the ACLU-NM, former state Supreme Court Justice Richard Bosson, state Representative Georgene Louis, and two criminal justice advocates who have experienced police misconduct. The coalition spoke in support of HB 4, based on recommendations from the New Mexico Civil […]
SALT LAKE CITY – Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-Utah) applauds lawmakers in the House for unanimously passing HB 217, Regulatory Sandbox Program Amendments, a bill that will allow for all businesses in specific industries to safely test out new ways to provide goods and services to consumers in our state through the expansion of the “regulatory […]
