Recent News
A pair of recent studies confirm what many of us know. While far from perfect, things in Colorado are going well. The CATO Institute recently placed Colorado among the five freest states in the country ranking states by policies that shape personal and economic freedom. And earlier this year, U.S. News and World Report named Colorado the top state for economic stability […]
Senate Democrats accepted a Republican leadership offer Oct. 11 to allow for the confirmation of 15 judicial nominees to federal district and circuit courts. Essential to this deal was Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) decision to waive the blue slip process, which allows senators from the home state of a judicial nominee to approve or raise an objection to the president’s choice. Blue slips – […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity echoed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s call to “get serious” about structural government spending during an interview today. The leader pointed out that government spending is primarily driven by mandatory items, and that lawmakers need to bravely address those programs to get them under control. In a discussion with […]
Dear Senator / Assembly Member: On behalf of tens of thousands of Americans for Prosperity activists in New Jersey, and over 3.2 million activists across the nation, I write today to applaud the opportunity S-2703 represents for our state, and to highlight needed areas for reform within the legislation. S-2703 would legalize the cultivation, sale, […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) will host a press conference at the state capitol on Wednesday, October 17th at 10:00 a.m. to unveil its 2017-2018 legislative scorecard. The Keystone State’s leading free-market grassroots organization produces this comprehensive digest to educate Pennsylvanians on how their state elected officials voted on the most impactful bills […]
Dear Chairman Danielson and Members of the Assembly Oversight, Reform & Federal Relations Committee: I write today in strong support of Assembly Bill 3578, to expand the scope of the New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act, which deals with the economic impact of regulations on small business. Over decades of accumulation, state and federal regulations have grown […]
RICHMOND, Va. – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) spotlighted a new report showing that occupational licenses currently required by the Commonwealth for several jobs are unnecessary because, “they pose little risk to the public if left unregulated.” The report follows one of AFP-VA’s top legislative priorities in 2018, a bill that passed during the last legislative […]
Raleigh, NC – Today, Americans for Prosperity – North Carolina (AFP-NC) launched a six-figure digital and direct mail campaign urging a “no” vote on the North Carolina Judicial Vacancy Amendment—a policy that would drastically weaken North Carolinian’s constitutional right to select judges and could lead to the politicization of North Carolina’s courts. To view the digital ads, click […]
Only a few months ago, in June, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the First Amendment rights of government union workers to freely choose whether to join a union and to refuse to pay non-union member agency fees. Janus v. AFSCME paved the way for government union workers in nearly half of states to freely choose how to spend their own […]
