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FRANKFORT, K.Y. – Americans for Prosperity-Kentucky (AFP-KY) today called on Governor Matt Bevin’s administration to cancel the Kentucky Wired Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Finance Cabinet and the non-profit Center for Rural Development (CRD). The MOA would potentially divert tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to the Center for Rural Development. CRD invested none […]
BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) announced Monday a campaign to mobilize voters to support Constitutional Amendment 2, which would change the Louisiana Constitution to require unanimous jury verdicts in all non-capital felony cases. Currently, Louisiana is the only state in the nation that allows a conviction in non-capital cases by a vote […]
Parsippany, NJ – In a report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) “has not managed female inmates strategically” and “needs to take additional steps … to ensure that female inmates needs are met at the institutional level.” The report noted […]
Chairman and Editor-In-Chief of Forbes Media Steve Forbes and Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips | Investors Business Daily China doesn’t buy enough American cars. Canada doesn’t buy enough American dairy. Britain doesn’t buy enough American airplanes. You’ve been hearing this argument for years. But the passage of time hasn’t made it any more […]
Arlington, VA – Freedom Partners, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and The LIBRE Initiative today commented on the newly announced United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Freedom Partners Executive Vice President Nathan Nascimento, AFP President Tim Phillips, and The LIBRE Initiative President Daniel Garza issued the following joint statement: “Times have […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity led a coalition of organizations today representing all 50 states, urging Farm Bill conferees to pass a one-year, clean extension of the current Farm Bill. The letter calls the 2018 Farm Bill a “huge missed opportunity,” and asks lawmakers to go back to the drawing board to implement reforms […]
Urges Senate to Swiftly Consider Legislation Arlington, VA – Following today’s House passage of legislation to make permanent the historic tax reform for individuals and small businesses in last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips issued the following statement: “Today’s House vote to make permanent the tax cuts that […]
Innovations are born of need. Motorboats were invented because people needed aquatic vehicles that moved faster and were easier to steer. Cell phones were invented because people needed a better way to communicate while on the move. We’ve come a long way since motorboats and cell phones. Now, we’re on to high-tech creations, such as a cell phone app that can control the lights and […]
Americans for Prosperity-Arizona State Director Andrew Clark penned an op-ed in The Arizona Republic on Proposition 127, an amendment to the Arizona constitution mandating that 50 percent of the state’s energy be sourced from renewables. Prop. 127 is a golden goose for politically favored special interests. But for everyday Arizonans? We only have to look to our neighbors in California, who implemented the […]
