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MADISON, WI—Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today released a statement regarding three pivotal votes that Assembly members took to improve access to quality, affordable health care and allow Wisconsin’s criminal justice system to combat the root cause of addiction. AFP-WI issued key vote alerts on these three legislative items: Assembly Bill 26 expands access to direct […]
Your Christmas present from Congress has just arrived – two omnibus spending bills with “something for everyone to like.” But really, they are a massive, expensive lump of coal. As Congress has seen fit to do so many times in the past, these spending bills were left until the last minute, forcing a scramble to […]
Bipartisan rebuke of corporate welfare keeps more money in Wisconsinites’ pockets Madison, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Thursday applauded Governor Evers for signing into law Assembly Bill 73, which ends a more than twenty-year-old sales tax in southeast Wisconsin that was implemented to subsidize a professional sports stadium. AFP-WI has long opposed government […]
MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Wednesday thanked members of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services for passing Senate Bill 28, which includes reforms to promote access to Direct Primary Care, during today’s executive committee meeting. AFP advocates building a patient-centered health care system that increases access to affordable, high-quality health […]
MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Tuesday announced a new wave of grassroots investment to educate Wisconsinites about recent legislative action on taxes and the state budget. The group will mobilize activists throughout the state to canvass communities, have conversations with their neighbors, and ask them to encourage their lawmakers to work toward […]
Grassroots group encourages Sen. Johnson and Rep. Kind to continue working to stop reckless spending MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today launched a new direct mail and digital effort thanking Sen. Ron Johnson and Rep. Ron Kind for taking a principled stand for fiscal responsibility by voting against the Bipartisan Budget Act of […]
Suppose you earned $26,000 last year, but you spent $32,000 — meaning you borrowed $6,000, which you now have to pay interest on. Most people would say that you’re not living within your means. What’s more, since you you’ve already racked up $168,000 in debt, you’ve been at this overspending thing for a while. Clearly, […]
Washington, D.C., is buzzing about Section 230 — internet regulations within the Communications Decency Act. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have proposed reforming Section 230 to give government a greater hand in controlling online speech. That dangerous path could lead to free-speech infringements that would change the internet as we know it for […]
Madison, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) released the following statement as the Wisconsin Senate debated the biennial state budget. The group highlighted improvements made to the budget first proposed by Governor Evers in February, which would have restricted educational freedom, repealed numerous pro-growth labor reforms, and increased taxes. AFP-WI believes the budget could yet be improved but […]
