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ANCHORAGE, AK – This week, President Biden’s Department of Interior announced it will cancel oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and choke off National Petroleum Reserve development. In his first two years in office, President Biden has waged war on the oil and gas industry. The country is deeper in debt, […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest grassroots organization, announced new leadership for the group’s Alaska state chapter. Bethany Marcum, who most recently served as CEO of Alaska Policy Forum, will take the helm as the chapter’s new state director. Marcum is currently a Master Sergeant in the Alaska Air National Guard, where […]
ANCHORAGE, AK — Today, Americans for Prosperity-Alaska (AFP-AK) released a statement urging lawmakers to oppose a slew of slated tax increases facing the State Legislature. AFP-AK Community Engagement Director Sarah Hetemi released the following statement: “Alaska has a spending problem, plain and simple. Instead of implementing income and sales taxes, lawmakers should focus […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – Americans for Prosperity-Alaska (AFP-AK) today announced Bernadette Wilson as its next state director. Wilson, an Alaska native, joins the organization with over a decade of grassroots leadership experience. As a dedicated community leader and longtime business owner of Denali Disposal in Anchorage, Wilson has recently focused her efforts as a community organizer […]
A large part of the health care access problem faced by many Alaskans is that pointless regulations on providers make it more difficult for them to treat patients. But as Ryan McKee, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Alaska, points out in a new op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News, lawmakers in Juneau are considering a measure […]
Grassroots group calls for timely, temporary, targeted relief ANCHORAGE, AK – Americans for Prosperity-Alaska AFP-AK) today joined a national comprehensive, integrated campaign to mobilize its grassroots activists against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID package, which is packed with unnecessary spending for long-standing partisan priorities and will do nothing to end the pandemic or help the economy […]
The team at Americans for Prosperity has seen up close the overwhelming grassroots support for the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. As we reach out to people across America to discuss this issue, we’re tapping into an enthusiastic audience. With people across the country eager to share their views, we’ve seen unprecedented levels of engagement. And we’re […]
When Senator Lisa Murkowski voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017, she made the right choice. Now, Judge Barrett has been nominated to fill the recent Supreme Court vacancy. She is well qualified to serve as an associate justice on the Court. Her […]
Grassroots group mobilizes activists to drive confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett JUNEAU, AK. – Americans for Prosperity-Alaska (AFP-AK) today commended the Trump Administration for nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Judge Barrett [X] is an experienced, qualified, and independent-minded constitutionalist who will defend the Constitution and not legislate from the bench. Joining AFP’s […]
