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CHARLESTON, WV – This weekend, WOWK’s Mark Curtis interviewed Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) State Director Jason Huffman on the group’s annual legislative scorecard. Watch the segment here Scorecard Background Info: The 2020 West Virginia Legislative Scorecard provides an in-depth look at the legislation used to score legislators and can be viewed at wvscorecard.com. Votes included […]
Group launches scorecard and digital campaign to enhance legislative transparency, thank lawmakers who took principled policy positions CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) on Wednesday released its annual legislative scorecard and announced a supplementary digital ad campaign highlighting lawmakers’ votes. The scorecard lets citizens know how their lawmakers voted on some of the most […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The West Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Mike Stuart. The complaint is in response to the failure of the Department of Justice to respond to […]
Grassroots group seeks to change politics as usual, empower every West Virginian to drive solutions by doubling down on building broad based coalitions CHARLESTON, WV – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) today announced its first-ever support for statehouse candidates. The grassroots group announced that, over the past several weeks, it has actively backed four policy […]
West Virginia’s health care professionals are hard at work addressing COVID-19 and treating the medical needs of patients across the state. Now more than ever, it’s essential that these frontline workers have all the tools at their disposal in this fight. To talk about the needs of health care workers, Heather ONeal, a nurse midwife with Wise Women Health Care, sat down for a Zoom call in late April with Americans for […]
Grassroots Group Provides Roadmap for Pandemic Recovery CHARLESTON, WV — Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) today urged Governor Justice and lawmakers to take decisive, fiscally responsible steps to stem the tide of the fiscal crisis our state is facing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Given West Virginia’s projection to see a revenue shortfall totaling in […]
AFP Joins Coalition Calling for Increased Testing, Transparency in Correctional Facilities CHARLESTON, WV – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) today joined a broad coalition of organizations to urge Governor Justice and the West Virginia Department of Corrections to increase testing for detained individuals and employees of correctional facilities. The coalition is pushing for increased transparency […]
Right to Work will empower workers, help with economic recovery CHARLESTON, WV – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) today commended the West Virginia Supreme Court for overruling a lower court’s decision and affirming the state’s right-to-work law as constitutional. Americans for Prosperity has long stood as one of the central proponents of this crucial protection […]
CHARLESTON, WV – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) yesterday hosted an online discussion with House Majority Leader Amy Summers on the response to COVID-19. As both a policymaker and a health professional who is on the front lines of this public health crisis, Delegate Summers shares her insights on COVID, including how cumbersome regulations and […]
