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SPRINGFIELD, IL—Today, Governor JB Pritzker delivered his State of the State address, outlining his legislative priorities for the 104th General Assembly. While Gov. Pritzker touched on some of Illinois’ pressing challenges, his fantasy-filled speech failed to mention the tremendous tax burden felt across the state, making Illinois the second highest in property taxes and outward […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-Illinois) launched a pair of digital campaigns targeting various lawmakers for their lack of action to deliver meaningful property tax relief while at the same time considering various pension and tax proposals that would crush hardworking Illinois families. Illinois residents have the highest overall state-local tax burden in […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) launched a $20 million nationwide campaign calling on Congress to protect prosperity and renew President Trump’s highly successful Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) – a cornerstone of AFP and the Trump Administration’s shared economic agenda this year. The campaign, the largest effort by a conservative organization […]

Following a meeting of the Rochester Public Library District Ethics Commission, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-Illinois) is calling on Sangamon County State’s Attorney to open an investigation into ethics violations discovered by AFP-Illinois. Additionally, AFP-Illinois is calling on the Illinois General Assembly to create a mechanism or independent body where ethics complaints in Illinois are not […]

ROCHESTER, IL – Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-Illinois) Deputy State Director Brian Costin spoke with WCIA News yesterday to discuss an ethics complaint with the Rochester Public Library Ethics Commission alleging that the District illegally used public resources to conduct a vote yes campaign for a massive 169% property tax hike. The complaint details 35 violations of state law. In […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Americans For Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-IL) has filed a package of 35 ethics complaints against multiple Rochester Public Library District officials for alleged violations of 5 ILCS 430/5-15 of the Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Rochester Public Library District’s Ethics Ordinance. The complaint has been filed with the library district’s […]

ROCHESTER, IL – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-Illinois) filed an ethics complaint with the Illinois State Board of Elections alleging that the Rochester Public Library District is illegally using public resources to conduct a vote yes campaign for a massive 169% property tax hike.  The Rochester Public Library District board and certain staff members have […]

AFP Midwest and Rust Belt State Chapters Issue Joint Statement on Failures of Radical Policies in Their States Midwest, USA – Today, the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania state directors for Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued a joint statement rejecting the radical, progressive agenda of Governors Walz, Evers, Whitmer, Pritzker, and Shapiro and the […]

CHICAGO, IL – President Joe Biden is in Chicago today, campaigning on his disastrous economic record ahead of the city hosting the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this summer.  Americans for Prosperity – Illinois State Director Jason Heffley released the following statement: “If Biden is campaigning on his record, he must acknowledge his failure to deliver economic […]