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DENVER, CO – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) launched new digital, mail and radio ads encouraging residents to contact the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and demand no more rate increases. In the past five years, Xcel Energy has been granted five rate increases by the PUC. As gas and energy prices continue to skyrocket, Colorado’s inflation […]
DENVER, CO – Grassroots activists from all 50 states embarked on Capitol Hill this week as part of Americans for Prosperity’s annual Capitol Conference. The 2023 Capitol Conference was the largest annual gathering of its kind to date with more than 200 meetings scheduled with members of Congress, senators and other policy champions. Americans for […]
DENVER, CO —Earlier this week, Americans for Prosperity-Colorado launched a campaign holding Rep. Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) accountable for voting against lowering energy prices. Caraveo sided with her party’s opposition to HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. Meanwhile, energy prices are skyrocketing in the state and gas prices are up 15 cents just this week. The […]
DENVER, CO – Today a coalition of organizations came out in opposition to any attempts by the legislature or special interest groups to take away Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) refunds. Colorado is expected to return $2.7 billion to taxpayers in the coming year. “While special interests and politicians have been busy looking for ways […]
Expanding the legislative calendar is a recipe for wasting time and wasting money. DENVER, CO– Today, Complete Colorado published an op-ed penned by Americans for Prosperity-Colorado State Director Jesse Mallory. The piece responds to the claim that the state’s legislative session should be expanded to a full-time legislature. Mallory responds to these claims and lays out […]
DENVER, CO – In the latest attempt by downtown Democrats to dupe Coloradans about Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), Governor Polis and lawmakers unveiled a plan (SB 23-303, HB 23-1311) to tie refunds in return for a yes vote on a November ballot referendum. “This latest move by the legislature to use Coloradans’ own TABOR refunds as […]
This bill is a misguided, top-down band-aid that will not adequately address our state’s skyrocketing energy costs. DENVER, CO – Ahead of the General Assembly’s vote on utility regulation legislation (SB23-291), Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) State Director Jesse Mallory released the following statement urging lawmakers to reject the bill: “This bill is a misguided, top-down […]
DENVER, CO — Today, AFP-CO launched NoMoreRateIncreases.com, a campaign targeting the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and calling on Coloradans to tell the PUC to stop raising rates on utilities. Heating costs are top of mind for Coloradans this time of year and families across the state are feeling the financial pressure of rate hikes, […]
DENVER, CO — New today in Colorado Politics, Americans for Prosperity State Director Jesse Mallory details the influx of new rate increases, tax hikes, and gas premiums facing hardworking Coloradans. As the legislature, Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and special-interest partners try to take more and more taxpayer money, Mallory’s op-ed explains how voters have already […]
