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HELENA, MT– Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP-MT) today released its annual legislative scorecard, a report detailing votes and policy alignment for members of the Montana Legislature.  The report highlights policy champions fighting for more freedom and opportunity and reveals which lawmakers failed to deliver for Montanans.  The full 2023 Legislative Scorecard is available HERE.  Americans for Prosperity-Montana […]

BOZEMAN, MT – 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 […]

I’m writing this just a few days removed from the 2023 FIRE Gala, held to celebrate a new era of FIRE, and my spirits are still high from the evening. What could be better than a night spent among fellow First Amendment advocates, discussing all the ways free speech benefits our society and brainstorming ways […]

BOZEMAN, MT – The latest campaign from Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP-MT) urges Montanans to tell Senator Tester vote no on Julie Su, President Biden’s radical nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. “If there’s one thing I know about Montanans, it’s that we want nothing to do with top-down California policies – or […]

BOZEMAN, MT— Earlier this week, Americans for Prosperity launched a digital ad putting pressure on Senator Jon Tester to support the bipartisan HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. The ad calls on Tester to bring down energy costs in Montana and across the country. The ad targeting Sen. Tester is part of a larger national […]

Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP-MT) State Director David Herbst released a statement in support of the Revise Environmental Policy Act (HB 971) facing the State Legislature: “Montanans don’t want legislation from the judicial bench– the Revise Environmental Policy Act ensures the energy sector is able to create an affordable, reliable and abundant energy future in Big […]

BOZEMAN, MT — New in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Americans for Prosperity-Montana Legislative Director Henry Kriegel details the urgent need for housing reform in the state. As the legislative session nears a close, Kriegel’s op-ed calls on lawmakers to pass reforms to expand access to affordable housing statewide, protect homeowners’ rights, safeguard wild spaces and help […]

HELENA, MT – Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP-MT) Community Engagement Director Jesse Ramos testified before the state’s Senate Local Government Committee on SB 523 and in favor of tax increment financing (TIF) reform to prevent large corporations from taking advantage of Montana’s taxpayers. Ramos, a former Missoula city councilmember, addressed the Committee in part: “This bill gives […]

BOZEMAN, MT – A new statewide poll finds that most Montanans strongly support “placing more of an emphasis on free speech” on college campuses, creating momentum for the swift passage of H.B. 517, an amendment to the state’s constitution. As the legislature gears up, AFP-MT, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and Alliance Defending Freedom […]