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Kankakee, IL – Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) is rolling back the prices of gas in Kankakee tomorrow to welcome President Biden to Illinois. Illinoisans are being crushed right now by the inflation caused by mountains of regulations and years of reckless spending from both parties. Washington’s plan to stop the pain? More spending […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) responded today to the budget approved by the legislature for the next year. Despite lofty promises, the budget fails to provide any permanent tax relief for Illinois families, instead relying on one-time federal COVID relief funds and election year gimmicks. AFP-IL State Director Jason Heffley released […]

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL – Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) hosted a Facebook Live last night with Congressman Darin LaHood discussing the State of the Union address, and providing an Illinois perspective on the topics President Biden covers during his speech. Congressman LaHood summed up the impact on Illinois well: “The real issue I think […]

Springfield, IL – Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) responded today to Governor Pritzker’s budget address in which he made promises for temporary tax relief after three years of enacting dozens of tax and fee hikes and proposing even larger tax increases. The Governor touted the state’s fiscal situation including the state credit rating increase […]

Rolling Meadows, IL – Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) launched a new digital campaign today highlighting the audacity of the misinformation campaign being touted by elected officials on the state of Illinois’s finances. The campaign, “Only in Illinois” highlights the reality of our state’s financial mess, and draws attention to the inaccurate portrayal of […]

The Chicago Bears, who have played at Soldier Field since 1971, are looking for a new home. “Beware, though,” writes Brian Costin, deputy state director of Americans for Prosperity-Illinois, in a recent op-ed for the Daily Herald. The mayors of Joliet and Arlington Heights are looking to lure the team to their towns with the use of corporate welfare, […]

As Congress and the White House go back and forth on the cost of an expensive partisan wish list packaged as an infrastructure proposal, Americans for Prosperity state directors and staff are working to steer their lawmakers away from this wasteful scheme and toward effective reforms. Illinoisans are all too familiar with profligate spending by government and the […]

Illinois is part of a national campaign to oppose President Biden’s “Infrastructure” Proposals SPRINGFIELD, IL – Today, Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) is joining AFP’s national, seven-figure campaign to oppose President Biden’s $4 trillion “infrastructure” proposal. This plan includes wasteful, partisan spending priorities funded by massive tax increases that will deeply affect Illinois families still […]

The One Central Project in Chicago is a giant corporate welfare boondoggle that would hand over $6.5 billion in taxpayer money to private developers. Brian Costin, deputy state director of Americans for Prosperity-Illinois, writes in a Chicago Tribune op-ed that the project could “exceed the total cost of all corporate welfare projects recorded in modern […]