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“While the tax may be directed at tourists and visitors, everyone will end up paying it.” LAKE COUNTY, FL — Americans for Prosperity – Florida (AFP-FL) launched a direct mail campaign in Lake County, calling on residents to ask Commissioners to oppose the proposed increase of the tourism development tax. The Lake County Board of […]

“Governor DeSantis’ announcement restores the focus back to helping students actually learn — not just memorize facts for a test.”  TALLAHASSEE, FL — Americans for Prosperity – Florida (AFP-FL) today applauded Governor Ron DeSantis’ announcement that he will introduce legislation to end the majority of Florida state testing in K-12 schools. Under his proposal, the […]

AFP-FL to host rally in Rep. Murphy’s district ORLANDO, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) is ramping up its ongoing campaign encouraging Rep. Stephanie Murphy to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals as House lawmakers prepare to return to Washington to vote on the budget resolution and kick off reconciliation negotiations. Tomorrow, AFP-FL will host a […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Americans for Prosperity – Florida (AFP-FL) State Director Skylar Zander today released the following statement, commending U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott for voting against the so-called “infrastructure” proposal:  “This ‘infrastructure’ proposal is simply a down payment on Senator Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 wasteful spending package. Americans for Prosperity activists across Florida thank Senators Rubio and Scott for siding with taxpayers, instead […]

Should lawmakers take a vote on a $1.2 trillion bill that no American has ever seen? Some in Congress seem to think so. And that is exactly what they did. Earlier this week, Congress’ so-called “hard” infrastructure package passed a procedural vote in the Senate, even though no text for the bill has been released, even to lawmakers. This is […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Americans for Prosperity – Florida (AFP-FL) today thanked Governor Ron DeSantis for signing into law several bills supported by AFP-FL during this year’s legislative session, notably three measures aimed at cutting burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and the state’s economic recovery. AFP-FL and it’s dedicated activists from all corners of the state […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Americans for Prosperity – Florida (AFP-FL) celebrated the announcement that Florida has the most favorable charter school laws nationwide. The Center for Education Reform (CER) released their annual Charter School Law Ranking and Scorecard, which showed Florida jumped from #5 to #1. CER credited a new law that allows charter schools to be authorized by sponsors outside school […]

Grassroots Group Applies Added Pressure to Rep. Murphy, Urging Her to Reject “Infrastructure” Proposal TALLAHASSEE, FL — Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) today announced its continued effort to encourage Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-7) to “End Washington Waste” and reject the Biden Administration’s “infrastructure” proposal with a robust and targeted direct-mail push. This comes as the latest layer […]

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. In Florida, state director Skylar Zander writes that, rather than focusing on […]