Recent News
Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, filed a public comment on May 17 with the Institute for the American Worker (i4AW) in opposition to a U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) proposed rule to modify how Davis-Bacon prevailing wages are calculated and which workers the federal requirements apply to. What are prevailing wages and the Davis-Bacon Act? […]
President Biden’s new Wall Street Journal opinion article claims credit for economic recovery and deficit reduction. Those good results happened despite his administration’s policies, however, not because of them. His piece also recycles the same old proposals that would undermine both. First, he attempts to claim credit for an economic turnaround. He says “In January […]
Summer is in swing, which means more travel and … high gas prices! In fact, over Memorial Day weekend, the average U.S. price hit a record high of $4.60 per gallon. On May 25, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois helped ease the pain for consumers in Peoria, Illinois by paying the difference between what gas prices were […]
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), a national nonprofit that educates Americans about the benefits of a free and open society, released a report on civil asset forfeiture activities in Kansas. Kansas’ civil asset forfeiture laws allow law enforcement to seize and keep people’s money and property if law enforcement suspects it is connected to criminal […]
Updated July 1, 2022 On Thursday, May 26, Americans for Prosperity-Missouri activists arrived in Fredericktown, Missouri to lower gas prices for residents. Fox 2 NOW reports that for 90 minutes prices at the BMW Convenience gas station hosting the event were $2.12, the price of a gallon of gas when President Joe Biden was inaugurated […]
There is a rising need for increased flexible work arrangements that would allow employees and businesses to build mutually beneficial relationships. The evidence? We’re in an American and global jobs market where over 1 in 5 workers are planning to change jobs in the next year; over 11 million job openings remain in the U.S.; […]
Whether in education, business, media or the courts, free speech is in the news. Here’s a round-up of some of the free speech stories and articles that caught my eye this week: The Department of Homeland Security must have heard from you! The agency just announced they’re stopping the ill-conceived Disinformation Governance Board. Check out […]
Dear Representative: On behalf of millions of Americans for Prosperity activists and supporters across the country, I urge you to vote NO on H.R. 7688, the so-called Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act. This vote will be recorded in our 2022 legislative scorecard. American families continue to struggle with the rising costs at the gas […]
ARLINGTON, VA — This week the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decided to “pause” its controversial Disinformation Governance Board, an entity announced only three weeks earlier and criticized by free speech advocates across the ideological spectrum. Americans for Prosperity Vice President of Legal & Judicial Policy — and First Amendment attorney — Casey Mattox […]
