Nationwide Hot Air Balloon Tour to Stop in Oklahoma City, May 1
April 29, 2008 | OK
OKLAHOMA CITY – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will bring its nationwide hot air balloon tour to Oklahoma City on Thursday, May 1, for a grassroots event at the Bricktown ballpark parking lot. Even as gasoline prices reach an all-time high, the Hot Air Tour will highlight an economy-destroying, stealth energy tax hike contained in legislation being pushed by global warming alarmists. The event is free and open to media and the public.

AFP-OK 2008 Legislative Issues
July 28, 2007 | OK
AFP-OK announces its 2008 Legislative Agenda! Americans for Prosperity-Oklahoma wants to expand opportunity and secure economic growth in our state in order to benefit all citizens. To that end, we seek to educate citizens about economic policy and mobilize them to...

Federal Lobbying by Pork-Seeking State, Local Governments Skyrockets At Least 148% Since 1998, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Study Shows
May 22, 2007 | OK
Lobbying by Public Universities Up 213%, Local Government Lobbying Up 193%, Increase Corresponds Perfectly With Massive Growth of Pork-Barrel Earmarks...

AFP-OK Urges Governor to Sign Tax Relief Package, Warns Against Holding Tax Cuts Hostage
May 11, 2007 | OK
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma chapter of the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-Oklahoma) today urged Governor Brad Henry to sign the bipartisan tax relief package sent to his desk by the Oklahoma Senate. The citizen group also warned the Governor against holding tax cuts hostage during budget negotiations. “The tax cuts contained in this bill represent meaningful tax relief for Oklahoma’s hard-working families as well as small...

Wall Street Journal Looks at Oklahoma TORT Reform
May 10, 2007 | OK
The Wall Street Journal took notice to Gov. Henry's veto of the TORT reform bill that went unsigned. Gov. Henry claimed to have wanted TORT reform, but when it cam down to it, he vetoed the needed reform. The Wall Street Journal wrote...

Searchable Database of State Government Spending Tops Americans for Prosperity – Oklahoma’s 2007 Legislative Agenda
January 17, 2007 | OK
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma chapter of the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-Oklahoma) today unveiled its legislative agenda for the 2007 state legislative session. Topping the agenda is the goal of making government more transparent and accountable by working for legislation that would create a searchable database of state spending. The proposal mirrors a successful move by Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn to create a searchable federal spending database.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation Welcomes Oklahoma State Director Stuart A. Jolly
January 16, 2007 | OK
OKLAHOMA CITY – The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is pleased to announce Lt. Col. Stuart A. Jolly (retired) as the AFPF Oklahoma State Director. Lt. Col. Jolly, who assumed his new role on December 1, 2006, will be responsible for leading the Oklahoma state chapter of Americans for Prosperity Foundation. Prior to joining AFPF Lt. Col. Jolly worked at the University of Central Oklahoma as the Professor of Military Science.

Closing a Loopy Loophole
January 18, 2006 | WI
As Republicans in Washington scramble to deal with the growing — and related — problems of wasteful pork-barrel spending and questionable lobbying practices, there is one little-discussed solution that would address both issues. Congress should close the loophole that exempts lobbyists for federal, state, and local government agencies from the $50 gift limit that private-sector and not-for-profit lobbyists must observe.

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