Americans for Prosperity Responds to Election Results
November 6, 2008 | WI
"There will be many battles to wage for free-market principles in the upcoming months, but we will find common ground with Obama on tax cuts, earmark reform, and greater transparency and accountability in government spending.

“Let the American Energy Ban Expire!” Says Americans for Prosperity at Capitol Hill Rally
September 18, 2008 | SP
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill can deliver a victory over the current Congressional ban on energy exploration by “doing nothing,” the grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) said at its Capitol Hill news conference today. House and Senate lawmakers joined AFP to send that strong message at the two-week-mark in the countdown to American Energy Freedom Day – the October 1st expiration date of the current Congressional ban on offshore drilling and oil shale recovery.

Americans for Prosperity Ranks House Lawmakers on “Freedom from Foreign Oil” Scorecard
July 24, 2008 | NH
WASHINGTON – The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today released its “Freedom from Foreign Oil” scorecard, which ranks U.S. Representatives based on their support for – or opposition to – policies that would lower gas and energy prices by increasing American supplies and making domestic production less expensive.

AFP-Kansas Urges Lawmakers to Avoid Using Environment as Cover for Higher Taxes
July 21, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas is asking all candidates for the Kansas Legislature to pledge to avoid expanding the growth of government under the guise of environmental political correctness.

State Agencies to Reduce FY 2009 Budgets
June 27, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas applauds news today that state agencies have been asked to trim their budgets by an additional one to two percent.

AFP Calls for Cost-Benefit Analysis in State Highway Plan
June 25, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – In light of the long-range transportation plan being released this week by the Kansas Department of Transportation, the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity calls for KDOT to include cost-benefit analyses of highway projects before spending billions of taxpayer dollars.

AFP Recognizes Third Anniversary of Kelo Decision
June 20, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – Monday, June 23 marks the third anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in the case of Kelo v. New London. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that governments are allowed to seize private property and give it to another private party in the name of “greater public use” – or economic development.

State General Fund Budget Grows by 5.2 Percent
May 8, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – Lawmakers tonight concluded the wrap-up portion of the 2008 Legislative Session, with the approval of a final appropriations bill. The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas commends legislators for their work to keep the total budget increase significantly lower than that of previous years.

Umbarger “Driveway to Nowhere” Causes the Kansas Legislature to Go Nowhere
May 6, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – Senate Ways and Means Chairman Dwayne Umbarger (R-Thayer) continues to hold his fellow Senators and Representatives hostage with his insistence of an earmark for a questionable pork barrel project in his home district.

AFP-Kansas Members Sign Petition Asking Legislators to Limit Growth in Overall State Spending
May 2, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas hand-delivered more than 4,000 petition slips signed by Kansas citizens asking that legislators hold spending growth to 3.5 percent. The petitions were given to lawmakers at their Statehouse offices Friday.

Americans for Prosperity-Kansas Urges Legislators to Remain Diligent in Spending Decisions
April 22, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – As Kansas legislators prepare for the wrap-up of the 2008 session, the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas is restarting its statewide multi-media campaign calling attention to the state budget.

Republican Leaders Pledge to Limit Budget Growth
April 4, 2008 | KS
Americans for Prosperity applauds efforts to hold the line on state spending -- “This is a significant step”

Senate Approves Kansas Taxpayer Transparency Act
April 2, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas praises work in the Senate to ensure that Kansans will continue to have the state’s financial information at their fingertips, with final approval to SB 672. The bill includes an amendment to codify the Kansas Taxpayer Transparency Act, a key component of AFP-KS’ 2008 Legislative Agenda.

Kansas House Steps Up to Keep Down State Debt
March 31, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas applauded the Kansas House for approving HB 2891, a bill intended to limit the amount of the state’s debt.

Kansas House Holds Down State Spending in Budget Bills
March 20, 2008 | KS
The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas applauds the Kansas House for its efforts in controlling state spending. Today, the House gave final approval to three budget bills that total $13.4 billion in total state spending, increasing state spending by 2.1 percent.

Defending the American Dream for All Kansans
March 19, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – Hundreds of Kansans were in Topeka on Wednesday for Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit and taxpayer rally at the Statehouse.

AFP-Kansas Releases ‘Commonsense’ Model State Budget
March 15, 2008 | KS
Proposed budget funds necessary functions, increases funding for public safety and veterans’ programs and reduces wasteful spending throughout state government.

AFP-Kansas Releases ‘Commonsense’ Model State Budget
March 4, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas today released its Commonsense Budget Proposal, which allows a budget increase of 3.5 percent in the State General Fund (SGF) budget.

State Government Transparency Web Site Now Online
March 3, 2008 | KS
Americans for Prosperity applauds effort to give Kansans better access to government spending and encourages lawmakers to approve legislation putting the transparency act into statute.

State Government Transparency Website Now Online
February 29, 2008 | KS
Americans for Prosperity-Kansas applauds the state's effort to give Kansans better access to government spending, and encourages lawmakers to approve legislation putting the transparency act into statute.

AFP-Kansas Supports Bill Allowing More Public Input in Selection of Supreme Court, Appellate Judges
February 13, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas supports legislation introduced today by Rep. Lance Kinzer (R-Olathe) regarding judicial selection. The proposed legislation, which is co-sponsored by 23 members of the House, would change the make-up of the state’s judicial nominating commission and would subject the Governor’s nominee to Senate confirmation.

AFP-Kansas, ATR Oppose HB 2711 & SB 515 in the Kansas House and Senate
February 7, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots groups Americans for Prosperity-Kansas and Americans for Tax Reform today urged Kansas lawmakers to oppose HB 2711 and SB 515 in the Kansas House and Senate, respectively. These twin bills would effectively impose a first in the nation carbon tax, as well as a variety other economic consequences.

AFP-Kansas Announces Priorities for 2008 Legislative Session
January 22, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas released its agenda for the 2008 Legislative session, which includes limiting budget growth, tax cuts, and reforms in judicial selection and taxpayer-funded lobbying, to make the state government more accountable to Kansans.

AFP-Kansas Encouraged by House Republican Caucus Agenda
January 11, 2008 | KS
TOPEKA – The grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas is encouraged by the legislative proposals announced by the House Republican Caucus.

Kansans Rally in Washington for Defending the American Dream Summit
October 8, 2007 | KS
TOPEKA – More than 40 Kansas residents traveled to the nation’s capital to rally in support of fiscal responsibility and meet with their lawmakers as part of the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit on Oct. 4-5. Read about the summit and view photos here.

Kansas Bloated Budget Passes
May 2, 2007 | KS
“During the ongoing discussion about imposing a cap on state spending through a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, some opponents argues that legislators can impose spending restraints on themselves,” Cobb concluded. “But this budget is proof-positive that the legislature lacks the will for spending restraint.”

Goals of Reining in Spending and Taxes Top Americans for Prosperity – Kansas’ 2007 Legislative Agenda
January 22, 2007 | KS
TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity – Kansas today unveiled its agenda for the 2007 state legislative session. Among the group’s goals are implementing a budget stabilization fund, a key component of successful tax and expenditure limitations, eliminating the Kansas franchise tax and reducing the income tax on corporations to promote a healthy business environment, and establishing a sunset commission for state programs to help ferret out government waste.

Americans for Prosperity: On First Day in Majority, House Democrats Should Enact Pork-Barrel Earmark Reform Package That Democratic Leaders Proposed in September
November 7, 2006 | SD
“As we drove more that 10,000 miles across 37 states on our Ending Earmarks Express road tour this year, one outraged taxpayer after another told us that many Republicans in Washington had forgotten that they were sent to Congress to fight for real, permanent tax relief and restrained federal spending – not for massive new government programs and pork-barrel goodies for special-interest contributors...

Kansas Continues to Suffer from Job Growth Deficit
September 22, 2006 | KS
TOPEKA – The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity today released the results of an analysis of recent employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Americans for Prosperity Says Kansas Employment Suffers from Growth Deficit
August 29, 2006 | KS
TOPEKA – The Kansas chapter of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation today released the results of an analysis of recent employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Nationwide “Ending Earmarks Express” to Kick Off Third Leg on June 12
June 9, 2006 | NJ
WASHINGTON – The Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s nationwide Ending Earmarks Express, a bus tour of lawmakers’ wasteful pet projects, will kick off its third leg on Monday, June 12, and visit six states and seven earmarks next week. The grassroots bus tour, which began its inaugural swing on April 7th, has so far traveled over 3,100 miles to 15 states and 17 earmarks worth billions in hard-earned tax dollars.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Allies Kick Off“Ending Earmarks Express” on Capitol Hill
April 7, 2006 | US
Group Spotlights Earmark For House Gym, Calls For “Fiscal” Fitness. Visit www.EndingEarmarksExpress.com to keep up with our tour!

State Senate Preparing to Lead Kansas Taxpayers on a
March 30, 2006 | KS
State Senate Preparing to Lead Kansas Taxpayers on a "Spending Bridge to Nowhere"

Americans for Prosperity Foundation to Kick Off Nationwide “Ending Earmarks Express” Bus Tour in DC on April 7
March 23, 2006 | US
Lawmakers who have worked hard over the years to lard up legislation with wasteful earmarks and pork-barrel projects may soon receive a surprise visit to their hometowns from the Ending Earmarks Express, a nationwide bus tour that will turn up the grassroots pressure for spending restraint in Congress.

AFPF Announces Social Security Essay Contest Winners
August 18, 2005 | KS
"We applaud these students and the dozens of students from across America who participated in the contest for taking such an interest in their future."

Taxpayer's Bill of Rights Amendment, Watchful Eye on Proposed Tax Hikes Top AFP's Kansas Agenda
January 12, 2005 | KS
AFP-KS unveiled its agenda for the 2005 state legislative session, which opens in Topeka this week.

Kansas Taxpayers Denied at Least $1.1 Billion in Tax Relief Due To Lack of Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, AFPF Study Shows
December 3, 2004 | KS
"Legislators in Topeka are going to continue causing themselves headaches -- and are going to continue digging deeper budgetary holes for Kansas taxpayers -- until they get serious about restraining the runaway growth in state spending."