News Releases
Americans for Prosperity Responds to Election Results
November 6, 2008
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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Commentary
Sarah Palin stood against the Bridge to Nowhere. Why didn’t Obama and Biden?
September 11, 2008
AFP policy director Phil Kerpen recounts the history of the Bridge to Nowhere.
Taxes in Kansas at an All-Time High
August 14, 2007
At no other time in the state’s history have state and local governments imposed such a heavy tax burden on Kansas residents. This year, state and local taxes will capture 11.2 percent of the state’s income. The graduated income tax contributes to this all time high by creating a boom of revenue and spending during prosperous economic times. In periods of rapid growth, income tax revenue increases faster than income. Excited by these new funds, legislators increase state spending with new or expanded programs to match. With this boom often comes a bust. In a recession, income tax revenue falls more rapidly than income.
Kansas Board of Regents' Broken Window
April 18, 2007
The Kansas Board of Regents recently released a report entitled the “Economic Impact of Deferred Maintenance Spending at Kansas Board of Regents Universities.” The report, produced by the Docking Institute, concluded that if the legislature appropriated and our Universities spent the entire $727 million deferred maintenance backlog, a veritable economic boom would ensue.
Closing a Loopy Loophole
January 18, 2006
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.
Supreme Court Rules that Homes and Small Business are in Jeopardy
August 17, 2005
How can government take my property only to give it to someone else? The answer: eminent domain.
The Truth About TABOR in Kansas...and Colorado
February 10, 2005
To hear opponents describe it, you'd think TABOR causes everything from natural disasters to male pattern baldness.
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