Author: D. Dowd Muska

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Paying for Your Golden Years, and Theirs

Local- and state-government employees need a dose of reality.

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National Review: The Biden White House Gives Copper the Shaft

Mine workers do maintenance work 6,780 feet underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Ariz., March 30, 2021. (Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters)

One of the country’s largest mineral reserves remains unmined amid environmental and legal challenges.

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SPPI Employment Index: October-March

The American Southwest’s jobs boom continues.

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SPPI-TV: Breaking Barriers with Occupational Licensing Reform

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We’re No. 17.5! We’re No. 17.5!

The latest research from the American Legislative Exchange Council offers more cause for optimism.

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SPPI-TV: Saving the Electoral College

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The Anti-College Try

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is bad for America, but deadly for the American Southwest.

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Hollywood Handouts! Part Deux

Why are states ignoring New Mexico’s debacle, and reviving studio subsidies?

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I Want My SPPI-TV!

The revolution is being televised.

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Boomtown U.S.A.

The American Southwest’s population growth is en fuego — well, with two exceptions.