Better living through better policy.

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SPPI Employment Index: October-March

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Post date April 24, 2023
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The American Southwest’s jobs boom continues.

Tags Employment, Jobs, Unemployment

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SPPI-TV: Breaking Barriers with Occupational Licensing Reform

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 21, 2023
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Tags Economic Opportunity, Occupational Licensing

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We’re No. 17.5! We’re No. 17.5!

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 17, 2023
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The latest research from the American Legislative Exchange Council offers more cause for optimism.

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SPPI-TV: Saving the Electoral College

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 14, 2023
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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

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 6, 2023
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Why are states ignoring New Mexico’s debacle, and reviving studio subsidies?

Tags Corporate Welfare, Hollywood

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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.

Tags Demographics, Economic Development, Population Growth

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Austin and Santa Fe Can’t Nuke the Constitution

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 31, 2023
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The Supremacy Clause is the ultimate deterrent

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SPPI Employment Index: September-February

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 29, 2023
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Recession? Not here!

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