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Ready for Action: SPPI Kicks Off the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session

Senator Craig Brandt and SPPI President Patrick M. Brenner
Senator Craig Brandt and SPPI President Patrick M. Brenner on the Senate floor for opening day—working together to champion freedom and opportunity for New Mexico.

SPPI kicks off the 2025 New Mexico legislative session, partnering with key lawmakers to advance a bold agenda for freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.

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‘Wonderment and Bemusement’

SPPI’s vice president of research talks about the policy and culture of the Silver State.

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Let’s Cancel the ‘Holidays’

This is a display of back to school pens and backpacks in a Target store in Pittsburgh Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sales-tax breaks are popular, but they’re lousy fiscal policy.

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In which Southwest states do residents pay the most sales tax?

Which states in the American Southwest have the most sales per person?
Which states in the American Southwest have the most sales per person?

New Mexico and Nevada lead the region, while Oklahoma and Utah report the lowest sales tax burdens.

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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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Boomtown U.S.A.

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

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Food, Folks, and Fiscal Policy

Is taxing groceries ‘regressive’?

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No. 47 Stumbled — No. 48 Soared

Why New Mexico has languished and Arizona has thrived

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It’s Time to Ditch the Double Tax

Taxing corporate income is counterproductive — more states should learn from Texas and Nevada

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The Lone Star State’s Very Good Year

Texas has seen a significant increase in population and economic growth in recent years, attracting both domestic and foreign investment, largely due to the state’s favorable policies including no income tax, a reasonable regulatory burden, restrained government spending, as well as its successful energy sector.