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Albuquerque Journal Covers SPPI’s Legal Victory in Public Records Lawsuit

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 16, 2025
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The victory guarantees access to public vehicle data to investigate the impact of EV mandates on vulnerable communities.

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New Mexico Agency Ordered to Pay $30K After Losing Transparency Lawsuit

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date April 30, 2025
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SPPI won against New Mexico’s Taxation and Revenue Department for violating public records law.

Tags Electric Vehicle Mandates, Electric Vehicles, Government Transparency, Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), Lawsuit, New Mexico Department of Taxation and Revenue (NMTRD), New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Open Government, Transparency

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Albuquerque Journal: Government hiding data showing EV mandates disproportionately burden lower-Income families

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date September 1, 2024
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New Mexico’s lack of transparency and fabricated data on electric vehicle mandates raises serious concerns about their disproportionate impact on lower-income families and the erosion of democratic accountability.

Tags Clean Energy, Electric Vehicle Mandates, Electric Vehicles, Income, Lower-Income Families, Mandates, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Open Government, Transparency

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The Government Really Thinks We’re Stupid

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date August 29, 2024
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Behold New Mexico's mythical 1,000-cylinder car: when data fabrication gets a little too creative!

New Mexico’s lack of transparency and fabricated data are undermining public trust, stifling honest policy debate, and disproportionately burdening lower-income families with unjust mandates.

Tags Data Integrity, Fabricated Data, Government Accountability, Government Transparency, Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), New Mexico Department of Taxation and Revenue (NMTRD), New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Open Government, Public Records, Transparency

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Tesla Facility Opens on Santa Ana Pueblo with Spectacular Ribbon-Cutting Event

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 1, 2023
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The largest all-electric vehicle manufacturer is prohibited from selling their vehicles in New Mexico. Santa Ana Pueblo capitalized on it.

Tags Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance (AREA), Choice, Consumers, Direct-to-Consumer, Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Free Market, Manufacturing, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Project Frontier, Red Tape, Regulation, Santa Ana Pueblo, Tesla

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A Mother Lode of Obstructionism

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 27, 2023
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What does it take to get a copper mine approved in Arizona?

Tags Copper, EVs, Mining

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Newsmax: Does America’s Freight Industry Face an Impending Train Wreck?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 8, 2023
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The Department of Justice has expressed concerns to the Surface Transportation Board about the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways.

Tags Antitrust, Canadian Pacific (CP), Department of Justice (DOJ), Economics, Freight, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Logistics, Rail, Railroad, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Trade, Transportation

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The Center Square: Proposed Rail Acquisition Undermines American Competition and Economic Growth

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date December 29, 2022
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At this time of uncertainty in the global marketplace, it is imperative to promote competitive and efficient supply chain solutions for the good of American economic security and competitive markets.

Tags Antitrust, Canadian Pacific (CP), Commerce, Competition, Economics, Incentive, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Rail, Railroad

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EXCLUSIVE: New Tesla Facility to Open on Santa Ana Pueblo

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date September 30, 2022
5 Comments on EXCLUSIVE: New Tesla Facility to Open on Santa Ana Pueblo

The largest all-electric vehicle manufacturer is prohibited from selling their vehicles in New Mexico. So Santa Ana Pueblo gets to capitalize on this.