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D. Dowd Muska Joins Southwest Public Policy Institute as Senior Fellow

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date September 27, 2022
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The Southwest Public Policy Institute is pleased to announce today that Dowd Muska has joined as a senior fellow.

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Joshua Young Joins Southwest Public Policy Institute Board Of Directors With Texas Expansion

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date September 12, 2022
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The Southwest Public Policy Institute is pleased to announce today that Joshua Young has joined the organization’s board of directors.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Continue To Interrupt Business Operations

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date August 28, 2022
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Increasing domestic manufacturing capabilities through licensing freedom and red tape reduction can be an investment in future economic security.

Tags Economics, Manufacturing, Paper Shortage, Production, Red Tape, Supply Chain

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Real Clear Policy: White House Rail Comments Ignore Threat Posed By Merger

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 30, 2022
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American rail carriers are the latest to fall into the crosshairs of the White House.

Tags Antitrust, BNSF, Merger, Railroad

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Conservatives, Stop Abandoning The Institutions

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 28, 2022
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Why are extremists from the left taking over schools? Because the right lets them.

Tags American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Conservativism, Drag Queens, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Harvard University, Lamenting Leftism, Leftism, Radicalization, Randi Weingarten, Rudi Dutschke, Schoo, School Boards, Scott Wiener

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The Impact Of NYSRPA v Bruen In Southwestern States

Post author By Zac Fort
Post date June 24, 2022
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas simply, yet eloquently, laid out his case for why the majority ruled for the plaintiff in NYSRPA v. Bruen. “The exercise of other constitutional rights does not require individuals to demonstrate to government officers some special need. The Second Amendment right to carry arms in public for self-defense is no […]

Tags Firearms, NYSRPA v Bruen, Second Amendment

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Now Is The Time For Universal School Choice

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 21, 2022
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In March 2020, schools nationwide started closing their doors. Government bureaucrats fought to keep schools closed for over a year while parents struggled desperately to cope with mandatory remote learning. Reading and math proficiency scores declined in school districts across the country, creating the greatest educational inequity in our lifetimes. But there’s a silver lining… […]

Tags Education, Families, School Choice, Students, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)

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With Biden Absent, Some Southwest States Combat Inflation

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 8, 2022
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Erin Norman, senior messaging strategist at State Policy Network, recently published critical commentary of President Joe Biden’s inflation-fighting plan. Introduced last week, Biden highlights his plan in the Wall Street Journal. Composed of over 1,100 words, he spent one third of the article telling Americans how good things are right now. But the public begs […]

Tags Consumer Price Index, Economics, Gas, Inflation, Tax Rebates, Taxes

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The Best And Worst State Economies Of The American Southwest

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 6, 2022
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The personal finance website WalletHub just released its report on 2022’s Best and Worst State Economies. The WalletHub methodology incorporates twenty-eight indicators across three broad categories of economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential. The weighted final score is then used to rank each state. Source: WalletHub As seen before with metrics such as post-pandemic […]