Topic: Albuquerque

city and county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States and the largest city in the state

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

Electric Vehicle Mandates Hurt Poor and Minority Residents

SPPI won against New Mexico’s Taxation and Revenue Department for violating public records law.

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Santa Fe New Mexican: Don’t waste the windfall; Use opioid settlement funds where they count

Price Controls Rate Caps Cash Poor Americans

Originally published at santafenewmexican.com on April 26, 2025. America may finally be turning a corner in the opioid crisis. For the first time in years, overdose deaths are declining. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 17% decrease in opioid-related fatalities between July 2023 and July 2024: a promising sign that prevention and […]

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Ensuring Accountability and Impact in Opioid Settlement Spending

Opioid Crisis

The $26 billion opioid settlement offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat America’s deadliest drug crisis, if states and localities spend the funds transparently, strategically, and solely on opioid abatement.

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SPPI Featured in Tangle’s Coverage of CFPB Debate

Rohit Chopra Fired Terminated Donald Trump CFPB
Rohit Chopra during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2024. Al Drago, Bloomberg, Getty Images

SPPI continues to argue against the agency’s overreach and its impact on financial markets.

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Albuquerque Journal: A state-run bank would put taxpayers on the hook for risky loans

SPPI Joins Coalition Opposing the RECOUP Act

A state-run public bank is a dangerous experiment in government overreach that will burden taxpayers, distort credit markets, and fail where private financial institutions succeed.

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Albuquerque Journal: It’s Time to Disrupt the System and Introduce Real School Reform in New Mexico

New Mexico School Choice Education Reform Senator Craig Brandt Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico must embrace comprehensive school choice reform, exemplified in Senator Craig Brandt’s Education Freedom Bill, to empower parents, improve educational outcomes, and make our state competitive.

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Banking on Failure: House Bill 130’s Public Bank Will Deepen New Mexico’s Credit Crisis

A public bank is a forced gamble with taxpayer dollars that ignores market realities, mandates risky lending, and risks compounding the damage caused by the artificial credit crisis created by New Mexico’s interest rate cap.

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SPPI Calls on NMFOG to Address Albuquerque’s Transparency Failures

City of Albuquerque Ethan Watson Inspection of Public Records Act IPRA Open Government

This press release is also available as a PDF. ALBUQUERQUE, NM—The Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) has formally sent a letter to the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (NMFOG), urging the organization to take action against the City of Albuquerque and City Clerk Ethan Watson for repeated violations of New Mexico’s Inspection of Public […]

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A Letter to NMFOG

SPPI v City of Albuquerque and Ethan Watson Transparency Accountability

This letter was initially sent by electronic mail on December 18, 2024. December 18, 2024 New Mexico Foundation for Open GovernmentAttn: Executive Director and Board of Directors2333 Wisconsin St NEAlbuquerque, NM 87110 Dear Executive Director and Members of the Board: I write to you today as President of the Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) to […]

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Albuquerque’s Motion to Quash: A New Low in Anti-Transparency Efforts

This press release is also available as a PDF. ALBUQUERQUE, NM—The Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) denounces the City of Albuquerque’s recent attempt to quash a valid subpoena aimed at obtaining crucial public records. Mayor Tim Keller and City Clerk Ethan Watson’s ongoing efforts to obstruct the release of a public records database—owned by the […]