Better living through better policy.

Topic: Albuquerque

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

Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 15, 2023
15 Comments on Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Patrick M. Brenner stands outside Del Norte Credit Union during our "No Loan For You, Too!" experiment.

The unintended consequences of price controls on consumer access to credit.

Tags American Southwest Credit Union, Bank of America, Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), Credit, Del Norte Credit Union, Everyone’s Federal Credit Union, FirstLight Federal Credit Union, Four Corners Credit Union, Internationalites Federal Credit Union, Lending, Mountain America Credit Union, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Navy Federal Credit Union, No Loan For You!, Nusenda Credit Union, Otero Federal Credit Union, Payday Alternative Loan, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U-1st Community Federal Credit Union, U.S. Bank, U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union, Veridian Credit Union, Wells Fargo

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

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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New Mexico Parents Are Dissatisfied, Want Choices

Post author By Brooke Hajny
Post date May 31, 2023
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Parents in New Mexico’s largest school districts express dissatisfaction with the quality of public education.

Tags Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), Education, Parents, Polling, School Choice, Students, Survey, Universal School Choice

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Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 17, 2023
7 Comments on Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Why and How to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Advocacy

Tags Accountability, Democrat, Education Savings Accounts, Ethics, Grass Roots, Influence, Legislation, Lobbying, Nonpartisan, Open Government, Republican, School Choice, Taxpayers, Transparency

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American Banker: If I Can’t Get An ‘Emergency’ Loan From A Bank, It’s Not Clear Who Possibly Can

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 27, 2023
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We tested the prediction that banks will step in when payday lenders face restrictions. They didn’t want our business.

Tags American Banker, Bank of America, Credit, Lending, Specialized Emergency Loans, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo

Report: No Loan for You!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date March 2, 2023
43 Comments on Report: No Loan for You!

How the war on specialized emergency loans has hurt New Mexicans.

Tags Bank of America, Credit, Lending, No Loan For You!, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo

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What About the ‘Megadrought’?

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date January 30, 2023
4 Comments on What About the ‘Megadrought’?

On the Arizona-California border, the Colorado River below the Palo Verde Dam is running at 110 percent of its median flow. Utah is “having an astounding winter,” and “in certain watersheds, it’s breaking records.” In New Mexico, the Pecos River near Lake Arthur is flowing at 108 percent of its median. Flagstaff’s “received 84.5 inches […]

Tags Climate, Drought, Energy, Media Bias, Water

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It’s Time to Redistribute New Mexico’s Government-Accumulated Wealth

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date December 13, 2022
5 Comments on It’s Time to Redistribute New Mexico’s Government-Accumulated Wealth

As the oil and gas industry in New Mexico booms, the state’s projected revenue for the 2024 fiscal year is close to $12 billion. We believe it’s time for the state to consider redistributing some of this newfound wealth to its citizens.