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SPPI Employment Index: November-April

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date May 22, 2023
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The good times roll on — how long can they last?

Tags Jobs, Unemployment

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Shaking Up Your Rattlesnakes

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date May 18, 2023
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Fifty years ago, Washington’s plans for ‘peaceful nuclear explosions’ ended in Colorado.

Tags Cold War, History

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Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 17, 2023
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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

Arizona Courts Legal Legal and Judicial SPPI v Mesa Public Schools Transparency Updates

SPPI Files Lawsuit to Compel Mesa Public Schools to Provide Public Records

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 16, 2023
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The Southwest Public Policy Institute has filed a lawsuit against Mesa Public Schools in Arizona to compel the release of public records in compliance with Arizona Public Records Law.

Tags Accountability, Legal, Litigation, Mesa Public Schools, Open Government, Public Records, Transparency

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Paying for Your Golden Years, and Theirs

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date May 11, 2023
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Local- and state-government employees need a dose of reality.

Tags OPEB, Pensions, Unfunded Liabilities

Arizona Domestic Policy Government Regulation Top Issues Updates

National Review: The Biden White House Gives Copper the Shaft

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 25, 2023
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Mine workers do maintenance work 6,780 feet underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Ariz., March 30, 2021. (Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters)

One of the country’s largest mineral reserves remains unmined amid environmental and legal challenges.

Tags Copper, Cu, Electric Vehicles, Extractive Industry, International Energy Agency, Mining, United States Forest Service (USFS)

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SPPI Employment Index: October-March

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 24, 2023
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The American Southwest’s jobs boom continues.

Tags Employment, Jobs, Unemployment

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We’re No. 17.5! We’re No. 17.5!

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 17, 2023
1 Comment on We’re No. 17.5! We’re No. 17.5!

The latest research from the American Legislative Exchange Council offers more cause for optimism.

Tags Economic Development

Arizona Press Top Issues Updates

Dr. Vicki Alger Joins SPPI Board of Directors in Arizona

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date April 14, 2023
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Vicki E. Alger, Ph.D., a distinguished education policy expert with over 20 years of experience, has been appointed to the Institute’s Board of Directors.

Tags Education, Goldwater Institute, Heartland Institute, Independent Institute, Independent Women's Forum

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The Anti-College Try

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is bad for America, but deadly for the American Southwest.

Tags Electoral College