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SPPI Employment Index: August-January

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 17, 2023
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Cause for optimism — at least for now

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Mental Illness: RxP to the Rescue

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 10, 2023
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The deregulation answer to inadequate access

Tags Deregulation, Mental Health

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Diversity, Economics, and Income

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 8, 2023
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What states are best-positioned to face the challenges to come?

Tags Economic Development

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Food, Folks, and Fiscal Policy

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 7, 2023
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Is taxing groceries ‘regressive’?

Tags Food, Groceries

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Report: No Loan for You!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date March 2, 2023
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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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Austin, We Have a Problem

Space is booming in Texas — it doesn’t ‘need’ corporate welfare

Tags Corporate Wellfare

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Hail to the American Southwest

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date February 20, 2023
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Air Force One, a VC-25A aircraft, lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 21, 2012. The VC-25A was a modified version of the Boeing 747 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes/Released)

The presidency and our region

Tags American History, Presidents

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Draining the Swamp, from a Distance

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date February 1, 2023
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What states are doing to combat D.C.’s dysfunction

Tags Federalism, Tenth Amendment

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It’s Time to Ditch the Double Tax

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date January 27, 2023
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Taxing corporate income is counterproductive — more states should learn from Texas and Nevada

Tags Corporate Tax, Economic Development, Taxes

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Solar in the Southwest: A Bright Shining Disappointment

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date December 12, 2022
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Solar is a bust, even in the sun-drenched Southwest. If it can’t make it here, it can’t make it anywhere.

Tags Energy, Energy Crisis, Solar Energy