New Mexico
state of the United States of America
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Coalition Letter
SPPI Joins Coalition: Judge Bank Applications on the Statute, Not the Comment File
A new SPPI report supplies the evidentiary record: 68 million Americans live in counties with no community bank headquarters, and rate caps move credit up the income ladder rather than lowering its price.
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In the News
SPPI in the Spotlight: Exposing Opioid Settlement Secrecy, Regulatory Overreach, and Real Estate Trap Doors
How SPPI is driving transparency, market competition, and accountability in public policy.
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Op-Ed
Global carbon accounting lets unelected foreign-led NGOs pick winners and losers
Americans are increasingly being governed by rules they never voted for, written by people they will never elect, and enforced through systems they cannot challenge. Foreign-led institutions are effectively controlling U.S. domestic environmental policy. Behind the…
Originally published inWashington Examiner
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Press Release
Annual Report 2026
The Southwest Public Policy Institute is proud to release its 2026 Annual Report. What began in 2022 as a lean, technology-driven startup has grown into a national force for transparency, accountability, and market-based public policy reform.…
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Press Release
SPPI Appoints Tim Eichenberg and Archana Pandey to Board of Directors
Public finance veteran and fintech operations leader join Institute’s leadership team to advance economic opportunity.
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White Paper No. 9
Rolling the Dice
Procurement failures and vendor transition risks threaten the New Mexico Lottery.
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Litigation
SPPI Files Public Records Request Regarding New Mexico Lottery Contract Procurement
SPPI seeks transparency and legal clarity regarding the New Mexico Lottery Authority’s procurement process and transition planning for the state gaming system contract.
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In the News
Zachary Fort Featured in National Public Lands Debate
Media coverage highlights SPPI Vice Chairman Zachary Fort’s leadership and policy engagement during debate over Bureau of Land Management nomination.
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Policy Brief
Government Can’t Reduce Smoking by Attacking Safer Alternatives
New Mexico legislators are considering higher taxes and new restrictions on nicotine products such as nicotine pouches. These proposals are typically framed as public-health measures. In practice, they risk doing precisely the opposite—nudging smokers back toward…