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    Why is Oklahoma making an example of an insurer that pays its claims?

    Captive insurance is an industry states compete for, and Oklahoma wrote a law to get its share. One company came. Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, chartered in 2017 and owned by the transportation businesses it insures,…

    Originally published inThe Journal Record

    Gregory A. Schroeder  |  October 23, 2026

  • White Paper No. 12

    Oklahoma’s Parchment Guarantee

    Two Oklahoma statutes point in opposite directions for a captive risk retention group, and seven years of enforcement built on the one a court later rejected still has not answered whether the company can pay its…

    Patrick M. Brenner and Gregory A. Schroeder  |  September 27, 2026

  • Coalition Letter

    SPPI Joins National Coalition Calling on Missouri to Modernize Its Tax System

    Coalition backs Governor Kehoe’s effort to modernize Missouri’s tax code.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  January 6, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Colorado’s Intrastate Minimum-Wage Compacts Will Hurt the State

    Experience shows that businesses pass on increased costs to consumers, hurting the very people wage hikes are supposed to help.

    Originally published inNational Review

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 2, 2024

  • Policy Brief

    What’s Up in Colorado?

    Employment growth slows to nearly nothing in the Centennial State.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  August 24, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    Let’s Cancel the ‘Holidays’

    Sales-tax breaks are popular, but they’re lousy fiscal policy.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  July 27, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    Eight for Eight — Again

    There’s just no stopping the American Southwest’s jobs machine.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  July 24, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    The Southwest’s Spaceport Scorecard

    After more than two decades, there’s precious little ‘return’ from all the ‘public investment.’

    D. Dowd Muska  |  July 17, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    A 3-Letter Word: J-O-B-S

    Our region’s employment boom continues.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  June 28, 2023

  • Op-Ed

    New Mexico Parents Are Dissatisfied, Want Choices

    Parents in New Mexico’s largest school districts express dissatisfaction with the quality of public education.

    Originally published inAlbuquerque Journal

    Brooke Hajny  |  June 26, 2023

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