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SPPI Files Amicus Brief Defending Federal Reserve’s Debit Card Fee Protections

For Immediate ReleaseJune 18, 2026 [email protected] Washington, DC—The Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), alongside the Pinpoint Policy Institute and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance Foundation (TPAF), announced today the filing of a joint amicus curiae brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky for the case Linney’s Pizza v. Board of Governors […]

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Government Can’t Reduce Smoking by Attacking Safer Alternatives

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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 cigarettes, expanding illicit markets, and increasing preventable disease. Cigarettes remain the most dangerous nicotine product legally sold in the […]

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Brenner Quoted in National Mortgage News on FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule Suspension

Southwest Public Policy Institute President Patrick M. Brenner was quoted in National Mortgage News on the FCC’s one-to-one consent rule being indefinitely suspended following two significant legal developments. With the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals striking down the rule and the Federal Communications Commission postponing implementation, industry experts agree that this regulation—initially set to take […]

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Competitiveness Coalition Announces Southwest Public Policy Institute as Newest Member

Washington, DC – Today the Competitiveness Coalition announced the addition of Southwest Public Policy Institute as its newest member, bringing the total of organizations and individuals to 23. The addition arrives amid the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) continued losing streak, a litany of congressional probes and lawmakers’ return to Washington. The growing ranks of the […]