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More Nukes, Please

A new reactor serves ratepayers — but not here.

Tags Electricity, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Utility-Scale Solar

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Fox News: Hit the brakes on Elizabeth Warren’s beleaguered bureaucracy

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date July 11, 2023
2 Comments on Fox News: Hit the brakes on Elizabeth Warren’s beleaguered bureaucracy

If the CFPB is watching financial institutions for bad behavior, who’s watching the CFPB?

Tags 2008 Financial Crisis, Barack Obama, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumers, Data Breach, David Silberman, Dodd-Frank, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Finance, Fox News, National Taxpayers Union, Personal Finance, Privacy, Tim Scott

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Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 15, 2023
20 Comments on Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Patrick M. Brenner stands outside Del Norte Credit Union during our "No Loan For You, Too!" experiment.

The unintended consequences of price controls on consumer access to credit.

Tags American Southwest Credit Union, Bank of America, Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), Credit, Del Norte Credit Union, Everyone’s Federal Credit Union, FirstLight Federal Credit Union, Four Corners Credit Union, Internationalites Federal Credit Union, Lending, Mountain America Credit Union, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Navy Federal Credit Union, No Loan For You!, Nusenda Credit Union, Otero Federal Credit Union, Payday Alternative Loan, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U-1st Community Federal Credit Union, U.S. Bank, U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union, Veridian Credit Union, Wells Fargo

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Austin American-Statesman: It’s wrong to force Texans to pay for local-government lobbying

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date June 4, 2023
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Taxpayer-funded lobbying by organizations like the Texas Association of School Boards highlights the urgent need for a united effort to end all taxpayer-funded lobbying and protect free speech.

Tags Accountability, Conflict of Interest, County and District Clerks' Association of Texas, Ethics, Free Speech, Lobbying, School Choice, Taxpayers, Texas Association of County Auditors, Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), Texas Municipal League, Texas' Big City Mayors Group

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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

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Boomtown U.S.A.

The American Southwest’s population growth is en fuego — well, with two exceptions.

Tags Demographics, Economic Development, Population Growth