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Celebrating Government Transparency with Sunshine Week

Sunshine is a natural disinfectant: let it shine on every facet of government.

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Greg Brooks Joins SPPI Board Of Directors With Nevada Expansion

Greg Brooks, a veteran public policy and public affairs professional with over 30 years of experience, has joined the Institute’s Board of Directors.

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Lujan Grisham Allegedly Meddles in Medicaid Procurement

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s decision to redo New Mexico’s Medicaid contracts has sparked criticism and raised concerns about potential campaign finance influences from Centene Corporation and Western Sky Community Care.

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Why is New Mexico Proposing Single-Payer Healthcare?

The Medicaid Forward Plan, introduced as House Bill 400, is aimed at creating a state-administered health coverage plan.

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Hail to the American Southwest

The presidency and our region

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No. 47 Stumbled — No. 48 Soared

Why New Mexico has languished and Arizona has thrived

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Santa Fe New Mexican: Spent Nuclear Fuel Provides an Opportunity

But standing in the way is the worst kind of NIMBY opportunism.

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Hope Is Not an Economic-Development Strategy

Why is it so difficult to admit that Spaceport America is a complete bust?

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The American Southwest’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Opportunity

Our region has what it takes to address a national challenge – guess who’s standing in the way?

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Draining the Swamp, from a Distance

What states are doing to combat D.C.’s dysfunction