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Dr. Vicki Alger Joins SPPI Board of Directors in Arizona

Vicki E. Alger, Ph.D., a distinguished education policy expert with over 20 years of experience, has been appointed to the Institute’s Board of Directors.

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The Anti-College Try

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is bad for America, but deadly for the American Southwest.

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Boomtown U.S.A.

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

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Event: Crime and Punishment

How do we build safer communities in the American Southwest?

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President of SPPI Invited as Speaker to 2023 Independents Conference & Expo

Patrick Brenner has been invited as a speaker and panelist to discuss SPPI’s report “No Loan for You!” and how the war on specialized emergency lending is hurting the American Southwest.

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April Fools Top Issues

April Fools Day: Latest SPPI Policy Priorities to Include Support for Universal Basic Income

We officially support Universal Basic Income, universal healthcare, government monopolization of education, and tax increases for the rich to pay for it all.

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SPPI Employment Index: September-February

Recession? Not here!

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Breaking Barriers: The State Occupational Licensing Index Reveals Opportunities for Occupational Licensing Reform in the US

A new report by the Archbridge Institute finds that occupational licensing creates unnecessary barriers that exacerbate skilled worker shortages and hinder opportunity and prosperity.

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A Mother Lode of Obstructionism

What does it take to get a copper mine approved in Arizona?

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Surviving D.C.’s Debt Disaster

Utah’s chances are good — but New Mexico…