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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.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  March 29, 2023

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    Surviving D.C.’s Debt Disaster

    Utah’s chances are good — but New Mexico…

    D. Dowd Muska  |  March 20, 2023

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    Diversity, Economics, and Income

    What states are best-positioned to face the challenges to come?

    D. Dowd Muska  |  March 8, 2023

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    Austin, We Have a Problem

    Space is booming in Texas — it doesn’t ‘need’ corporate welfare

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 27, 2023

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    Hail to the American Southwest

    The presidency and our region

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 20, 2023

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    Spent Nuclear Fuel Provides an Opportunity

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

    Originally published inSanta Fe New Mexican

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 12, 2023

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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?

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 3, 2023

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    Draining the Swamp, from a Distance

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

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 1, 2023

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    It’s Time to Ditch the Double Tax

    Taxing corporate income is counterproductive — more states should learn from Texas and Nevada

    D. Dowd Muska  |  January 27, 2023

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    A Tale of Two Policy Models

    Job-creation in the region is surging again — excluding California and New Mexico, of course.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  January 25, 2023

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