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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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Hollywood Handouts! Part Deux

Why are states ignoring New Mexico’s debacle, and reviving studio subsidies?

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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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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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SPPI Employment Index: August-January

Cause for optimism — at least for now

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Mental Illness: RxP to the Rescue

The deregulation answer to inadequate access

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Diversity, Economics, and Income

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

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Newsmax: Does America’s Freight Industry Face an Impending Train Wreck?

The Department of Justice has expressed concerns to the Surface Transportation Board about the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways.