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SPPI-TV Ep. 11: Powering the Future

Join us for the next episode of SPPI-TV titled "Powering the Future" as we delve into the current state of energy production and distribution. Our guest speakers for this episode are D. Dowd Muska, the Vice President of Research at the Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), and Larry Behrens, the Western States Director with Power […]

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Shaking Up Your Rattlesnakes

Fifty years ago, Washington’s plans for ‘peaceful nuclear explosions’ ended in Colorado.

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Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Why and How to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Advocacy

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Paying for Your Golden Years, and Theirs

Local- and state-government employees need a dose of reality.

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The Importance of Intellectual Property Protections in Fighting Pandemics

The proposal to extend the IP waiver under the TRIPS Agreement for COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics would worsen the burden on innovators and have disastrous consequences for the American Southwest and the nation.

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SPPI Employment Index: October-March

The American Southwest’s jobs boom continues.

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We’re No. 17.5! We’re No. 17.5!

The latest research from the American Legislative Exchange Council offers more cause for optimism.

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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.