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Topic: United States

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A Mother Lode of Obstructionism

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 27, 2023
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What does it take to get a copper mine approved in Arizona?

Tags Copper, EVs, Mining

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SPPI Employment Index: August-January

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 17, 2023
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Cause for optimism — at least for now

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Mental Illness: RxP to the Rescue

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 10, 2023
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The deregulation answer to inadequate access

Tags Deregulation, Mental Health

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Diversity, Economics, and Income

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 8, 2023
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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?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 8, 2023
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The Department of Justice has expressed concerns to the Surface Transportation Board about the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways.

Tags Antitrust, Canadian Pacific (CP), Department of Justice (DOJ), Economics, Freight, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Logistics, Rail, Railroad, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Trade, Transportation

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Food, Folks, and Fiscal Policy

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 7, 2023
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Is taxing groceries ‘regressive’?

Tags Food, Groceries

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Report: No Loan for You!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date March 2, 2023
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How the war on specialized emergency loans has hurt New Mexicans.

Tags Bank of America, Credit, Lending, No Loan For You!, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo

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The Efficiency Dilemma: Examining Energy Sector Jobs and Electricity Generation in the US

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 1, 2023
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Solar energy is the least efficient utility-scale electric generation source in terms of electricity produced per employee.

Tags Department of Energy (DOE), Efficiency, Electricity, Energy Crisis, Energy Information Administration (EIA), Jobs, Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy

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Why is New Mexico Proposing Single-Payer Healthcare?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date February 25, 2023
5 Comments on Why is New Mexico Proposing Single-Payer Healthcare?

TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL - COLUMBUS CIRCLE, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - 2017/01/15: Hundreds of activists and allies from the newly-formed anti-Trump group Rise & Resist staged a peaceful protest at Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City, to fight against the radical changes to the American healthcare system proposed by the Trump Administration and Republicans. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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