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Topic: United States

country primarily located in North America

Supply Chain Disruptions Continue To Interrupt Business Operations

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date August 28, 2022
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Increasing domestic manufacturing capabilities through licensing freedom and red tape reduction can be an investment in future economic security.

Tags Economics, Manufacturing, Paper Shortage, Production, Red Tape, Supply Chain

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Real Clear Policy: White House Rail Comments Ignore Threat Posed By Merger

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 30, 2022
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American rail carriers are the latest to fall into the crosshairs of the White House.

Tags Antitrust, BNSF, Merger, Railroad

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With Biden Absent, Some Southwest States Combat Inflation

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 8, 2022
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Erin Norman, senior messaging strategist at State Policy Network, recently published critical commentary of President Joe Biden’s inflation-fighting plan. Introduced last week, Biden highlights his plan in the Wall Street Journal. Composed of over 1,100 words, he spent one third of the article telling Americans how good things are right now. But the public begs […]

Tags Consumer Price Index, Economics, Gas, Inflation, Tax Rebates, Taxes

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Brett Kokinadis Joins Southwest Public Policy Institute Board Of Directors

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 1, 2022
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Albuquerque (June 1, 2022) — The Southwest Public Policy Institute is pleased to announce today that Brett Kokinadis has joined the organization’s board of directors. Brett is a former candidate for the US House of Representatives, served as First Vice-Chair of the Republican Party of Santa Fe County, and as director of several political action […]

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Did School Closures Impact Education In New Mexico?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date June 1, 2022
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New Mexico suffered from some of the most draconian pandemic-related school closures in the country: how did this impact educational outcomes? On Tuesday, Esteban Candelaria, a staff writer with the Albuquerque Journal, reported on delays in academic assessment reporting from the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED). While data from SAT testing will be made […]

Tags Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), COVID-19, Education, Families, Michelle Lujan Grisham, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York Times, Scott Elder, Students

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Southwest Public Policy Institute Joins Free Speech Alliance

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 31, 2022
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The Southwest Public Policy Institute is the latest addition to the Free Speech Alliance, joining over 90 organizations and individuals who oppose the silencing of conservative voices on social media. You can find out more about the Free Speech Alliance at mrc.org/freespeechalliance. Here’s the Problem. Conservatives are under attack. Conservatives face an existential crisis as social […]

Tags Bias, Big Tech, Censorship, Diversity, Facebook, Fairness, First Amendment, Free Speech, Free Speech Alliance (FSA), Google, Hate Speech, Instagram, Media Research Center (MRC), Transparency, Twitter, YouTube

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Uvalde Makes The Somber Case For School Choice

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 27, 2022
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The nation mourns the loss of so many innocent lives. How do we prevent future tragedy? The answer is school choice. In New Mexico, Senator Martin Heinrich is capitalizing on the Uvalde school shooting to demand changes in gun laws. Elsewhere, former President Barack Obama is using the crisis to stoke racial tension. They are […]