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SPPI in the News

August coverage spanning insurance regulation, debit interchange, employee ownership, and how New Mexico policy affects national policy.

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Model Legislation: NAIC Transparency and Accountability Act

Michigan has required the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to report to its legislature since 1998. Forty-nine states have not. Model legislation, free to adopt, from the Southwest Public Policy Institute.

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SPPI Names Gregory A. Schroeder Executive Vice President

Lending and mortgage veteran will guide the institute’s work on credit access and consumer finance.

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Report: Fifty-Five Percent

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own evidence explains the price she objects to and why blocking charters would shrink credit for the households most in need.

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Economic Opportunity Government Regulation Markets and Finance Poverty and Inequality Technology The Constitution Transparency

SPPI Joins Coalition: Judge Bank Applications on the Statute, Not the Comment File

A new SPPI report supplies the evidentiary record: 68 million Americans live in counties with no community bank headquarters, and rate caps move credit up the income ladder rather than lowering its price.

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Report: Application Pending

68 million votes for more banks: how the campaign to politicize bank charters shrinks credit for households.

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Regulation Without Disclosure

What the GAO’s review of the NAIC means for insurance consumers.

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Government Regulation Life Markets and Finance Public Health Trade

FDA’s Peptide Review Should Include a Hard Look at the Supply Chain

Why regulators must look beyond patient access and weigh the risks of foreign supply chain dependencies.

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Budget and Spending Government Regulation Housing Markets and Finance

SPPI in the Spotlight: Exposing Opioid Settlement Secrecy, Regulatory Overreach, and Real Estate Trap Doors

How SPPI is driving transparency, market competition, and accountability in public policy.

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DC Journal: California’s Crackdown on Consumer Credit Just Hit a Wall

The fight over bank-fintech partnerships is really a fight over price controls, preemption, and access to credit.