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President of SPPI Invited as Speaker to 2023 Independents Conference & Expo

Patrick Brenner has been invited as a speaker and panelist to discuss SPPI’s report “No Loan for You!” and how the war on specialized emergency lending is hurting the American Southwest.

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April Fools Day: Latest SPPI Policy Priorities to Include Support for Universal Basic Income

We officially support Universal Basic Income, universal healthcare, government monopolization of education, and tax increases for the rich to pay for it all.

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SPPI Joins Coalition Urging CFPB to Rethink Nonbank Disclosure Rule

A coalition of organizations has urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to rethink its proposed nonbank disclosure rule.

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Austin and Santa Fe Can’t Nuke the Constitution

The Supremacy Clause is the ultimate deterrent

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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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American Banker: If I Can’t Get An ‘Emergency’ Loan From A Bank, It’s Not Clear Who Possibly Can

We tested the prediction that banks will step in when payday lenders face restrictions. They didn’t want our business.

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Surviving D.C.’s Debt Disaster

Utah’s chances are good — but New Mexico…

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SPPI Employment Index: August-January

Cause for optimism — at least for now