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LARGEST CONFERENCE FOR THE STATE-FOCUSED FREE MARKET MOVEMENT.

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SPN 18th Annual Meeting & K-12 Education Summit
The land of Rock and Roll will be host for the nation's premier event for the state-focused free market community. Be among 500+ in attendance for four days of networking, policy updates, and technology tutorials.
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The Overton Window
Mackinac Center’s Joseph Overton observed that the window of politically acceptable policies is not defined by what politicians would prefer; rather, it is defined by what they believe they can support and still win re-election. The Overton Window shifts when ideas change in the society that elects them.
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Supporting Freedom Through SPN
Join our growing movement of thousands who have invested in State Policy Network’s innovative efforts to strike back against an oppressive and prosperity-killing federal government by contributing to SPN’s state-based strategy to advance American free enterprise.
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What is a free market think tank?

Pronunciation: \thiŋk taŋk\ noun: an institute, corporation, or group organized for interdisciplinary research (as in technological and social problems) —called also think factory

There is an active think tank in your state, find it here

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About SPN

State Policy Network is made up of free market think tanks - at least one in every state - fighting to limit government and advance market-friendly public policy at the state and local levels. SPN and our members make the Founders' vision for the American Republic a reality as the nation's only 50-state distribution network for market-oriented public policy ideas. Our programs advance and defend American liberty and free enterprise by assisting new start-up organizations, growing existing state think tanks, recruiting talent to the think tank industry, developing strategic partnerships, and promoting the free-market state movement. Read More

Think Tank Spotlight

State Special Funds May Hold $1.4 Billion In Unspent Revenues

by Danny de Gracia II and Kyle Shiroma, GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII

Help Challenge the Health Care Bill

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE

Making Electricity More Expensive: Texas’ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs

by Bill Peacock, TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION

Specials Rights for Police

by Marta Mossburg, MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE

Help Challenge the Health Care Bill

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE

Goldwater seeks contributions to support its lawsuit against the federal health care bill. GI asserts, "Our lawsuit is the strongest in the nation because it combines the best arguments from lawsuits already filed by the Virginia and Florida Attorneys General with additional claims based on the separation of powers, the right to medical autonomy and privacy, and the First Amendment." The suit also uniquely challenges the new price-setting board.

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