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  • Consulting & AdvisingNew Mexico||NM2019

    Economic Impacts of Retiring & Replacing the San Juan Generating Station in 2022

    The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has entrusted REMI to analyze the economic and demographic impacts of retiring the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station (SJGS), located in San Juan County, New Mexico. The study examines the net economic changes that would be the result of the anticipated closure of SJGS…

  • TransportationTexas||TX2019

    High Capacity Transit Task Force for the 2045 Regional Transportation Plan

    The High Capacity Transit Task Force was created by the Transportation Policy Council to investigate the need and opportunity for high capacity transit in the Houston-Galveston region. In order to accomplish this, they used the REMI model to identify a transit vision for 2045, identify the costs associated with a range…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingLouisiana||LA2019

    Comprehensive Gaming Industry Analysis: State of Louisiana

    In collaboration with the UMass Donahue Institute, Spectrum Gaming Group measured the economic impact generated by the comprehensive gaming industry in the state of Louisiana by using the REMI Tax-PI model. The analysis divided into evaluations of the baseline gaming environment and a prospective future gaming landscap…

  • TransportationTexas||TX2019

    Economic Impact Analysis for H-GAC’s High Capacity Transit (HCT) Project

    This analysis that was completed by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) used the REMI TranSight model to evaluate the economic impacts of certain project investments that would factor into the region’s transportation plan. H-GAC sought out to measure the likelihood of economic activity and transportation efficie…

  • TransportationArizona||AZ2019

    Draft Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement and Preliminary Section 4(f) Evaluation

    The Arizona Department of Transportation incorporated their REMI TranSight model into their analysis of the environmental and economic impacts that correspond with improvements made to Interstate 11 in Arizona. They also accounted for the potential support that new highway interchanges and other transportation improvem…

  • Energy and EnvironmentCalifornia||CA2019

    Impacts of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program on the Economies of California and Florida

    The University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy performed a regional economic impact analysis of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing using the REMI PI+ model. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. had provided over $1.16 billion to finance more than 54,500 property improvement projects at the t…

  • Labor and WorkforceFlorida||FL2019

    Independent Assessment of the Economic Impacts of the Florida College System

    Florida TaxWatch partnered with the Association of Florida Colleges and the (then) Chancellor of the Florida College System (FCS) to use grant funding from The Helios Education Foundation for an independent, evidence-based analysis to compare the performance of the Florida College System to community colleges in other …

  • TransportationFlorida||FL2019

    REMI TranSight in the Tampa Bay Area: Project Analysis and Planning for Resiliency

    The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council used the REMI TranSight model to forecast the countywide impacts of construction and system performance, develop a “narrative” of likely sub-area economic impacts, and create a project alternative fiscal impact forecast for community redevelopment agencies. Researchers analyzed t…

  • Tax and FiscalOhio||OH2019

    Budget: Investing for Growth

    Policy Matters Ohio proposed a tax plan to reinstate state income tax rates on the highest income brackets earned by the wealthiest Ohioans, thereby closing big and unproductive tax breaks. The plan also supports and emboldens Ohio’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) that provides tax assistance to low-income families wi…

  • Labor and WorkforceColorado||CO2019

    Economic Effects of Implementing a Paid Family and Medical Leave Program on the Colorado Economy

    House Bill 18-1001 was introduced during the 2018 Colorado legislative session and the bill attempts to establish a paid family and medical leave program that would cover all employees working in the state. The program’s cornerstone is a state-run family and medical leave insurance fund that would be financed by an emp…

  • National PolicyDistrict of Columbia||DC2019

    Economic Effects of Enacting the Raise the Wage Act on Small Businesses and the U.S. Economy

    NFIB Research Center conducted a study in January of 2019 to find the “Economic Effects of Enacting the Raise the Wage Act on Small Businesses and the U.S. Economy.” The Raise the Wage Act increases the federal minimum wage in stages from $7.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour over the years 2019-2024. This report analyzes …

  • National PolicyDistrict of Columbia||DC2019

    Economic Effects of Enacting the Raise the Wage Act on Small Businesses and the U.S. Economy

    This report that was conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses Research Center analyzed the impact of the Raise the Wage Act on small businesses. The law requires an increase of the federal minimum wage over a six-year period from $7.25/hr. to $15.00/hr. Researchers utilized the Business Size Insig…

  • Labor and WorkforceSouth Carolina||SC2019

    The Projected Economic & Fiscal Impact of Exempting Military Pension Income From South Carolina Income Tax: Assuming Full Exemption Implemented Following Sunset of Act 272

    The Regional Economic Analysis Laboratory at Clemson University completed this study that implemented the REMI PI+ model to evaluate the impact of South Carolina’s economy, in addition to state and local net government revenues, of exempting military pension income from state income taxes. This analysis identified that…

  • TransportationLouisiana||LA2019

    Northern Extension of Interstate 49: Facilitating International & Domestic Commerce & Tourism

    The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development used their REMI TranSight model to evaluate the long-term economic benefits of the extension of Interstate 49 from Shreveport, Louisiana to Kansas City, Missouri. The northern extension of I-49 is a four-lane, divided, fully controlled access highway, on new lo…

  • TransportationLouisiana||LA2019

    Northern Extension of Interstate 49: Facilitating International & Domestic Commerce & Tourism

    A grant was requested by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to extend the northern part of Interstate 49 in Louisiana from Interstate 220 in Shreveport to the Arkansas state line. The distance would be an addition of 36 miles which would span a portion of the Shreveport Metropolitan Area and the…