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The BLM rule is critically important to protecting taxpayers and to assuring the public that the oil and gas industry will not fall back into old, wasteful habits. Continue Reading
Just like a bad infrastructure planning process can hurt a state, so too can a good infrastructure process be beneficial. Continue Reading
We are going into the fifth year of this mental health and substance abuse services crisis, and still there is no interest from the governor’s office to solve it. Continue Reading
Gov. Susana Martinez’s misguided decision to expand Medicaid could push New Mexico toward insolvency. Continue Reading
Our higher education system is staid and close to moribund. Continue Reading
Trump’s order threatens our university’s ability to recruit and retain talented students and researchers from all over the world. Continue Reading
New Mexico has ground to make up to catch up to some of our neighboring states, but all the ingredients are already here to do that quickly. Continue Reading
This is the year to remove abusive debt shackles and clean up New Mexico’s storefront loan industry. Continue Reading
This bill does not increase transparency in the state of New Mexico. And in some key areas, it actually reduces transparency. Continue Reading
We — policymakers and citizens — must openly talk about how best to use these energy resources to improve our economy while protecting our land and water. Continue Reading
Conversations in Washington, D.C. with people who were there to celebrate and to protest taught me a valuable lesson. Continue Reading
You arguably have a greater ability to access the work of the N.M. Legislature than at any previous time in its history. So get involved. Continue Reading
Cutting health-care programs for people in the middle class, the poor, and the elderly will ruin the quality of life for many and will actually end the lives of some. Continue Reading
Why keep the status quo and continue to limp along on a false economy for years when we can fundamentally repair New Mexico? Continue Reading
This is how democracy works, and how our country rights itself. Continue Reading