Budget cuts put our KIDS COUNT gains in child health at risk
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Sadly, New Mexico’s budget still is not fixed, even with the deep cuts to health care. Continue Reading
Wednesday public meeting will shed light on NMSU budget situation
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Employees and others anxious to learn what additional measures New Mexico State University may take to address its budget shortfall will get some answers on Wednesday. Continue Reading
NMSU Regents OK employee benefit cuts; more may be needed
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Current and future New Mexico State University employees will see reductions in annual leave, most employees will lose their sick leave payout benefit, and future employees working less than 30 hours a week won’t be eligible for health and other insurance. Continue Reading
NMSU Regents to vote Monday on employee benefit cuts
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Members of the New Mexico State University Board of Regents are scheduled to vote on much-anticipated cuts to employee benefits Monday during a meeting that won’t be webcast and isn’t being held in the Regents’ normal meeting room. Continue Reading
Proposed cuts to employee benefits stir controversy at NMSU
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New Mexico State University has to eliminate more than $10 million from its budget. Continue Reading
Recent legislative session casts shadow on Sunshine Week
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When officials resist reforms that would empower citizens with information about our government, we all suffer. Continue Reading
Planning a more diversified economy
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If we are to get out of this hole and stay out of it, we need to view this as an opportunity to look at diversifying our economy and reforming our tax system. Continue Reading
Budget woes show NM needs to cure dependence on oil and federal dollars
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There are serious challenges to diversifying New Mexico’s economy: the bulky and complicated structure of the gross receipts tax laws, schools, public infrastructure and the workforce among them. Continue Reading
Some compromises, but session also marked by splits on crime, economy
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New Mexico lawmakers ended their 30-day session Thursday with high-profile compromises to boast about but still clashing over priorities in a state with a declining population and the nation’s highest unemployment rate. Continue Reading
Senate Democrats worked to do what’s best for the people
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Senate Democrats worked – frequently in a bipartisan way – to do what is best for the people while being fiscally responsible with the taxpayers’ dollars. Continue Reading
Relatively productive, cooperative session comes to an end
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For a 30-day session — one during which shifting economic forecasts necessitated a rewrite of the fiscal year 2017 budget — the session of the New Mexico Legislature that ended Thursday was arguably productive. From driver’s licenses to the state’s finances, Democrats and Republicans worked together to find compromise. Continue Reading
Budget full of painful cuts and one-time fixes goes to Martinez
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A larger unknown is what will happen when lawmakers convene in January 2017 to craft a budget for fiscal year 2018. “There is no fat left, there’s no lard left, there is nothing but bone left. So, if the economy doesn’t turn around, we have more unpleasant work left,” said Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino. Continue Reading
Advocates rally to keep state’s behavioral health funding intact
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The rally came days after the state Senate approved an amended budget that would cut such services by $3.7 million. Continue Reading
Senate OKs leaner budget, sends it back to House
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The Republican-led House is expected to concur and pass the budget on to Gov. Susana Martinez, who can line-item veto specific spending items before signing it into law. Continue Reading
Budget concerns cast cloud over session in final stretch
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Ever-shrinking revenue projections caused by plummeting oil and gas prices have cast dark clouds over the budget and forced lawmakers to deal with the possibility of deep cuts. Whispers about the need for a special session are growing louder every day. Continue Reading