The GOP‘s $1.5 trillion tax overhaul won congressional approval early Wednesday morning and is expected to be signed into law by President Trump. So how will New Mexicans be impacted? In a nutshell, most New Mexicans will get a tax cut – at least for the next eight years. But the answer is a little…
Year: 2017
What Tuesday’s Results Mean for Republicans
Last night’s municipal elections in Las Cruces saw progressives claim victory in every race they participated in, which also saw a roughly 2% increase in voter participation from that last time those districts held elections (so much for an anti-Trump backlash). Turnout barely broke into the double digits unlike Albuquerque’s historic 29% turnout last month.…
Crib Sheet: October 10th, 2017
“There’s hope. I think there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s maybe not as bright as we’d like it to be.” – State Representative Larry Larrañaga, on the state’s budget woes. The Albuquerque Journal took a look at the state’s volatile operating budget over the last nine years. The Crib Sheet…
Crib Sheet: September 25th, 2017
“We will be investing roughly $4 billion, next year, of capital in the Permian Basin, and we plan to grow production over the next several years to well in excess of 400,000 bpd” – Ryan Krogmeier, a Chevron executive, talking to a conference of traders in Singapore. He added that the Permian Basin is “the…