Santa Fe – New Mexico’s 2017 legislative session kicks off today at noon and anticipated to end after sixty days on Saturday, March 18th. The bills that make it out of both houses have until April 7th to be signed by the governor or are automatically vetoed by the so-called pocket veto. The current budget…
Author: Dax Contreras
A Threat To NAFTA & Free Trade Is Bad For New Mexico
New Mexico’s export growth has been a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish state economy that saw a 0.4% job growth rate in 2016. The state’s total exports went from $1.72 billion in 2014 to a projected $1.96 billion in 2016, or about a 7% average yearly growth rate. The Las Cruces metro statistical area…
Will Trump Build On Obama’s Legacy As ‘Deporter in Chief’?
Over the course of President Barack Obama’s administration from 2009 to 2015 the federal government has removed over 2.5 million people. According to government statistics that is more than any other president in history (President George W. Bush came in second with just over 2 million) and the reason immigration groups like to refer to…
Will 2017 See Serious Tax Reform Or A Maintaining Of The Status Quo?
Santa Fe – With the 2017 Legislative Session just over two weeks away, closing the budget gap amid declining government revenues and a stagnant New Mexico economy is on top of every lawmakers’ mind when they convene on January 17th. The severity of the budget deficit makes it likely some combination of tax cuts and…