Takeaways from the 2019 Legislative Session
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Takeaways from the 2019 Legislative Session

Santa Fe – The first session of the 54th Legislature wrapped up this weekend with the Democratic majority attempting to (and largely succeeding) in maximizing the sixty day session by moving legislation at an unrelenting pace, especially in the House chamber controlled by Speaker Brian Egolf. While Governor Grisham and her fellow Democrats didn’t get…

New Mexico Education Snapshot
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New Mexico Education Snapshot

As New Mexico lawmakers attempt to solve the budget crisis a significant amount of debate will focus on education spending – it makes up 57% of the state’s total budget according to the Legislative Finance Committee FY 2017 budget recommendations. In New Mexico oil and natural gas industries provide about a third of the government…