Mandatory paid sick leave is heating up. This issue is being discussed at the Bernalillo County Commission and you can take action right now. The vote is expected to take place on June 25. We CAN stop this latest government overreach. According to data from the Pew Center on the States NM still lags region in […]
Click here for registration form. KrisAnne Hall is an attorney and former prosecutor who travels the country teaching the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents and will highlight “The 10th Amendment and State Sovereignty.” The main point in State Sovereignty is that the states created the Federal Government and the states […]
Taxing carbon is often floated as an idea for addressing the supposed issue of global warming or “climate change.” Unfortunately, the more likely result of even the most carefully-designed carbon tax plans is to massively expand government. Carbon taxes are also notably unpopular at the ballot box with two varying plans having been defeated in […]
This article appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on Friday, June 7. The Rio Grande Foundation joined a broad coalition of businesses and business groups. The final vote at Bernalillo County Commission is expected to come on Tuesday, June 25. You can send the Commission a note here. The Bernalillo County Commission undermines democracy when it […]
On this week’s show Paul and Wally discuss the Heritage Foundation’s Resource Bank conference in Scottsdale which Paul recently attended. Speakers included: Andy Puzder, Gov. Ducey, Former Arizona Rep. Shadegg, former judge Janice-Rogers Brown. Paul and Wally chat about why film companies leaving Georgia could be a boon for that state and harmful to New […]
In New Mexico, if the advocates for big government don’t get their way they just keep “asking” until they get the answer they want. The latest example of this trend comes from the Bernalillo County Commission which is pushing for mandatory paid sick leave to be voted on at their June 25 meeting on June […]
On this week’s show which also happens to be the 100th episode of Tipping Point New Mexico, Paul interviews taxpayer advocate Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. Grover is one of the most prominent leaders in the nation on issues of taxation and personal freedom from guns to vaping. On this special episode, Paul […]
As we at the Rio Grande Foundation (and many others) have noted repeatedly in recent years, New Mexico has had a rough decade economically since the Great Recession. While things are looking up somewhat in the last year or two New Mexico still lags the region rather dramatically over the past year when it comes […]
One never knows what will happen next with oil prices, but we do know (per the Legislative Finance Committee) that New Mexico’s economy is more dependent than ever on oil with 35% of the budget directly depending on oil and gas (as the following chart shows). And, as the chart below that shows, oil prices […]
I spoke to a reporter from Inside Sources about the massive 17% pay increases being given to Gov. Lujan-Grisham’s cabinet officers. Here are a few key quotes from the story: “New Mexico’s economy and its billion-dollar-plus surplus is being driven by oil and gas revenues,” Paul Gessing told InsideSources. “It’s nothing that state government is […]
