Adrian Gomez

Senate Concurs, Sends Scholarship Updates Through

In the waning minutes of the 2024 legislative session, the Senate by voice vote concurred with the amended version of Senate Bill 239. The Lottery and Opportunity Scholarship Changes, sponsored by Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill (D-Catron, Grant and Socorro) and George Muñoz (D-Cibola, McKinley and San Juan), makes important changes to the scholarship requirements that […]

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At the 30,000 foot level

From the Chamber’s standpoint, the session was a successful legislative session. At the same time, the prevailing philosophy in both the House and Senate leans decidedly toward an agenda that favors ever greater spending on governmental programs. Two dynamics continue in the Legislature: Having relatively few business voices leads to an incredibly large number of

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BREAKING NEWS: Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Defeated on the House Floor

Following three hours of intense debate today, the House of Representatives defeated legislation (Senate Bill 3) that would have imposed a new tax on employers and employees to create and finance a broad and burdensome family and medical leave mandate in New Mexico. The legislation failed by a vote 34-36, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans

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GOOD NEWS: Goodwill Industries Revs Up New EV Semis

Goodwill Industries of New Mexico (GINM) is blazing the sustainability trail with its purchase of two Freightliner eCascadia semi-tractors. The electric tractors are 100% electric with zero carbon emissions – and the first of their kind in New Mexico. “Environmental sustainability has long been part of the mission of our organization,” remarked Shauna Kastle, CEO and President of Goodwill

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