During the 2019 legislative session Democrat lawmakers, with the support of Governor Lujan Grisham, passed a law allowing mandated union membership/dues as a condition of employment in our state. That law…
House Speaker Brian Egolf was optimistic about proposing legislation to reduce the state’s gross receipts tax and remove some (of the many) exemptions during the upcoming 2020 legislative session. That…
New Mexico has historically been the hardest state to count in the U.S. census with an estimated 43% of residents living in what’s considered “hard-to-count areas.” This undercount has tremendous…
For the week ending Oct. 25 UNMASKING SHELL CORPORATIONS: Voting 249 for and 173 against, the House passed a bill (HR 2513) Oct. 22 that would require small corporations and…
Voter's beware; disingenuous doublespeak regarding Bernalillo ballot Proposition 1 & 2. NMBC has previously cautioned voters in the Albuquerque area (and around the state who will face this issue) to be skeptical of…
Republican Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Marshall Blackburn of Tennessee have introduced an ambitious bill that would relocate multiple federal agencies from of the Washington, D.C. area and move them to…
Recent data posted by the U.S. Department of Labor and the NM Department of Workforce Solutions shows New Mexico outpacing the national job growth rate. The majority of gains were…
In early October Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham’s administration launched a new transparency web page intended to make it easier for the public to track the state’s handling of capital outlay money.…
BY JESSICA DYER / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at 12:44am Less than two months after it was passed, Bernalillo County’s paid time off ordinance has undergone a…
For the week ending Oct. 18 CONDEMNING TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM SYRIA: Voting 354 for and 60 against, the House on Oct. 16 adopted a nonbinding resolution (HJ Res 77) condemning…