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Elections Have Consequences & NMBC Takes on the EPA

Who We Elect Matters! Today is Election Day for municipal elections around the state! NMBC encourages voters to tune in, get informed about the candidates and issues in your area and take the time to vote. Voting in support of pro-business candidates and policies rather than a government growth or partisan agenda will improve New Mexico’s economy and --- every vote counts!

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March 1, 2016
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Taking on EPA – Amicus Brief in D.C. Court of Appeals

For Immediate Release

On Tuesday, New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) joined 166 other state and local business associations from 40 different states in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit explaining the devastating economic impact posed by the EPA’s carbon regulations. “As the only party to the litigation with ‘New Mexico’ in it’s name, NMBC welcomes the challenge to take a stand for clean, reliable and affordable energy for our state,” said Carla Sonntag, NMBC President.

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February 24, 2016
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Session Ended – Time to BASH & GOTV

With the 2016 Legislative Session over, it’s time for a Post Legislative – Manufacturing BASH (Business and Social Hour): Join the NMBC at the Post Legislative – Manufacturing BASH on March 10, 2016 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm, at the Albuquerque Country Club. Light hors d'oeuvres provided; cash bar available. Seating is limited, get tickets HERE.

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February 19, 2016
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Session Depression? You Need a Good BASH!

2016 Legislative Session Depression? For those who run a business, plan a family budget and work in the private sector, the news out of our state capital ranging from several hundred million dollars in ‘new revenue’ for next year’s budget to a potential deficit of almost a billion dollars is hard to follow. This much is clear - millions of dollars in increased spending for Medicaid, the Rail Runner, the Spaceport and other ‘investments,’ coupled with a severe drop in the state’s economic driver (oil and gas), have left legislators and New Mexicans with a depressing outlook for at least the next couple of years.

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February 15, 2016
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Sierra Club’s War on Jobs: Holding Workshops to “Write and Rehearse Testimony”

For Immediate Release

Sierra Club’s War on Jobs: Holding Workshops to “Write and Rehearse Testimony”

New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) is calling on the New Mexico Chapter of the Sierra Club to stop the relentless, uncompromising War on Jobs they are waging by pushing for an end to all fossil fuel extraction.

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February 11, 2016
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Stop the War on New Mexico’s Children

It’s Time to Stop the War on New Mexico’s Children: As the last days of the 2016 Legislative Session unfold, our elected officials need to be reminded that responsible withdrawals from the State Land Grant Permanent Fund (LGPF) are necessary to provide for our children’s education in perpetuity. To increase withdrawal rates and risk our children’s future is irresponsible and would jeopardize the fund. NM already has two “permanent” funds, Tobacco and Severance Tax, which are either dead or dying because of over depletion. We don’t need to use the LGPF that saves taxpayers approximately $814/year per household in taxes as yet another example of how to kill a fund.

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February 8, 2016
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Sierra Club Killing More Jobs? It’s Up to You.

Have you had enough of groups like the Sierra Club using the Obama administration’s EPA and BLM to kill NM jobs? Now is the time to speak up because more job killing ‘rules’ are on the way from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The good news is you can easily let the BLM know how you feel by attending a meeting on 2-16 in Farmington.

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February 5, 2016
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Intestinal Fortitude

NMBC Recognized as the Only Business Group Standing Up for Better Stewardship of Tax Dollars and Accountability from Public Officials: NMBC is proud to have been singled out recently by KOAT Action 7 News, Albuquerque Business First, Santa Fe New Mexican, political blogger Joe Monahan and a local Albuquerque paper as the only business group willing to take a stand for better stewardship of tax dollars and against voter suppression.

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February 4, 2016