Martinez Won't Support Tax Increase
Gov. Susana Martinez says she
as the state seeks to close a projected budget shortfall during an upcoming special session of the Legislature. Instead, “Martinez has instructed state agencies under her control to trim general-fund spending by 5 percent during the budget year that began in July, with some exceptions for matters of health and public safety.”
Voters Support Death Penalty
Martinez may be
where most states are moving away from imposing death sentences, but it looks like a majority of New Mexico voters support her call to reinstate the ultimate penalty in New Mexico,
commissioned by the New Mexico Political Report.
'Junk Report'
John Hendry, the business agent for state film and television crews, disputes a University of Southern California r
by offering Hollywood production tax incentives. Last year, producers pumped in $385 million into the state’s economy.
Monsoons Return to State
We’ll be spending part of the morning weeding our yard. They seemed to have popped up overnight after the monsoon returned to New Mexico over the weekend. The good news, is
for most of the week, according to forecasters.
The moisture is helping the state’s outside medical marijuana grow too. Speaking of pot, the communication director at the New Mexico Department of Health, who recommended patients essentially go back on to pharmaceutical drugs if their medical cannabis program cards expired before the department could process their renewals, got a big new promotion.
, who also claimed there was no way to predict a 81 percent surge in patient registrations between June 2015 and June 2016, is now the Medical Cannabis Program director. His boss, Health Secretary-Designate Lynn Gallagher, spent Monday defending the administration of the program to lawmakers in Taos.
Donald Trump is
like hats and t-shirts than on campaign payrolls. Maybe that’s why the
signed up to be the real-life co-chair of the Republican’s campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado. Last night, Trump told
in Ohio that his plans to build a wall along the Mexican border hasn’t changed.
We’ve reported on high-ranking Republicans who say they won’t vote for Trump, but now we’re hearing that
, the Democratic candidate for governor in West Virginia (and billionaire coal mine business owner), says he won’t be casting his ballot for Hillary Clinton.
Finally, Uber, the popular ridesharing service, is going to
around the state, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Santa Fe Reporter