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McQueen Tapped to Head Energy Department
Gov. Susana Martinez appointed a
for the last two years of her administration. Ken McQueen, who retired from WPX Energy earlier this year, replaces David Martin.
Reserve Funds Cover Deficit
The state’s Board of Finance t
from reserve accounts to pay outstanding bills and close the books on the fiscal year that ended in June.
Meanwhile, two emergency
by the Board of Finance on Tuesday. Another request to fund the New Mexico Court of Appeals was approved.
Court of Appeals Chief Justice Michael Vigil said the court was prepared to order unpaid furloughs of varying durations for its nearly 50 employees starting next week if the request had not been granted. However, the Board of Finance postponed action on the two other requests: Roughly $825,000 in emergency funding for a jury and witness fund and $80,000 for the Supreme Court, which is also facing the possibility of furloughs.
Russell Contreras reports, “A proposal to reinstate a food tax in New Mexico is
from the Roman Catholic church and anti-poverty groups over concerns the plan would raise grocery prices largely on the state’s poor.”
"This ‘Tortilla Tax,’ as many have labeled it, only shifts the burden onto the poor and working families,” said Santa Fe Archbishop John C Wester. “What makes this idea even more obscene is that New Mexico ranks second highest in the nation for children living in hunger and the first highest for children living in poverty.”
The team at SFR has
at what a Donald Trump administration may mean for New Mexico on issues like healthcare, immigration, drug policy, the environment and more.
The 18th ranked Arizona Wildcats trounced the University of New Mexico Lobos Men’s Basketball team in a
Tuesday night in Albuquerque. Now it’s on to conference action for the 7-5 Lobos.
Santa Fe Reporter