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— Catch-19?
NM’s decision to review its gun policies has advocates up in arms
— All Business
Tanti Luce 221 is about more than just food--and that's a good thing
— Under the Wire
Blue Cross Blue Shield pushes for yet another rate hike—its seventh in eight years—before new financial transparency rules kick in
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For years, local officials used a Texas price agreement to green-light bus purchases. Now they’ve stopped—but the same out-of-state bus company still dominates the market
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Topic: economy
Wednesday, April 20,2011
Opinion

Zane's World

Money, Money, Money

Zane Fischer
Republican governors such as SusanaMartinez are indeed parroting national conservative priorities that refuse tax increases on wealthy citizens and corporate entities, restrict entrepreneurial innovation outside of existing, extractive industries and slash state resources that could bulwark residents against evaporating federal services.
Wednesday, April 13,2011
Local News

Information, Please

Attorney General: Christus behind in financial reporting

Wren Abbott
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center is “delinquent” in filing past tax forms and could face late fees and even cease and desist letters if it doesn’t come into compliance, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.
Wednesday, April 6,2011
Local News

Hear Me Roar

Indicators: April 6

Alexa Schirtzinger
Since 1997, the number of women-owned firms in the US has grown at 1.5 times the national average and twice the rate of men-owned companies.
Wednesday, April 6,2011
Local News

Wheel of Wrongdoing?

County faces financial and legal quagmire with hospital funds

Wren Abbott
Just days after learning that Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center may have to return more than $23 million in Medicaid funds, Santa Fe County is poised to enter into another questionable agreement to obtain money for the hospital.
Wednesday, April 6,2011
Local News

Chronic Pain

Medical marijuana patients turn to the courts for relief

Alexa Schirtzinger
Nonprofit producers, the backbone of the state’s Medical Cannabis Program, say oversight by the New Mexico Department of Health is arbitrary and heavy-handed—and that new rules and regulations imposed in December have done little to alleviate chronic supply problems.
Wednesday, March 30,2011
Opinion

Zane's World

Austerity Equals Disparity

Zane Fischer
The plan announced by Mayor David Coss and City Councilors Rosemary Romero, Ron Trujillo, Chris Calvert and Carmichael Dominguez to increase city property taxes is not only a smart gambit, but a critical leadership move to ensure that Santa Fe insulates itself from the increasing burdens sloughed off on local governments by federal and state inaction
Wednesday, March 30,2011
Features

Eco-Assault!

Fresh attacks on environmental regulations threaten New Mexico’s future

Laura Paskus
In the late 1980s, people living in the border town of Sunland Park, NM, had a big problem on their hands—and on their laundry lines, too.
Wednesday, March 30,2011
Local News

Tax Talk

Indicators: March 30

Wren Abbott
Because people pay sales tax a little all the time, they don’t really notice when it changes. Income taxes can fly under the radar because they are taken out of each paycheck. But property taxes, Tax Foundation Staff Economist Mark Robyn tells SFR, are very visible.
Wednesday, March 16,2011
Local Economy

Get Start-Uppity

Are you an entrepreneur or a wantrepreneur?

SFR
On its sleepy, brown exterior, Santa Fe isn’t exactly a hot stew of entrepreneurial angst and venture capital cool, but a closer look reveals a community ripe with ideas and plenty of high-level investors willing to take a chance on smart business concepts.
Wednesday, March 23,2011
Local News

Idle Hands

Indicators: March 23

Alexa Schirtzinger
Look no further than De Vargas Park for the true face of the recession. Even as pundits report a recovering US economy, the day laborers waiting daily at the park for work have only seen the economic climate worsen.
 
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