News from July 2021
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 26, 2021
Marlene Madalene Goodrich - May 29, 1939 ~ July 7, 2021 (age 82)
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 26, 2021
Susan Barbara (Ravin) Beetem - February 1, 1952 ~ July 16, 2021 (age 69)
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 26, 2021
Marilyn Jo Harp - January 27, 1945 ~ August 31, 2019 (age 74)
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 26, 2021
Rosella E. (Suazo) Pineda - July 22, 2021
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 26, 2021
Leonella "Lila" Garcia - January 8, 1925 ~ July 16, 2021 (age 96)
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 26, 2021
Abram "Abie" Parra - August 20, 1963 ~ July 17, 2021 (age 57)
By Valerie Bonk | Jul 25, 2021
The president of the Rio Grande Foundation is discussing what he calls a "long-overdue" reform for New Mexico's gross receipts tax.
By Karla Florez | Jul 25, 2021
In addition to reporting a significantly high unemployment rate for the state of New Mexico, a recent Rio Grande Foundation analysis revealed that the state is currently suffering from a low workforce engagement rate.
By Valerie Bonk | Jul 25, 2021
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller says it's "not the right time" to impose a gas tax while residents recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 25, 2021
The City of Albuquerque's $1.26 billion operating budget got a nearly $60 million federal boost.
By Trina Thomas | Jul 25, 2021
Five GOP dreamers are hoping to fill the Republican nominations for the 2022 race against incumbent Michelle Lujan Grisham as the governor of New Mexico.
By Savannah Howe | Jul 24, 2021
Earlier this year, the New Mexico Legislature pushed through a package of 70 new bills, one of which was the "aid-in-dying" bill that allows physicians to prescribe "life-ending medication" to people suffering from a terminal illness.
By Karen Kidd | Jul 23, 2021
Everyone seems to agree that Albuquerque has a homeless problem.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Jul 23, 2021
The Rio Grande Foundation has settled its $15,000, 18-month public records suit against the City of Albuquerque and Mayor Tim Keller this week following complaints of a lack of transparency on the part of the mayor's office, according to a release from the foundation.
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 23, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently visited New Mexico and met with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe to discuss the unseen impact of the pandemic on people in the form for mental health issues.
By Carrie Bradon | Jul 23, 2021
New Mexico’s governor, Lujan Grisham, spoke at the 2021 Virtual State Environmental Protection meeting for the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) about the Green New Deal that her state has adopted, stating her wishes that other states embrace it too.
By John Sammon | Jul 22, 2021
Education analysts are saying New Mexico is well on its way to being last among states in student test scores, which they attribute to the one-two punch of the COVID-19 pandemic and the indifference of state legislators to school reform.
By Carrie Bradon | Jul 22, 2021
The state of New Mexico has the highest unemployment rates in the country, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, coming in at 7.9%, much of which is related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich | Jul 22, 2021
Rep. Robert Godshall is calling out Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham after she didn’t include business closures in a social media post listing the things that matter most to New Mexicans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
