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Albuquerque Needs a New Bus Stop (Strategy)!
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Self-Sustaining When? Heaven Only Knows!
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Why is Hollywood Panhandling in New Mexico?
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Higher Taxes ... the Last Thing New Mexico Needs!
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New Mexico's Extraction Industries ... What Next?
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New Mexico’s Top Issues

New Mexico’s First Policy/Politics Podcast Think Tank Launches Online Program to Spread Free-Market Message

(Albuquerque, NM) -- The Rio Grande Foundation, New Mexico’s free-market think tank, has launched the first podcast focusing exclusively on public-policy and political issues in the Land of Enchantment. “Tipping Point New Mexico: The Podcast” will...
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RGF luncheon event w/ leading free market economist/author Donald Boudreaux: The Case for Free Trade

Albuquerque Event Notice Donald Boudreaux, One of America's Leading Free Market Economists: The Case for Free Trade Click here for registration form. Free trade has emerged as one of the most controversial issues in the Trump Administration and...
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Holtec could bring high-paying jobs, tax benefits

New Mexico’s elected leaders and many citizens often claim to be interested in “diversifying the economy” and attracting good-paying new jobs to our state. When push comes to shove, however, schizophrenia reigns. Policymakers often outdo themselves...
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The Rio Grande Foundation is a research institute dedicated to increasing liberty and prosperity for all of New Mexico’s citizens. We do this by informing New Mexicans of the importance of individual freedom, limited government and economic opportunity.

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Rio Grande Foundation Videos

Gessing talks 2018 New Mexico Legislative session & what to do w/ Spaceport, RailRunner, & other government boondoggles

Rio Grande Foundation president Paul Gessing recently sat down with KRWG's Fred Martino. We discuss the Spaceport and ongoing issues there and then move on to talking about the 2018 Legislature and why voters should be so skeptical of government...
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RGF’s Paul Gessing comments on Bernalillo County spending for investigations of employees

The Rio Grande Foundation is always concerned with government's propensity to spend money unnecessarily. So, when KOB-TV asked for comment on Bernalillo County using private investigators to track government workers suspected of not doing their...
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Creative ideas for early-voting cost savings at Bernalillo County

Early voting is not cheap, especially in Bernalillo County where space must be found and rented each election cycle. KOB-TV asked the Rio Grande Foundation to comment for a story on the...
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