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Riding the Rails to Financial Disaster!

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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

Time’s up for Spaceport America

The irrational belief that a bad investment will, one day, pay off, if we just hold on a little longer, has led to plenty of sorrow in the private sector. In the public sector, though, it’s taxpayers who are victimized when bureaucrats and elected…

Time for local governments to lead the way and help economic growth in New Mexico

As Legislative Finance Committee Chair Rep. Patty Lundstrom, D-Gallup, put it in an August opinion piece, “A strong national economy is lifting up our state,” but overall the New Mexico economy remains stagnant. That’s a polite way of saying that…

Deregulating the Albuquerque Economy to Restore Prosperity

(Albuquerque, NM) – With the mandatory paid sick leave ballot measure rejected and a mayoral runoff looming, the Rio Grande Foundation is again pressing for policymakers to consider reforms that will improve the struggling local economy. Numerous…

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Rio Grande Foundation sues Santa Fe over campaign donor list ordinance

On June 26, 2017 the Rio Grande Foundation sued the City of Santa Fe over its anti-free speech campaign finance rules. Channel 4 KOB covered the press release and the Albuquerque Journal also covered the...

RGF weighs in on reimposing grocery tax as part of tax reform on KOAT TV

Tax reform will be on the agenda for the special legislative session set to begin on May 24. The Rio Grande Foundation supports policies that will result in lower tax rates and fewer loopholes. To be clear, we don’t support ANY further...

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New Mexico’s Top Issues

Time’s up for Spaceport America

Time for local governments to lead the way and help economic growth in New Mexico

Deregulating the Albuquerque Economy to Restore Prosperity

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Rio Grande Foundation sues Santa Fe over campaign donor list ordinance

RGF weighs in on reimposing grocery tax as part of tax reform on KOAT TV

Is Albuquerque Public Schools Really Cut to the Bone?

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