by Paul Gessing | May 15, 2020 | Economy, Legislature, Notable News, Tax and Budget, Taxes, Top Issues
As Dan McKay of the Albuquerque Journal noted in today’s paper, “In this year’s legislative session, he had the second-highest score issued by the libertarian-leaning Rio Grande Foundation, which examined all 112 legislators’ votes on matters of...
by Paul Gessing | Apr 2, 2020 | Economy, Legislature, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Tax and Budget, Top Issues
The following appeared in the Santa Fe New Mexican on March 27, 2020. We don’t know when the virus that has so dramatically changed our lives will begin to recede, but when it does, New Mexicans will face a changed state. It is not a matter of whether we’ll have a...
by Paul Gessing | Apr 1, 2020 | Economy, Local Government, Notable News, Tax and Budget, Taxes, Top Issues, Videos
KOB TV’s Patrick Hayes talked to RGF and Sen. Finance Committee Chair John Arthur Smith about budget challenges facing our State. Smith says we are facing a shortfall of up to $1.5 billion. Thankfully, it seems like Smith agrees with us that tax hikes are not...
by Paul Gessing | Mar 29, 2020 | Economy, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Tax and Budget, Top Issues
The following article appeared in the Current Argus on March 13, 2020 With Coronavirus grinding travel and much of society to a halt and oil prices having crashed, there is little chance the budget passed during the 2020 Legislature will survive the year without some...
by Paul Gessing | Mar 6, 2020 | Economy, Education, Energy and Environment, Legislature, Notable News, Open Government, Tax and Budget, Taxes, Top Issues
Who in the Legislature voted in favor of freedom and personal responsibility in 2020? We tracked it all on our Freedom Index and you can find out for yourself by clicking the link and plugging in your address (if you don’t already know who your legislators are)....
by Paul Gessing | Mar 4, 2020 | Economy, Education, Legislature, Notable News, Tax and Budget, Taxes, Top Issues
The Rio Grande Foundation’s vote tracking tool, the Freedom Index, has been available all throughout the 2020 legislative session with bills ranked and legislators’ votes scored in what amounts to “real time.” At the Rio Grande Foundation...
