Rio Grande Foundation

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We are building a New Mexico where liberty, opportunity, and prosperity flourish.

The mission of the Rio Grande Foundation is to increase liberty and prosperity for all of New Mexico by informing citizens of the importance of individual freedom, limited government, and economic opportunity.

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Tipping Point New Mexico

Tipping Point New Mexico is the official podcast of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico, hosted by Paul Gessing, President of the Rio Grande Foundation, and Wally Drangmeister.

https://tippingpointnm.com/feed/

Issues

Rio Grande Foundation: The Constitution
The Constitution
Rio Grande Foundation: The Economy
The Economy
Rio Grande Foundation: Education
Education
Rio Grande Foundation: Energy and Environment
Energy and Environment
Rio Grande Foundation: Healthcare
Healthcare
Rio Grande Foundation: Legislature
the Legislature

Errors of Enchantment

Errors of Enchantment is the official blog of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.

  • New Mexico politicians “grapple” with oil and gas windfall
    by Paul Gessing
    It was hard to decide whether to laugh or cray when I saw this Associated Press article. To summarize, New Mexico’s “leadership” (Democrats) are having a hard time with the fact that New Mexico is the #2 producer of oil and gas in the country and that this is a difficult fact for them to […]
  • RGF talks to KOAT 7: What ever happened to taxpayers-subsidized Unser Crossing?
    by Paul Gessing
    New Mexico has a long history of spending taxpayer dollars on failed developments that don’t pan out. Going back nearly 20 years to the Unser Crossing development (originally slated for Unser and Central) was one such plan. Of course, RGF loves economic development. We want to see jobs and businesses locate to our state, but […]
  • Tipping Point NM episode 810 Linda Stover – Candidate for Bernalillo County Assessor
    by Paul Gessing
    Paul talks with Linda Stover, candidate for Bernilillo County Assessor about the importance of the office and how her planned administration of the position would differ from the current Assessor.  Learn about the importance of this office and the issues that have impacted property owners in Bernalillo County in recent years. The post Tipping Point NM episode […]
  • Time to vote early in New Mexico!
    by Paul Gessing
    Saturday, May 16, marks the start of Expanded Early Voting for New Mexico’s Primary Election happening June 2nd. This is the first year of New Mexico’s “semi-open” primaries, so if you are registered as an independent/decline to state you can now vote in EITHER the Republican or Democrat primaries. As you know, the 2026 election […]

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