Ashley Rammelsberg, Author at New Mexico In Focus - Page 552 of 918

The Line: Tax Credits For Big Business

March 18, 2016

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March 18, 2016 – A new report caught our attention recently. Good Jobs First concluded that 70 percent of tax credits in New Mexico have gone to out of state companies instead of local business. The numbers in our state were similar to the findings in two other states in the report, “Slicing the Budget…

The Line: Does It Matter If Lawmakers Don’t Use Official Email Accounts?

March 18, 2016

A group of people sitting around a table.

March 18, 2016 – The Associated Press reported this week that lawmakers are apparently not using official email to conduct state business, but are instead focusing on meetings and phone calls. Does it matter to the public if there’s no written record of how deals were struck before proposals reach the floor of the legislature?…