Economy
The Line: Santa Feans Vote No on Soda Tax and Governor Martinez Wants Tax Reform
May 5, 2017 – A record number of Santa Fe voters soundly rejected a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. With the defeat of the two-cent-per-ounce tax, the city must look to other ways to fund early childhood education programs. And Governor Susana Martinez plans to reintroduce a tax overhaul bill when she schedules the special…
Read MoreThe Line: New Mexico’s Uncertain Economic Future
April 28, 2017 – The Albuquerque Journal examined economic development after the Great Recession this week: NM’s economy veers off track Unemployment in New Mexico is now the highest in the nation. Is it possible to turn around current trends and support local economic development? Host Gene Grant and this week’s Line opinion panelists debate…
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