Education
Possible Increase to NM’s Closing Fund, Albuquerque’s Homeless Population, APS School Board Elections
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Governor Susana Martinez proposes increasing the state’s closing fund, which is used to entice businesses to relocate to New Mexico, to $50 million dollars. Lawmakers are expected to debate that idea this session. Also, we hear how some state lawmakers want to encourage companies to bring more high…
Read MoreLand Grant Permanent Fund & Early Childhood Programs, 2015 Legislative Session, Charges Against Two APD officers
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we examine renewed efforts to tap the state’s $14 billion land grant permanent fund to support early childhood programs. Advocates say that despite steady increases in early childhood funding each year, New Mexico needs a much bigger infusion to address the state’s poor rankings in child well-being. Critics…
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