Your NM Government
Your NM Government: Reforming the State’s Public Employment Pension Program
February 14, 2020 – New Mexico’s public pension fund is $7 billion in the hole. If lawmakers do nothing it won’t be able to pay out all the money it has promised. This legislative session Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham and state lawmakers have prioritized shoring up the Public Employees Retirement Association. One proposal would put PERA…
Read MoreYour NM Government: Good Government at the Legislature
February 7, 2020 – The state House passed its version of the budget this week, but good government groups say lawmakers didn’t allocate enough money for the new state Ethics Commission. The independent oversight board got only $900,000 of the $1.2 million it says it needs to properly investigate complaints from the public. Meanwhile, efforts…
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