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Why New Mexico Grocery Prices Continue to Rise

March 15, 2024
A well-stocked grocery store aisle featuring fresh produce and refrigerated items.

3.15.24 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we break down a report that ranks New Mexico as one of the 10 most expensive states to purchase groceries. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with Dr. James Peach, a retired economics professor at New Mexico State University, about why marketplace prices in New Mexico continue…

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Your NM Government: Reforming the State’s Public Employment Pension Program

February 14, 2020
A model of a house sits on top of a blueprint, along with a pink piggy bank.

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…

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