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The Line: Public Funds For Private School Textbooks

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May 11, 2018 – In 2015, after a years-long lawsuit, the New Mexico Supreme Court found in favor of the plaintiffs and ended the state practice of allowing about $1 million in public funds to pay for textbooks and related materials at private – including some religious – schools. The New Mexico Association of Nonpublic…

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The Line: Supreme Court Declines to Weigh in on Budget Battle

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On Thursday morning the New Mexico Supreme Court declined to weigh in on the battle between Governor Susana Martinez and the legislature over her budget vetoes, which zeroed out funding for all of higher education and the legislature. The court ruled that there was still time for both sides to solve the problem on their…

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