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GOP Courting Hispanic Voters | The Line

March 6, 2020
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March 6, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel discuss the effort by the state’s GOP to turn New Mexico from a blue state into a red one, with a push to register Hispanic oil field workers to vote. Voter turnout for Republicans during the 2018 election was very low in Lea and…

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New Mexico’s Booming Oil Economy

January 14, 2020
An oil pumpjack at work outdoors as the sun rises in the background.

January 10, 2020 – New Mexico government coffers are flush with money thanks to the continuing oil boom in the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico. That has expanded possibilities for more spending on education and other priorities by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in the upcoming legislative session. The robust growth is having numerous impacts…

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