{"id":13909,"date":"2019-01-11T11:46:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=13909"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:46:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:46:41","slug":"the-line-2019-legislative-session-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-2019-legislative-session-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: 2019 Legislative Session Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yoZGazJGotQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>January 11, 2019 \u2013 This year\u2019s 60-day legislative session begins next week, starting midday on Tuesday, January 15 with Governor Lujan Grisham\u2019s first State of the State address.\u00a0 There have been many bills filed ahead of the session, including those that deal with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/dems-look-to-boost-new-mexico-s-minimum-wage\/article_ebafca66-119e-582c-9e0a-2a610d59d138.html\">raising the minimum wage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1266517\/tax-overhaul-high-on-legislative-list.html\">tax code reform<\/a>, and a bid to reinstate the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicnewsservice.org\/2018-12-26\/childrens-issues\/poll-new-mexicans-oppose-reinstating-food-tax\/a65035-1\">\u201cfood tax.\u201d<\/a> Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists debate the merits of certain bills and look at predictions and expectations for the 60-day session at the Roundhouse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dan Foley, former House minority whip<br \/>\nTom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<br \/>\nChristine Sierra, UNM political science professor emerita<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/from-pet-abuse-to-parcc-new-bills-address-range-of\/article_b40d0383-360f-53f7-ab62-147862ba3d12.html\">From pet abuse to PARCC, new bills address range of issues<\/a> \u2013 Santa Fe New Mexican<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 11, 2019 \u2013 This year\u2019s 60-day legislative session begins next week, starting midday on Tuesday, January 15 with Governor Lujan Grisham\u2019s first State of the State address.\u00a0 There have been many bills filed ahead of the session, including those that deal with raising the minimum wage, tax code reform, and a bid to reinstate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[1113,1069,2573,2574,1026,237,393,2570,2571,281,2572],"class_list":["post-13909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-line","tag-bills","tag-food-tax","tag-gross-receipts-tax","tag-grt-reform","tag-legislative-session","tag-michelle-lujan-grisham","tag-minimum-wage","tag-pre-filed-bills","tag-raising-minimum-wage","tag-state-of-the-state","tag-tax-code-reform-tax-code-overhaul"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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