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Martinez named to Time’s list of most influential people
Gov. Susana Martinez was named to Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People. The Republican governor was one of just two governors to make the annual list, along with fellow Republican governor Chris Christie. Other politicians who made the cut include President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. The brief description of Martinez was written by George W. Bush political adviser Karl Rove, showing the Republican establishment support that Martinez has received since becoming … Read entire article »
Martinez may be reversing course on film tax credits
Gov. Susana Martinez has not been a fan of the film tax credit system, saying she would review them and look at possibly eliminating them during the 2010 election campaign. In her first session, Martinez put a cap of $50 million on the amount that could be paid out from the film tax credits. But now, her opposition to the tax credits may be waning as she gears up for her reelection campaign. The Albuquerque Journal reported … Read entire article »
Martinez faces criticism over domestic partner benefits, tobacco permanent fund vetoes
Gov. Susana Martinez’s final legislative actions open herself to criticism from frequent critics in the gay rights area — but also from the New Mexico chapter of the American Cancer Society. The veto that drew the ire of the American Cancer Society was a line-item veto related to the tobacco permanent fund. Martinez line-item vetoed a provision to transfer $50 million to the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund — an amount of money that New Mexico gets from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Budget, Economy, Education, Featured, Governor, LGBT, Roundhouse
Gov. vetoes tax expenditure budget again
Gov. Susana Martinez again vetoed a bill to create a tax expenditure budget, or a budget that would examine the effect of tax incentives. This is the second time that Martinez has vetoed such legislation from Sen. Tim Keller, D-Albuquerque. Martinez said it was both unnecessary and that it could violate the confidentiality of taxpayer information. “As a result of my 2011 executive order on this matter, the Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) compiled a thorough report … Read entire article »
Martinez signs budget; keeps state worker raises intact
Gov. Susana Martinez signed the state budget with some line-item vetoes — not part of those vetoes, somewhat surprisingly, were one percent raises for state workers. Martinez also signed the capital outlay bills and a public employee pension fix that is designed to keep the program from going broke. “As I said when the Senate passed it, this budget is not perfect, in that it shortchanges the New Mexico Reads to Lead program, support for our most … Read entire article »
Weekly Word: Combined reporting, ABQ mayor race, political non-profit
The Weekly Word recorded in Santa Fe this week, splitting it into three topics. Kind of like an episode of This American Life but without the production values, calm and soothing voices or theme. You can listen to the full podcast below. Joey Peters and myself were joined by Santa Fe Reporter staff writer Justin Horwath. Horwath spoke about Prosperity New Mexico, a non-profit with an early document that explicitly said it was to help promote Democrats … Read entire article »
Filed under: Albuquerque Elections, Elections, Featured, Podcast, Roundhouse
Martinez signs omnibus tax bill that lowers corporate income taxes
Gov. Susana Martinez signed the omnibus tax bill that controversially passed through the House in the dying moments of the 2013 legislative session. The tax bill includes corporate income tax cuts, instituting a single sales factor and a number of other business-friendly provisions. Martinez referred to the bill as a “jobs bill.” Martinez had asked for an even more expansive corporate tax cut; this bill will eventually lower the corporate tax rate to 5.9 percent. Martinez wanted … Read entire article »
Pre-session poll shows widespread support for minimum wage increase
A poll taken for the Center for Civic Action before the session and provided to New Mexico Telegram shows a large amount of support for an increase of the minimum wage. The poll shows that 79 percent of active voters in New Mexico support a minimum wage increase. This includes 58 percent of Republicans. The poll by Third Eye Strategies asked the voters their level of support for a proposal to “Increase the New Mexico minimum wage … Read entire article »
Filed under: Economy, Featured, Governor, Roundhouse
Think New Mexico’s two year plan finishes successfully
Think New Mexico had a two-year plan to reform the Public Regulations Commission (PRC) and make it a slimmer, less bloated agency — as well as more qualified. And after this year’s session, the small not-for-profit found it had done what it set out to do. Executive Director Fred Nathan told New Mexico Telegram in an interview last week, “That’s been sort of a two-year fight if you will and sort of a ten-step process.” And the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, New Mexico House, New Mexico Senate, Roundhouse
Rep. Herrell says background check bill “stupid,” still supports controversial abortion bill
Rep. Yvette Herrell, R-Ruidoso, referred to a bill to close the gun show loophole as “stupid” and said that she still supports a controversial bill that many said would originally have criminalized women getting an abortion for a pregnancy that came from rape or incest. Herrell made the comments to the monthly meeting of the Republican Party of Otero County. Herrell was a cosponsor of the original bill that incited a national firestorm over language that the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, New Mexico House, New Mexico Senate, Roundhouse
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