84 Views  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The bill that decides which projects get funded around the state and how much they’ll get has reached the governor’s desk. The Capital Outlay contains pages and pages full of projects with a total cost of more than a billion dollars.
100 Views  **Editor’s Note: House Bill 547 was amended before passing the House Saturday. With an amendment, the proposed rebates were increased to $500 for single filers and $1,000 for joint filers. The original proposal offered $300 for single filers and $600 for joint filers. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The legislative session is
83 Views  One Democrat votes ‘no’ in agreement with other party. SANTA FE, N.M. — With less than a week remaining in its 60-day session, the state Legislature is close to passing a history-making budget.
76 Views  If it passes — $300 tax rebates will go to single filers. Married couples filing jointly will receive $600. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A $959 million tax package proposal passed the House and Revenue committee Monday. House Bill 547, sponsored by the chairman of the New Mexico House & Revenue
80 Views  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is inching closer to getting long-term funding for environmental conservation projects across the state. But disagreements between legislators could cause trouble for the plan to set up conservation funds.
115 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s almost like New Mexico won the lottery. “$3.6 billion,” UNM economist Reilly White exclaimed. “I know when you think about it this way, if we divide it, 2.2 million New Mexicans for every man, woman and child in New Mexico, that’s over 1500 bucks.”
161 Views  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Driven by a surge in oil and gas production, New Mexico is expected to rake in as much as $3.6 billion in “new” money for the state’s upcoming budget year. And that major increase might bring another round of tax rebates or economic stimulus payments to
209 Views  New Mexico’s population growth is flat and that is helping create a drop in the state’s expected school grade population. In a report presented Tuesday to the Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force the state’s population is getting older, so it’s less likely to be producing offspring that would be
214 Views  “I feel this will help advance each school to be able to give each child a better education,” said UNM student, Carolina Rios. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — ‘Vote YES For Kids’ (VYFK) and members of the Zumba community gathered in Albuquerque Saturday in support of the state’s Constitutional Amendment #1
261 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – State leaders made a promise in April that every eligible New Mexican would be getting rebate checks to help offset some of the current rising prices. Almost 800,000 New Mexicans have already gotten checks or direct depots, but many are still waiting.
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