A new poll from Trafalgar Group puts Mark Ronchetti in the lead against Michelle-Lujan Grisham.
NM “lays an egg” in the latest NAEP education test scores. NM is dead last across all categories (4th grade reading/math & 8th grade reading/math).
MLG and a left wing group are attacking Ronchetti’s tax plans. But their critiques don’t hold water.
New Mexico: the energy state whose federal representatives (minus Herrell) hate energy. Gabe Vasquez would not improve that if he defeated Herrell.
New Mexico’s economy shrank during the first two quarters of 2022. It shrank by more than any of its neighbors in BOTH quarters.
New Mexico among states losing young, wealthy residents.
Paul always votes against bonds. He explains why and why a former UNM President seems to agree with him about Statewide Bond 3.
The end of the discussion talked about the surfeit of state run colleges and universities in NM. To show you how great the surfeit is, on a per capita basis, NM has 8 times as many 4 year state universities as does AZ. Here’s the math: NM with a population of 2.1 million has SEVEN state universities that grant four year degrees of 1 per 300,000. AZ, with a population of 7.3 million has THREE or 1 per 2.4 million. Dividing 2.4 million by 300,000 equals 8.
Additionally there was a recent Wallet Hub study that ranked public and private colleges. Of the seven state universities in NM, only one, Eastern NMSU, was ranked in the top 500. Disgraceful.