667 MLG State Budget Proposal, Not Addressing Medical Provider Shortage and more

MLG’s budget is out and it offers taxpayers nothing. Paul and Wally do a bit of a deep dive into the budget process and why it is so confusing and lacking in transparency.

Not all legislators want to address New Mexico’s medical provider shortage.

A $10B program to buy EVs for the U.S. Postal Service is far behind schedule, with defense contractor Oshkosh not disclosing significant manufacturing difficulties for more than a year. The USPS has received only 93 trucks – far fewer than the 3,000 expected by now. Cost is $167K per truck

New Mexico sticks out (badly) in the brand new “Merit Shop Index” put out by Associated Builders and Contractors which ranks state construction environments in all 50 states.

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