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Paul and Wally discuss the polling numbers in the Hull/Haaland gubernatorial race. They also discuss the numbers in the Greg Cunningham/Gabe Vazquez numbers from the Albuquerque Journal.

Paul and Wally discuss the Haaland/Hull “debate”

Hull’s simple plan for eliminating the personal income tax is eminently reasonable.

The “plan” for this November is for the Legislature to get massive pay raises, but for us to get nothing.

A hilariously bad article in the Santa Fe New Mexican highlights the terrible arguments against reducing taxes.

According to the New York Federal Reserve Bank prices would’ve dropped in the absence of tariffs.

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The County Party just released a rather detailed “Affordability Agenda” which includes numerous detailed proposals, mostly relating to taxes and economic policy that could be enacted at the state level.

Paul and his guests discuss WHY the County party has taken this on and they go through each proposal and discuss their pros and cons.

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Federal school choice regs have been published. MLG is on the clock.

ABQ’s electric buses haven’t been on the roads since December.

More issues with Amendment 4 on this Fall’s ballots.

Paul and Wally take a closer look at the ballot.

The cost of Ozempic for Medicaid patients doubled between 2023 and 2025.

New Mexico Senate Democrats have made a few leadership changes. Linda Trujillo will be the new Senate Majority Leader and Cindy Nava the new majority Whip.

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In the second part of the interview Paul and Jonathan discuss the federal budget situation and offer some concrete ideas for how to get the federal debt under control.

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The most interesting of New Mexico’s legislative races this fall is between trial attorney Lisa Curtis and Nicole Chavez.

RGF opinion piece in ABQ Journal: Amendment 4 is a cash grab, not reform.

Guest column: gluttony thy name is NM pension plan.

Poll: New Mexicans overwhelmingly support school choice.

Free Childcare will soon require copays for some.

NM education department asks for a record $5.9 billion for fiscal year 2028, a 2.9% increase from the year prior (despite dropping enrollment).

A federal film tax credit is a terrible idea.

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NM’s Supreme Court has allowed Project Jupiter permitting to continue. Did they dodge the environmental groups’ best shot?

Deb Haaland has seemingly backed out of the October 8 KOB TV debate. What’s next?

Paul sat down w/ KOAT Channel 7 to discuss our opposition to Amendment 4 (paying legislators).

Also, if adopted the amendment would allow APS employees like former Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton to triple dip.

Paul recently sat down w/ Daniel Chacon of the New Mexican to discuss tax hikes for roads and other tax issues facing NM:

APS is (finally) talking about closing schools. Paul Has some ideas for how to address the issue, even belatedly.

Left wing author Nikole Hanna Jones sent their daughter to a “bad” school in NY. Their experience offers insights for policymakers.

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The Tax Foundation recently ranked New Mexico 7th highest for tax collections. It’s new information, but the data is from four years ago (FY 2023). New Mexico is likely close to number 1 now.

Trump’s plan to give every adult American $5,000 IF he and Republicans get elected in both houses is not a good one.

Land Commissioner Garcia Richard bans uranium mining on state lands. Paul and Wally discuss what it means to be a fiduciary and whether New Mexico can go “zero carbon” without nuclear energy.

A new report says $7.5 billion is needed to address NM’s roads problem. It just so happens that NM has $7.6 billion in unspent capital outlay $$$. Paul discusses the options and whether the Legislature will try for a gas tax increase.

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