
02/27/2025
Oh, New Mexico. It seems like we can only have one nice thing at a time, when it comes to the Legislature. Or maybe two. Good progress is being made with good government bills and healthcare reform. But then… There’s the economy. Three bills concern me greatly: a five-dollar minimum wage increase, which would make us the most expensive state to create a job in the region and possibly the country; a proposal to require all public construction contractors to pay union wages regardless of whether they are unionized or not; and the freshly re-branded Paid Family and Medical Leave Act....
Oh, New Mexico. It seems like we can only have one nice thing at a time, when it comes to the Legislature. Or maybe two. Good progress is being made with good government bills and healthcare reform…