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Category: 2025 Legislative Session

Ready for Action: SPPI Kicks Off the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 21, 2025
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Senator Craig Brandt and SPPI President Patrick M. Brenner on the Senate floor for opening day—working together to champion freedom and opportunity for New Mexico.

SPPI kicks off the 2025 New Mexico legislative session, partnering with key lawmakers to advance a bold agenda for freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.

Tags Craig Brandt

2025 Legislative Session Arizona Budget and Spending Conservatism Courts Culture Debt Domestic Policy Education Education Freedom and Reform Government Spending Infrastructure & Technology Legal and Judicial Marriage and Family New Mexico Political Thought Poverty & Welfare Poverty and Inequality Progressivism Public Opinion Texas Top Issues Updates

Albuquerque Journal: It’s Time to Disrupt the System and Introduce Real School Reform in New Mexico

Post author By Tonja Brandt
Post date January 19, 2025
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New Mexico must embrace comprehensive school choice reform, exemplified in Senator Craig Brandt’s Education Freedom Bill, to empower parents, improve educational outcomes, and make our state competitive.

Tags Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), Craig Brandt, Education Freedom, Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS), School Choice, Universal School Choice

2025 Legislative Session Alaska Budget and Spending Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Courts Culture Domestic Policy Economic Opportunity Economy Energy & Environment Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Government Spending Legal and Judicial Life New Mexico Political Thought Poverty & Welfare Poverty and Inequality Progressivism Public Opinion The Constitution Top Issues Updates

An Oil and Gas Permanent Fund Dividend for New Mexico: Returning Prosperity to the People

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 19, 2025
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How can we ensure these revenues benefit all New Mexicans while fostering economic sustainability?

Tags Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, Fred Nathan, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Permanent Fund Dividend (NMPFD), Permanent Fund, Permanent Fund Dividend, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Think New Mexico

2025 Legislative Session Conservatism Culture Domestic Policy Economic Opportunity Economy Government Regulation Life Marriage and Family New Mexico Political Thought Poverty & Welfare Poverty and Inequality Progressivism Public Opinion Top Issues Updates

House Bill 11: New Mexico’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Spells Disaster for Small Businesses

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 18, 2025
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The Paid Family and Medical Leave Act threatens to impose crushing financial burdens on small businesses and restaurants, risking closures, job losses, and economic instability across New Mexico.

Tags Cato Institute, Competition, Heritage Foundation, Mimi Stewart, New Mexico House Bill 11 (2025), New Mexico Restaurant Association (NMRA), Paid Family and Medical Leave, Patricia Roybal Caballero, Restaurants, Small Businesses, Taxation, Taxes

2025 Legislative Session Budget and Spending Conservatism Culture Debt Domestic Policy Economic Opportunity Economy Government Regulation Government Spending Government Transparency and Accountability Legal and Judicial Markets and Finance New Mexico Political Thought Poverty & Welfare Poverty and Inequality Progressivism Public Opinion Top Issues Updates

Banking on Failure: House Bill 130’s Public Bank Will Deepen New Mexico’s Credit Crisis

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 18, 2025
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A public bank is a forced gamble with taxpayer dollars that ignores market realities, mandates risky lending, and risks compounding the damage caused by the artificial credit crisis created by New Mexico’s interest rate cap.

Tags Angela Merkert, Bank of North Dakota, Community-based Financial Institutions, Credit, Earned Wage Access (EWA), Finance, Financial Losses, Free Market, Interest Rate Cap, Lending, No Loan For You!, Patricia Roybal Caballero, Price Controls, Public Bank of New Mexico, Tara L. Lujan, Taxpayer Risk

2025 Legislative Session Domestic Policy Energy & Environment Energy Economics Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Legal and Judicial New Mexico Renewable Energy Top Issues Updates

Power Grab: Why House Bill 45 is a Bad Deal for New Mexico Energy

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 15, 2025
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A misguided tax increase on renewable energy that contradicts conservative principles, risks distorting the energy market, and ignores the public’s clear preference for affordable, reliable energy solutions.