Tipping Point New Mexico
Public policy podcast of the Rio Grande Foundation
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Episodes
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607 Sarah Smith – Update from Las Cruces on Issues Facing Her City, State, and Nation
Thursday, May 16, 2024
On this week’s Tipping Point interview Paul talks to Sarah Smith. Sarah is a home school mom who got politically active during the COVID 19 pandemic. She is from Las Cruces and describes herself as a political moderate,
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606 Best States, Education Class Time/Spending, NM 46th for Docs, Sandoval Property Tax
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
NM ranks a poor 49th in US News and World Reports’ “Best states” report: Paul and Wally discuss what makes up this report. NM schools have more money to spend than any neighboring state (and the data don’t even include recent spending growth).
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605 NMSU Professor Christopher Erickson – New Mexico Policy and Impacts of Immigration
Thursday, May 9, 2024
On this week’s interview Paul talks to Christopher Erickson a professor of economics at NMSU. Chris and Paul discuss a recent interview he gave to Newsweek about a report that New Mexico has seen a decline in immigrants.
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604-Judge puts 5-Day School Week on Hold, New Mexico Spends Millions on Solar Projects, UPS Gets State Money for “Clean” Trucks and more
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
A Judge puts MLG’s forced 5 day school week on hold. NM spends millions on solar projects not knowing how much power it will get. We discussed the challenges UPS and FedEx are having w/ adopting EV’s but NM’s Environment Department is spending just und...
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603 Sam LeDoux – What Can Be Done to Address Issues Facing Española
Thursday, May 2, 2024
On this Tipping Point interview Paul talks to Sam LeDoux. Sam is a recently elected member of the City of Española council. Sam, a longtime political activist with a long track record in politics is a Hispano Republican.
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602 Governor’s Recorded Conversation – Marijuana, Fentanyl and the Border, Schools Sue over 5 Day School Week and more
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
On the latest Tipping Point conversation Paul and Wally discuss Gov. MLG caught on tape speaking to top Homeland Security staff. She certainly sounds more concerned about NM’s marijuana industry than fentanyl and the border.
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601 What Will New Mexico’s “Energy Transition” Really Cost – Professor Reilly White
Thursday, April 25, 2024
On this week’s interview Paul sits down with UNM Finance Professor Reilly White to discuss issues in New Mexico’s “Energy Transition” relating to electricity. While the transition was touted as zero cost or even a financial benefit for ratepayers.
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600 Special Session On The Way, Gun Loophole, Federal Education Report and more
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
On this week’s Tipping Point conversation Paul and Wally discuss: MLG calls a special session starting July 18. We don’t have an exact agenda, but initial statements seem to point to some actual crime reforms, not gun grabs. Time will tell.
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599 Johnny Johnson – Issues Facing New Mexico’s Trucking Industry
Thursday, April 18, 2024
On this week’s interview Paul talks to Johnny Johnson, executive director of the New Mexico Trucking Association. Like the auto industry truckers are also being forced by government policymakers to embrace electric vehicles.
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598 LNG Ban is Loser, New Mexico only State to See Drop in Immigrant Numbers, Security Firm “Fires” Albuquerque Client and more
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Biden’s permitting ban on LNG exports is a loser across the spectrum. A former NPR executive recently said there’s bias at NPR. Here’s our story about NPR in New Mexico. NM is the only state in US to see a drop in immigrant numbers from 10 years ago.