by Paul Gessing | Sep 19, 2019 | Economy, Education, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Tax and Budget, Top Issues, Videos
There are any number of reasons to be concerned about Gov. Lujan-Grisham’s plans to make higher education “free” for New Mexico students. I shared some reasons in my recent interview with KOAT TV. This interview was conducted via Skype from Roswell,...
by Paul Gessing | May 29, 2019 | Economy, Energy and Environment, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Top Issues
New Mexico’s energy workers have almost single-handedly reshaped global oil markets. Oil field workers have pumped so much petroleum and natural gas from the Permian Basin, which runs through southeast New Mexico and southwest Texas, that America recently became...
by Paul Gessing | Apr 17, 2019 | Economy, Education, Energy and Environment, Film Subsidies, Health Care, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Open Government, Tax and Budget, Taxes, Top Issues
(Albuquerque) The Rio Grande Foundation has tracked floor votes in New Mexico’s Legislature from the perspective of individual freedom (both economic and under the US Constitution) for several years. Final results for the 2019 Legislature are available now. Unlike...
by Paul Gessing | Apr 3, 2019 | Economy, Energy and Environment, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Top Issues, Videos
The Rio Grande Foundation has announced a contest to create a new, more accurate logo for the New Mexico Land Office. See the report from Channel 13 below:
by Paul Gessing | Jan 18, 2019 | Economy, Education, Energy and Environment, Film Subsidies, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Tax and Budget, Taxes, Top Issues
With New Mexico’s politics trending hard left, what is a fiscally conservative think tank that focuses on New Mexico’s still-shaky economic situation to do? Quite simply, there will be more to do than ever. For starters, New Mexico’s $1.1 billion oil-generated surplus...
by Paul Gessing | Dec 24, 2018 | Economy, Energy and Environment, Notable News, Oil & Gas, Top Issues
U.S. crude oil production just surged to an all-time high of 11.3 million barrels per day. Natural gas production is also setting records. This energy bonanza is creating tens of thousands of new jobs and dramatically reducing Americans’ gasoline and utility...