2022

Issue Spotlight:
The Ticking Clock on Climate

This spring, we witnessed catastrophic wildfires in northern New Mexico that destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and displaced tens of thousands of residents as climate change induced drought continues to deepen. 

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2022

Quick Hits

Clean Fuels: The Clean Fuels bill ran again this year (SB 14) in an improved form. The bill would have removed some of the emissions from the transportation sector by creating requirements for lower carbon intensity fuels blending. …

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2022 Elected Spotlight

A Speaker’s Legacy

It’s normal to have some turnover election to election, particularly in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Serving in the legislature is still an unpaid position that requires nearly a full time commitment year round. …

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Past Scorecard Highlights, Issues and Spotlights

2021

Issue Spotlight: Why Good Legislation Dies

Most people in New Mexico, even those who know very little about how legislation is made in the state, know that we have a “citizen legislature.” In fact, New Mexico is the only state that does not pay its legislators, although they do get a per diem to cover the…
2021

Elected Spotlight: New Voices

The 2018 elections drastically shifted the political landscape with the election of Governor Lujan Grisham and a stronger majority pro-conservation House. The Governor made it clear from her first day in office that she wanted to create a climate-focused administration by signing a critical Executive Order on Climate. The legislature…
2021

Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2021 Session

Impact of oil and gas revenues on legislative process: State appropriators are always concerned about whether or not the level of oil and gas development activity will generate enough state revenue to keep critical agencies functioning properly. This issue is compounded by the fact that New Mexico under-collects revenues from this…
2021
2021 Scorecard Dedication
2020
Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2020 Session
2020
Elected Spotlight: Public Regulation Commission
2020
Issue Spotlight: New Mexico’s Budget Process
2020
2020 Scorecard Dedication
2019
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Grade: A
2019
Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2019 Session
2019
Issue Spotlight:
The Energy Transition Act
2017-2018
Stories + Themes of the 2017 – 2018 Legislature
2017-2018
Moving Toward Clean Energy in the Four Corners Region
2017-2018
The 2017 Renewable Portfolio Standard
2015-2016
Aubrey Dunn and the Politics of Pollution
2015-2016
The Solar Tax Credits and You
2013-2014
What is “pre-emption,” and why should I worry?
2015-2016
Stories of the ’15 and ’16 Sessions
2015-2016
2015-2016 Champions
2013-2014
Foul Legacy: Susana Martinez and the Politics of Pollution
2013-2014
2013-2014 Highlights & Lowlights
2013-2014
Economic Development Utility Rates
2013-2014
Heroes & Zeroes
2013-2014
2013-2014 Champions
2013-2014
What the heck is a P3?
2013-2014
The Fight for the WQCC
2011-2012
2011-2012 Green Deeds & Duds
2011-2012
The Flip Side: 2011-2012 Sessions in Review
2011-2012
Governor Susana Martinez’s Inauspicious Start
2011-2012
Open and Transparent?
2011-2012
The Flip Side: 2011 session in review