Thanks to New Mexico PBS, here is a livestream of the 2016 State of the State Address by Gov. Susana Martinez.
Stay with us for a story on Martinez’s speech, where she lays out her priorities for the session.
NM Political Report (https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2016/01/19/watch-the-state-of-the-state-address-2/)
Susana Martinez at State of the State Union in 2016.
Thanks to New Mexico PBS, here is a livestream of the 2016 State of the State Address by Gov. Susana Martinez.
Stay with us for a story on Martinez’s speech, where she lays out her priorities for the session.
While Indigenous nations across the United States have vast energy resources, it can be hard for them to develop that potential. Tribal representatives spoke to the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs on Thursday about the challenges they face in developing energy resources.
New Mexico’s Superintendent of Insurance Alice T. Kane identified some issues for her office to work on as she moves forward in her new position as the top insurance regulator in the state during her presentation to the interim Legislative Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee on Thursday. Those challenges range from climate change to billing and cybersecurity.
A New Mexico state lawmaker is going head to head with the state Attorney General in her private capacity as an attorney. And she thinks it relates back to something from the most recent state legislative session.
The Legislative Health and Human Services Committee heard suggestions from the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty on how to reform the Temporary Relief for Needy Families, or TANF, program. TANF, or NM Works as it is known in New Mexico, provides temporary financial assistance to families in crisis for things like rent, clothes, utilities and items not covered by SNAP EBT (formerly known as food stamps) benefits such as diapers. “The income inequality that existed before COVID is a problem that exists here: the high rates of hunger and poverty and unemployment that we have we (The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty) think stems from the centuries of colonialism and economic policy that, in the past, has boosted corporations and other industries and not necessarily the people that lived here,” Director of the Public Benefits team at New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty Teague Gonzalez said.