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    FastestGrowing100000

    Published February 26, 2015 at 672 × 319 in FastestGrowing100000

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    • Uninsured homes leave New Mexicans vulnerable in areas hit by wildfires
      By Michael Benanav, Searchlight New Mexico | 13 hours ago

      Outside of the Glorieta Adventure Camp dining hall, 56-year-old Lisa Blackburde was having an emotion-filled conversation with a couple of other evacuees.  Nearly three weeks ago, as the fast-moving Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire made a run toward her home near Ledoux, Blackburde heeded a mandatory evacuation order that had already been in place for days.

    • Some NM cannabis producers may face higher than expected tax bill
      By Andy Lyman | May 18, 2022

      New Mexico recreational-use cannabis companies, for the first time, are required to file their gross receipts and cannabis excise taxes in one week.

    • Diminishing returns: In the San Juan Basin, small energy companies have an outsized impact
      By Lindsay Fendt, Searchlight New Mexico | May 17, 2022

      FARMINGTON — On Oct.

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    • Weather station network intended to provide some security for farmers, ranchers
      By Hannah Grover | May 2, 2022

      Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state.

    • Rail Runner funding removed from junior spending bill
      By Hannah Grover | April 6, 2022

      The Rail Runner will not be receiving $1 million to temporarily reduce fares to riders.

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    • Growing Forward: It’s not easy being green

      The nascent New Mexico cannabis industry is generally expected to contribute tens of millions of dollars to state revenue this year, but some new cannabis businesses are learning firsthand how hard it can be to raise enough capital to operate.  This week’s episode of Growing Forward, the collaborative cannabis podcast between NM Political Report and New Mexico PBS, examines the financial difficulties cannabis businesses face and a state program that aims to help alleviate those difficulties.  Mathew Muñoz, the chief innovation and finance officer for cannabis microbusiness Carver Family Farm, said he and his two business partners were able to raise about $350,000 from private investors but that all three partners also contributed a large portion of their personal savings.

    • Hundreds protest in Las Cruces for abortion rights 

      More than 200 individuals protested the potential “roll back” of abortion rights on Saturday in Las Cruces.

    • What the Supreme Court abortion draft opinion means for Indigenous people

      Earlier this spring, the need for financial assistance to obtain an abortion caused abortion fund provider Indigenous Women Rising to take a break so the grassroots organization could “catch up” financially.

    About Patrick Davis

    Patrick Davis is the executive director of ProgressNow NM, a public advocacy organization advocating for progressive causes in New Mexico.

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