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On this week's Tipping Point NM interview Paul sits down with Dalva Moellenberg. Dal is an attorney currently representing a variety of agriculture and energy interests in a Surface Water Permitting Rule process. If adopted, this new rule could have some profoundly negative effects on these and other industries making the permitting process more complicated and less certain than it is now.    Don't miss this important conversation!

Paul and Wally make their predictions for the 2026 elections. They put forth final Senate and House numbers and discuss the winners of the Hull, and Cunningham races as well as Amendment 4.  There are some important issues being voted on around the region and West. Divestment kerfuffle targeted at Elon Musk highlights peril of government ownership of businesses. The latest on discussions of our roads. There are solutions. Will Democrats who control the Legislature embrace them?  The ABQ Journal releases handy and relevant scorecard. The Shuttered International District Wal Mart STILL on the market. Paul and Wally are SHOCKED! The NY Post Editorial Board explains how a New Mexico lawsuit 'win' vs. Meta could tank the whole US economy The UNM Lobos are in the Top 25 for the first time ever. Paul thinks Jason Eck is the most competent leader in NM.

On this week's interview Paul sits down with Scott Hindman, Founder and Executive Director of Excellent Schools New Mexico. Paul and Scott discuss Scott's decision to get involved in New Mexico education policy after being drafted to play Major League Baseball. How his organization works to improve actual schools and their approach to education, and the impacts and benefits of charter schools and how they work in New Mexico and could be improved upon further to benefit New Mexico children.

RGF participates in debate over Amendment 4. Albuquerque Public Schools is looking for input on school closures. $456 MILLION in overruns from various New Mexico IT projects. Is Voices for Children coming around to our perspective? Why can't/won't New Mexico Democrats bring prosperity to NM? Trump touted the benefit of high oil prices (gasoline) over the weekend. Here's why Americans and New Mexicans benefit from lower oil (gasoline) prices.

with Cyndi Bohannon and Dr. Victor Gamiz, two of the volunteers behind an exciting new project called "Judge the Bench." You can find more details at: https://judgethebench.com/ If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the number of judges on New Mexico's ballots. If you've ever wished for some objective information about the quality of judicial opinions in New Mexico and especially how they deal with repeat offenders, Judge the Bench is for you.  This is a new project put together by volunteers using publicly available information along with records requests and using AI technology to get to the bottom of how good or bad our judges are in New Mexico. Take a listen, check out their website and let us know what you think!

On this week's conversation Paul and Wally discuss early voting and their voting plans. Both recommend voting in expanded early voting. There are some Albuquerque local ballot issues that should draw skepticism from voters. Paul and Wally analyze them. Two Supreme Court justices are up for retention. Our reasons for opposing retention are straightforward. Paul will be debating Bob Perls on Saturday from 2pm to 4 on whether voters should support or oppose Amendment 4. If you are in Albuquerque you can attend. New Mexico has a stark choice in this gubernatorial election. Do we want stagnation or prosperity? Voters have a choice. Paul and Wally look at Deb Haaland attempt to explain her "plan" for bringing medical providers to NM. Then they offer thoughts. Not one but two Democrat legislators have endorsed a Republican in Albuquerque area HD 27 seat. Why? What does it mean?

On this week's interview Paul sits down w/ former New Mexico Rep. Bob Perls and current chair of the NM Forward Party for a friendly conversation/debate on Amendment 4 which will be on ballots this November. If passed the amendment would pay legislators an annual salary of approximately $68,000 annually. Bob and Paul agree about many reforms needed for New Mexico's Legislature and electoral system, but disagree on the merits of Amendment 4 and paying legislators. Don't miss this important conversation about one of the most important issues on this fall's ballot!

On this week's Tipping Point conversation. Paul and Wally discuss the polling numbers in the Hull/Haaland gubernatorial race. They also discuss the numbers in the Greg Cunningham/Gabe Vazquez numbers from the Albuquerque Journal. Paul and Wally discuss the Haaland/Hull "debate" Hull's simple plan for eliminating the personal income tax is eminently reasonable. The "plan" for this November is for the Legislature to get massive pay raises, but for us to get nothing. A hilariously bad article in the Santa Fe New Mexican highlights the terrible arguments against reducing taxes.  According to the New York Federal Reserve Bank prices would've dropped in the absence of tariffs.

On this week's interview episode Paul sits down with former Reps. Janice Arnold Jones and Robert Aragon. Both are longtime Republican activists who have served in many roles over the years and are now on the Executive Committee of the Bernalillo County GOP. The County Party just released a rather detailed "Affordability Agenda" which includes numerous detailed proposals, mostly relating to taxes and economic policy that could be enacted at the state level.  Paul and his guests discuss WHY the County party has taken this on and they go through each proposal and discuss their pros and cons.

MLG's "free" childcare program won't be "free" for everyone after all. Federal school choice regs have been published. MLG is on the clock. ABQ's electric buses haven't been on the roads since December. More issues with Amendment 4 on this Fall's ballots. Paul and Wally take a closer look at the ballot. The cost of Ozempic for Medicaid patients doubled between 2023 and 2025. New Mexico Senate Democrats have made a few leadership changes. Linda Trujillo will be the new Senate Majority Leader and Cindy Nava the new majority Whip.

This week's interview is with Jonathan Williams, President and Chief Economist of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). They begin with a conversation about the organization's "Rich States, Poor States" report which measures how all 50 states fare on various economic indicators. New Mexico ranks 35th. What would happen if New Mexico eliminated its personal income tax? In the second part of the interview Paul and Jonathan discuss the federal budget situation and offer some concrete ideas for how to get the federal debt under control.

Slight poverty improvement is hardly an accomplishment. The most interesting of New Mexico's legislative races this fall is between trial attorney Lisa Curtis and Nicole Chavez. RGF opinion piece in ABQ Journal: Amendment 4 is a cash grab, not reform. Guest column: gluttony thy name is NM pension plan. Poll: New Mexicans overwhelmingly support school choice. Free Childcare will soon require copays for some. NM education department asks for a record $5.9 billion for fiscal year 2028, a 2.9% increase from the year prior (despite dropping enrollment). A federal film tax credit is a terrible idea.

There have been bills introduced and ample discussion in the media over the possibility of some kind of takeover of the utility known as PNM by the State of New Mexico. Shanley is sympathetic to the idea and certainly opposed to Blackstone as the next potential owner. Paul and Jaemes have a cordial but pointed conversation about these plans.

Deb Haaland proposes a data center moratorium while taking $87,000 from folks behind Project Jupiter. Hull has received nothing. NM's Supreme Court has allowed Project Jupiter permitting to continue. Did they dodge the environmental groups' best shot? Deb Haaland has seemingly backed out of the October 8 KOB TV debate. What's next?  Paul sat down w/ KOAT Channel 7 to discuss our opposition to Amendment 4 (paying legislators). Also, if adopted the amendment would allow APS employees like former Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton to triple dip. Paul recently sat down w/ Daniel Chacon of the New Mexican to discuss tax hikes for roads and other tax issues facing NM:  APS is (finally) talking about closing schools. Paul Has some ideas for how to address the issue, even belatedly. Left wing author Nikole Hanna Jones sent their daughter to a "bad" school in NY. Their experience offers insights for policymakers.

Paul talks with Peter Rice, editor of Downtown Albuquerque News, about the challenges and issues facing the area's businesses and residents.  They also address proposed projects including the Rail Trail and the Rail Yard.