Legislative salaries range from high to almost zero
Whenever New Mexico decides to pay legislators a salary – which I believe we eventually will – we do not have to invent our rules from scratch.
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Whenever New Mexico decides to pay legislators a salary – which I believe we eventually will – we do not have to invent our rules from scratch.
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Consider this: Some states started prepping for the 2020 Census in 2018. They developed data-driven strategies to reach hard-to-count populations. They plotted out the massive logistical challenge of hiring thousands of temporary workers. One particularly determined effort: Tiny Rhode Island, which was apparently prepared to fight to the death to hold on to both of its House seats. Obviously, those states were in a far better position when coronavirus struck, with the information they needed to flex with the headlines. Florida? Not so much. Gov. Ron DeSantis eked his way to victory in 2018 on...
As Rhode Island wilts under the surge of coronavirus, Connecticut anxiously watches from across the border Michael Hamad, Hartford Courant © Maddie Meyer/Getty Images North America/TNS In this file photo, pedestrians walk through Fort Adams State Park on May 09, 2020 in Newport, Rhode Island. HARTFORD, Conn. — Tiny Rhode Island tops the list of U.S. states in new coronavirus cases per capita over the past seven days — nearly twice the rate seen across the border in Connecticut. The smallest state by area had 115 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents over the past ...