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Credit Paul J. Gessing Commentary: The US Census Bureau recently released what can only be described as some disturbing data regarding the future of New Mexico. Notably, while the Land of Enchantment’s population grew by just 2.8 percent over the past decade, each of our neighbors saw double digit population growth with the exception of Oklahoma which still bested New Mexico with 5.5 percent growth. That by itself should be a wake-up call for New Mexico’s Legislature and Gov. Lujan Grisham, but a report put out by New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee fleshes out some of New Mexico’s impending demographic challenges and should further guide efforts to change course and make our State a destination for jobs and economic growth, not a failing state that is hemorrhaging young people. ....
Gessing: Census Data … A Warning To New Mexico Rio Grande Foundation The US Census Bureau recently released what can only be described as some disturbing data regarding the future of New Mexico. Notably, while the Land of Enchantment’s population grew by just 2.8 percent over the past decade, each of our neighbors saw double digit population growth with the exception of Oklahoma, which still bested New Mexico with 5.5 percent growth. That by itself should be a wake-up call for New Mexico’s Legislature and Gov. Lujan Grisham, but a report put out by New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee fleshes out some of New Mexico’s impending demographic challenges and should further guide efforts to change course and make our State a destination for jobs and economic growth, not a failing state that is hemorrhaging young people. ....
A New Mexico Senate bill that would place a four-year moratorium on new permits for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, passed its first committee Feb. 13 and is now closer to becoming law. Senate Bill 149 passed the Senate Conservation Committee on a 5-4 vote and was sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the further discussion and a second vote. Sponsored by Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, the bill was intended to halt new fracking operations to allow environmental officials and lawmakers to study its environmental impact. She introduced similar legislation that died in committee during the 2019 and 2020 legislative sessions. The fracking process, in which a combination of water, sand and chemicals is pumped underground to break deep shale deposits so crude oil and natural gas can be brought to the surface. ....