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New Mexico Oil Boom to Continue, More Infrastructure Needed

New Mexico's oil and gas industry boom is expected to continue growing at record rates. With that, infrastructure across the state will be needed...
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New Mexico’s Rural Communities Can’t Afford Higher Energy Prices

CEA's Victoria Gonzalez discusses how when the price of energy increases, New Mexican farmers have a harder time affording the watering of crops, fertilizers,...
Dairy Farmer

If Chocolate Milk Comes from Brown Cows, then Electricity Must Come from Switches on...

When you sit down to eat, do you ever consider where your food comes from or what it takes to produce it? Seriously -...
New Mexico Farmer

Hay New York, Thank a New Mexico Farmer for Sustaining Your Zoo

Who doesn’t love the zoo? For nearly 150 years, families and schoolchildren on field trips have flocked to zoos to watch, and learn, about...
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Cheap, Safe Natural Gas Fuels Economy

Randall Mccormick, former Lea County Commissioner and Magistrate Judge, explains why news that the hospitality industry is having to build up more to keep...
Santa Fe New Mexico

Energy Bill Not For New Mexico

CEA's Victoria Gonzalez discusses why a new energy bill mandating utilities get 80 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2040 is not good...
Abiquiu, New Mexico

Just Getting Somewhere in New Mexico is Expensive

New Mexico’s citizens are blessed with wide-open stretches of beauty that appropriately gives the state its title of Land of Enchantment. From the rocky...
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New Mexico’s Credit Card Burden is the Highest in America, Adding to Financial Woes

New Mexico’s families have the highest credit card debt in America, according to CreditCards.com. In fact, the average burden of $8,323 a month in credit...
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New Mexico’s Housing Costs Are Going Higher, Squeezing Working Families

New Mexico pulled off a rare feat late last year – it had record-setting home sales while high mortgage costs dulled sales across the...
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High Child Care Costs Squeeze New Mexico Families

Childcare is one of the biggest expense of any American family, but for many New Mexican families, it represents an even bigger share of...