Tipping Point New Mexico
Podcast of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 120
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
740 Jeff Apodaca - Politics and Policy in New Mexico
On this week's show Paul talks to Jeff Apodaca. Jeff ran for governor in the Democratic Party primary in 2018 and comes from a political New Mexico family. Jeff is also a businessman and political ac…
739 Santa Fe Looks for Raise Minimum Wage, Athletic Funding for UNM & NMSU, Welfare, Broadband and more
On this week's Tipping Point conversation Paul and Wally discuss Paul's recent work trip to New Orleans. The trip coincided with the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Paul also bumped into forme…
738 Dr. Deane Waldman - Empower Patients Initiative
On this week's interview Paul talks to Dr. Deane Waldman. Deane was a pediatric cardiologist at University of New Mexico Hospital. He also served on the board of Rio Grande Foundation before moving t…
737 $485 Million in New Money, Car Choice Returns, PNM (TXNM) Merger Part II, New Government Building in Santa Fe
New Mexico $485 million in new money next session.
There is a new executive building on tap for Santa Fe to add even more office space for gover…
736 Darren White - Candidate for Mayor of Albuquerque
On this week's show Paul sits down with Albuquerque mayoral candidate Darren White. Darren has had a long track record in New Mexico politics and law enforcement and they discuss some of that history…
735 $64 Billion and Counting, EV Plunge in Q1 of 2025, Housing Shortage and more
On this week's Tipping Point NM Paul and Wally discuss the fact that New Mexico is now sitting on $64 billion while the NY Times calls New Mexico "poor."
Further details on New Mexico's massive sove…
734 Bronson Corn - Rancher and President of New Mexico Cattle Growers
On this week's Tipping Point NM interview Paul interviewed rancher and president of NM Cattle Growers, Bronson Corn. They primarily discussed a proposed power line through Eastern New Mexico that cou…
733 Similar Pattern to Problems Facing New Mexico
On this week's conversation Paul and Wally discuss how New Mexico's health care crisis and education crisis (along with other problems facing the state) share similar patterns and how/why the politic…
732 Bernalillo County Economic Development - Marcos Gonzales
On this week's Tipping Point Paul interviews Marcos Gonzales who heads up economic development efforts for Bernalillo County. Marcos and his team are currently hosting a series of public meetings acr…
731 MLG on Face the Nation, Haaland Attacks Millionaires and Billionaires, Special Session Looms and more
On this week's podcast Paul and Wally take a closer look at the Gov.'s comments on Face the Nation. MLG rarely gives televised interviews to the NM media, so each conversation with the national media…
730 Blake Gumprecht - Graduating students who don’t deserve to graduate isn’t the solution and ought to be a scandal
On this week's interview Paul talks to former Cuba Schools teacher and author of an impactful op-ed Blake Gumprecht. You can read his opinion piece from the Albuquerque Journal here in which he decri…
729 Emerging Economy, Depression in Filmmaking, Automatic Voter Registration, Central Ave. and more
A UNM professor recently spoke to a business group and called New Mexico an emerging economy. What's that supposed to mean?
Santa Fe Studios recently was put up for sale amidst a depression in Holl…
728 Carter Swanson - Rio Grande Foundation Intern's Observations and Plans
On the latest Tipping Point NM Paul talks to Carter Swanson. Carter has been an intern with the Rio Grande Foundation for over a year. He is heading to Australia to study abroad. Paul and Carter disc…
727 New Mexico's Demographics (Don't look good), Another Lt. Governor Candidate, Wallet Hub Education Report and more
726 Doing Business in Gallup with Bill Lee of the Gallup Chamber of Commerce
There are many factors that make Gallup a unique place to do business. Paul visits with Bill Lee of the Gallup Chamber of Commerce about the challenges and opportunities that businesses face.
725 New Mexico is Bad for Business and Good for Tourists
According to CNBC's "Best States for Business" 2025 report New Mexico is among worst states. That's troubling, but what is really concerning is how fast it has fallen in the report over the past deca…
724 Connor Boyak, Author of the Tuttle Twins books - Reaching Youth with the Ideas of Liberty
On this week's interview Paul talks to Connor Boyak. Connor is founder and president of the Utah-based state think tank Libertas Institute (now the Libertas Network). Though Libertas works on a wide …
723 Big Beautiful Bill, Renewable Energy Cost, New Mexico's First Billionaire, Sad Education Story and more
722 Daniel Chavez - Candidate for Mayor of Albuquerque
On this week's interview Paul talks to Albuquerque Mayoral candidate Daniel Chavez. Chavez owns a company that manages parking lots, so Paul and Daniel discuss some of the issues facing that industry…
721 Evergreen Headlines, Subsidies for Illegal Immigrant Health Insurance and more
As the BBB moves through Congress it is worth noting that even Joe Biden thought provider taxes are a scam.
Paul and Wally discuss an evergreen headline in New Mexico.
To top it al…