Feb 22 2023

Do alcohol taxes hurt poor people?

2023-02-23T11:49:42-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

NM In Depth--Just because a particular tax is regressive doesn’t mean it can’t be a part of a pro-poor agenda, according to Sharon Kayne, a spokesperson for New Mexico Voices for Children. The nonprofit has long supported increases in alcohol and tobacco taxes, she said, and voiced support for an alcohol tax increase during the Monday hearing.

Feb 22 2023

New Mexico should continue to lead the nation on investments in early childhood

2023-03-06T11:28:22-07:00Blog Posts, Economic Security Blog, Economic Security News Coverage, Education Blog, Education News Coverage, News Coverage|

Rio Rancho Observer--New Mexico now leads the nation for something good: our expansion of child care assistance. The federal funding that paid for that expansion ends soon, and our state lawmakers need to replace it in order to ensure that our parents can work and their children are well cared for.

Feb 02 2023

Bill to give New Mexico taxpayers $750 rebate sails through Senate committee

2023-02-08T14:23:13-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, News Coverage|

Santa Fe New Mexican--Paige Knight, senior research and policy analyst for New Mexico Voices for Children, spoke in favor of the bill but recommended “progressively structured” rebates so “the families who are most in need receive a larger rebate since rising food and energy prices hit lower income households the hardest.”

Feb 01 2023

Support children’s health through the Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act

2023-02-15T11:22:55-07:00Blog Posts, Health Blog, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Racial and Ethnic Equity Blog, Racial and Ethnic Equity News Coverage|

Carlsbad Current-Argus--Children are especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, which include extreme heat, poor air quality, drought, flooding, and wildfires. However, this legislative session, lawmakers have the opportunity to protect New Mexicans from these threats to public health by passing the Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act.

Jan 20 2023

Mixed results from annual Kids Count Data Book

2023-01-30T13:44:03-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Health News Coverage, Kids Count News Coverage, News Coverage, Racial and Ethnic Equity News Coverage|

NM Political Report--New Mexico continues to sit last in the U.S. for reading and math proficiency but the rates of those proficiencies over the long term have improved at a higher rate when compared to the U.S. rates, Wildau said. “It’s not as high as we’d like but we have seen improvements. And the number of improvements are stronger over the long term than the U.S. as a whole,” Wildau said.

Jan 19 2023

New Mexicans Warned That Extra Federal Food Aid Will End

2023-01-30T13:38:24-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

Associated Press--The advocacy group New Mexico Voices for Children is pushing for lawmakers to increase by nearly four-fold an existing state $175 child tax credit, saying that would help to offset the loss of the extra federal benefits and address the continued financial fallout from the pandemic for low-income families.

Jan 18 2023

Report: Pandemic’s effects worsened for New Mexico families in 2022

2023-01-30T13:27:18-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Education News Coverage, Health News Coverage, Kids Count News Coverage, News Coverage, Racial and Ethnic Equity News Coverage|

Santa Fe New Mexican--On a positive note, more young New Mexicans are enrolled in prekindergarten programs than at any time in the past decade, the 2022 data shows. Wallin attributed this change to recent investments in New Mexico’s early education system: It’s “one of our strong suits.”

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