New Mexico last year recorded a homicide rate of 7.8 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 6.8 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.
The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that New Mexico received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $1.52 billion, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
The collective wealth of New Mexico residents increased $50 million in 2019 due to population migration trends, according to a new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website.
Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in New Mexico could hit 54.24 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.
Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham received a grade of “C” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for her tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.
New Mexico will lose $119.3 million in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.