Tipping Point New Mexico

269 Back to School, 60 Day Leasing Ban, Good, Bad and Ugly Bills at Legislature

Jan 26, 2021

On this week's episode, Paul and Wally discuss the fact that New Mexico schools will soon reopen in a hybrid format. This is good news, but Wally and Paul do have questions. Other "blue" states have reopened as well and the Lobos and Aggies sports teams have been allowed to come back to NM, but what about football and...

268 Representative Greg Nibert - NM Legislative Session

Jan 19, 2021

Paul interviews Rep. Greg Nibert, a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from Roswell.

Nibert is sponsoring critical legislation that would give legislators a "seat at the table" in future emergencies. No longer would one person, the Gov., be given or be able to take the kind of absolute control we have...

267 Unemployment, Vaccine, Back to School?, NM Capitol Lockdown and more

Jan 19, 2021

Wallethub’s latest report on unemployment shows that New Mexico remains the 2nd-most impacted state in the nation when it comes to unemployment during the COVID 19 situation.

Gov. Lujan Grisham held a press conference in which she discussed distribution of the vaccine and her latest plans. 400 person Harding County...

266 Kathleen Sgamma - Interior Department Impacts to Oil and Gas

Jan 14, 2021

On this week's podcast, Paul talks to Kathleen Sgamma. Kathleen is President of the Western Energy Alliance which describes itself as The Voice of Energy in the West.

They discuss Biden's energy policies and their potential impact on New Mexico and its economy as well as New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland's likely...

265 Perspectives on Trump Legacy and Riots at U.S. Capitol and more

Jan 12, 2021

The events of this past week were unprecedented in American history. On this week's podcast, Paul and Wally share their perspectives on the riot at the US Capitol and Trump’s legacy more broadly. Then, Wally and Paul address the political repercussions of this event which will be extremely problematic for...