by Viante New Mexico | May 9, 2019 | Focus Areas, Public
Tackling New Mexico’s Education Problem Tackling New Mexico’s education problem is a big task. But, our lawmakers are working on solutions. In order to help improve our state’s success in education, Viante has selected metrics that help us grade and track the...
by Viante New Mexico | Apr 19, 2019 | New Mexico Legislature, Press Release, Public
See Data and Individual Legislator Scores 2019 Legislator Attendance Score Infographic Are New Mexico Law Makers Showing Up for the Job? New Mexico’s lawmakers have 30 to 60 days to craft, perfect, and pass legislation that is meant to improve the state. In that short...
by Viante New Mexico | Apr 5, 2019 | Focus Areas, Informational, Public
New Mexico has been at the bottom of education lists for too long. It will take an entire community coming together to affect change and get our state to the top of these lists. Viante has put some ways that New Mexicans can do to get involved and help move our state...
by Viante New Mexico | Mar 28, 2019 | Informational, New Mexico Legislature, Public
Serving in a Volunteer Legislature Since the drafting of New Mexico’s constitution in 1910, New Mexico has had a volunteer legislature, also known as a citizen legislature. This means our 112 elected legislators do not get a salary for their work. They accept...
by Viante New Mexico | Mar 15, 2019 | New Mexico Legislature, Public
This video update was done on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 11am. Video Update from Viante’s Executive Director Rhiannon Samuel, Viante’s Executive Director comes to you with an update from across New Mexico’s Roundhouse from the office of “Innovate Educate. ” We...
by Viante New Mexico | Mar 8, 2019 | New Mexico Legislature, Public
Legislative Update With just one week to go, we are nearing the end of the 54th New Mexico State Legislature. The first seven weeks saw a total of 1,320 filed bills, which was less than the 3,000-5,000 bills that party leadership expected. However, this smaller batch...