Kamala Harris took a few brief minutes on the campaign trail to answer a couple of questions from reporters and flash her policy chops.

When asked how she is going to pay for her lavish spending plans, the vice president explained that it would be covered via those indispensable fiscal tools — pixie dust and magical thinking.

The expansion of the child tax credit, which will cost $1.2 trillion? According to Harris, “The return on that investment, in terms of what that will do and what it will pay for, will be tremendous.”

Tax credits generally, including a $150 billion expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit? “We know that there’s a great return on investment.”

Subsidies...

LAS CRUCES — Complying with a ruling from Third Judicial District Court Judge James T. Martin, the City of Las Cruces has released unlawfully withheld  public records and provided a written description of other withheld records and  passages redacted.

The case was brought by Attorney Peter Goodman on behalf of Michael L. Hays when the City of Las Cruces failed to comply with a request from Hays to inspect  records under the Inspection of Public Records Act. The lawsuit claimed  the City unlawfully withheld records and redacted portions of records without proper explanation, in violation of IPRA. IPRA specifically provides that a public body must provide a written explanation of...

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., released the following statement ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech to accept the Democratic nomination for President of the U.S. Harris’ housing plan would provide down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers. This plan closely mirrors Leger Fernández's Home of Your Own Act (H.R. 8714) and a $750,000 pilot program she funded for Homewise to do exactly this. New Mexico has implemented similar homeownership programs for decades cobbling together funds from different sources. Significantly, New Mexico has the highest rate of Latino homeownership in the country.

Harris and Leger Fernández both recognize that first-time...

SANTA FE — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration announcement of price negotiations to reduce the costs of medications for New Mexico seniors on Aug. 15:

“Congressional Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act two years ago this week, and it’s paying off and making a real difference in the lives of New Mexico families,” he said. “For years, I have pushed to allow for fair negotiations to lower prescription drug costs for seniors. This is finally happening.”

Congressional Democrats, who passed the Inflation Reduction Actin August 2022, applaud lower prices for all 10 drugs selected by the Biden-Harris...