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New Report: New Mexico Receives a “C+” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government Spending in the 50 States
ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico received a C+ when it comes to government spending transparency, according to “Following the Money 2014: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,” the fifth annual report of its kind by the New Mexico Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
House Committee Approves Cut to Agriculture Subsidies
Statement of U.S. PIRG Public Health Advocate Elizabeth Hitchcock on the House Appropriations Committee’s vote to approve an amendment to the 2012 Agriculture appropriations bill to limit agriculture subsidies called direct payments to farmers with adjusted gross incomes lower than $250,000.
