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Hearing Brief: Expanding Community-based Behavioral Health Services New Mexico's behavioral health rankings are improving but the state continues to lead the nation in adults and youth with substance abuse disorders, suicide rates, and unmet need for services.

Hearing Brief: Racing and Gaming Industry Trends Gaming revenue shares paid by tribes to the state of New Mexico have fallen almost 10 percent since FY13, compared with a 1 percent drop in the state's population. Along with a drop in tax revenue from nontribal casinos, the decline in revenue sharing suggests the gaming market has topped out.

Hearing Brief: Higher Education Enrollment Declining enrollment in New Mexico's public colleges threatens the state's ability to compete economically and meet the workforce needs of employers.

Hearing Brief: Public School Capital Outlay Several proposals during the 2019 legislative session would have addressed concerns over the allocation of capital outlay to school districts with large swaths of tribal lands, but the fixes would have upended the public school funding formula, designed to distribute operating dollars fairly.

Hearing Brief and Presentations: Permian Basin Production, Fiscal Consequences, and Challenges for Southeast New Mexico Unprecedented oil and natural gas production growth could mean a continued revenue boost for New Mexico but the boom is taking its toll on the region. LFC Presentation: Fiscal Consequences of New Mexico Oil and Natural Gas Production Growth LFC Brief: Challenges in the Permian Basin DI Strategy and Analytics Presentation: NM Production and Economics Outlook UNM Geospatial and Population Studies: Population Growth, Housing and Workforce Needs in the Permian Basin NM Mortgage Finance Authority: Permian Basin Housing

Hearing Brief: Expanding Community-based Behavioral Health Services

New Mexico's behavioral health rankings are improving but the state continues to lead the nation in adults and youth with substance abuse disorders, suicide rates, and unmet need for services.

Hearing Brief: Racing and Gaming Industry Trends

Gaming revenue shares paid by tribes to the state of New Mexico have fallen almost 10 percent since FY13, compared with a 1 percent drop in the state's population. Along with a drop in tax revenue from nontribal casinos, the decline in revenue sharing suggests the gaming market has topped out.

Hearing Brief: Higher Education Enrollment

Declining enrollment in New Mexico's public colleges threatens the state's ability to compete economically and meet the workforce needs of employers.

Hearing Brief: Public School Capital Outlay

Several proposals during the 2019 legislative session would have addressed concerns over the allocation of capital outlay to school districts with large swaths of tribal lands, but the fixes would have upended the public school funding formula, designed to distribute operating dollars fairly.