State funding for public school student transportation reached a record high of $133.8 million in FY25 despite continued enrollment and bus ridership declines.

New Mexico’s 326 electric vehicle charging stations is far below the 1,300 state average but in proportion to the number of EVs in the state. But stations are not evenly distributed through the state, with three-quarters of stations in urban areas and rural and tribal lands largely underserved.

Around 40 percent of those released from New Mexico prisons will return within three years, but even though national best practices to address recidivism are well-studied, New Mexico falls short of implementing those best practices upon intake, in the reentry process, and in community supervision.

New Mexico has eliminated a 13-year-old waiting list for home- and community-based services for the developmentally disabled but the additional clients strained provider capacity and quality-monitoring and cost-containment issues remain.

The Rail Runner has had a strong comeback from its pandemic shutdown but additional increases will be hard in sparsely populated New Mexico and improvements that improve ridership are expensive.

New Mexico colleges are issuing more nondegree certificates than ever, but many certificates do little to help the recipients get better jobs or higher wages.

Government entities across New Mexico are reporting $5.7 billion in future water and wastewater infrastructure needs, but the state’s piecemeal approach to funding water projects leads to idle dollars and unnecessary delays.

The Legislature has appropriated more than three-quarters of a billion dollars over the past three years for in crime prevention approaches, but the impact has been limited.