Hot Topics for the week of January 25, 2026
Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members
This list is available online.
The LWVCNM Book Club session is this Wednesday January 28th at 5:30. The book is The Line Becomes A River – Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú.
The LWVNM League Legislative reception is this Thursday January 29th from 5:30 to 7:30 at La Fonda in Santa Fe. Speaker: Laura Paskus on Water Issues in New Mexico.
League Day at the Legislature is Friday January 30th.
Speakers are:
10:30– 11:15 Richard Anklam – President & Executive
Director, NM Tax Research Institute, “Budget and Tax issues in the 2026
session”
11:15 – 12:00 Kristina Fisher – Associate Director, Think New Mexico, “Health
Care Compacts in the 2026 session”
The next LWVCNM happy hour is on Monday February 2nd, from 4 – 6 pm at Quarter Celtic on San Mateo and Lomas. Check out the details here.
The first meeting for the Communications Committee will be on Tuesday February 10th at 10am on Zoom. All interested members are invited. Email lwvcnmoffice@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link.
There will be a Voter Registration/Education/Outreach planning meeting on Wednesday February 11th at 3 pm in the conference room. All interested members are invited.
See the calendar of events on our website.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Call to Action: Please take action now! We only have until January 30th. The Freedom to Read New Mexico Coalition, of which LWVCNM is a member, is still working hard to get three bills added to the 2026 Legislative session. We haven’t been successful, YET. Read more here.
You can follow the New Mexico League’s involvement and advocacy in the 2026 New Mexico Legislative Session at the web pages https://www.lwvnm.org/Action and https://lwvnm.org/Action/2026/LWVtrack2026.php.
