[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM Hot Topics for the week of January 25, 2026

[LWV CentralNewMexico]

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*Hot Topics for the week of January 25, 2026*

*Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members*

*This list is available **online* <https://www.lwvcnm.org/hot-topics/>*. *




*The LWVCNM **Book Club session* <https://www.lwvcnm.org/book-club/> 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
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LWVCNM-February-2026-Happy-Hour.jpg>
.

*The first meeting for the Communications Committee* will be on
Tuesday *February
10th* at 10am on Zoom. All interested members are invited. Email
lwvcnmoffice at 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 <https://www.lwvcnm.org/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
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Call-to-Action.pdf>.

*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.




League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
6739 Academy Rd. NE  Suite 124
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109-3352
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