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The Finances of Legalizing Cannabis (2019-02-01)
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland dives into the finances surrounding legalized and medicinal cannabis with a financial market analyst, a tax expert, and an owner of a medical cannabis dispensary. Host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss prospects for the Public Education Department now that Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed a new cabinet secretary and leadership team. The Line also delves into the cannabis issue in light of Ultra Health’s lawsuit against the state, seeking a refund of gross-receipts taxes it says it shouldn’t have paid, as it provides medicinal marijuana. And the opinion panel debates abortion and aid-in-dying bills that are making their way through the legislature. Guests: Gene Grant (Host), Gwyneth Doland (NMiF Correspondent), Richard Anklam (Executive Director of the New Mexico Tax Research Institute), Lee Munson (CIO of Portfolio Wealth Advisors), and Rachael Speegle (CEO of the Verdes Foundation). Line Panelists: Dede Feldman (Former NM State Senator), Edmund E. Perea (Attorney, Public Safety Expert and Executive Director of the Center for Law, Policy, & Public Safety, LLC), H. Diane Snyder (Former NM Sta…
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KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
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public broadcasting, AAPB, New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant, Gwyneth Doland, Richard Anklam, Lee Munson, Rachael Speegle, Dede Feldman, Edmund E. Perea, H. Diane Snyder, Harry Van Buren, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Karen Trujillo, Henry Kiki Savitra, New Mexico Tax Research Institute, Portfolio Wealth Advisors, Verdes Foundation, Ultra Health, Center for Law Policy and Public Safety, University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, Senate Bill 1, cannabis legalization, medical cannabis, New Mexico Public Education Department, public education reform, gross receipts tax, abortion legislation, aid-in-dying, New Mexico state legislature
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