Welcome to the first ever Virtual Roundhouse! Among the challenges of a pandemic, accessing your legislators should not be one of them. We are bringing the State Capitol and Roundhouse Legislative events to the entire state in a virtual series. Attend conferences and presentations, network with the community, and attend one-on-one virtual office hours with elected officials from the entire state of New Mexico.

Every Tuesday at 7:30am during the 60-day legislative session from January 19 – March 16, 2021, the Virtual Roundhouse will hold networking events and virtual office hours where you can connect with lawmakers.

It’s free and open to the public.

More information: http://virtualroundhousenm.com

El Rancho de las Golondrinas is excited to introduce our 2021 Speaking of Traditions virtual Winter Lecture Series, co-sponsored with the New Mexico Museum of Art! We invite you to join us for three enlightening Facebook Live events that explore the relationship between history and the natural environment. Join fine-art photographer Patricia Galagan, and conservationist and environmental writer William deBuys, as they discuss Fire Ghosts, Climate Change and Our Cultural Landscape. Patricia and her late husband, Philip Metcalf are co-authors of Fire Ghosts, a photography book about the aftermath of the Las Conchas fire of 2011. They photographed in the fire’s burn scar for seven years as the forest progressed from destruction to regrowth. Fire Ghosts includes essays by William de Buys, research ecologist Craig Allen, and New Mexico Museum of Art photo curator, Katherine Ware. Fire Ghosts, published byGeorge F. Thompson Publishing in 2019, was voted Best Nature Book in the 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards.

Join the Facebook Live event here: https://www.facebook.com/sfgolondrinas

Welcome to the first ever Virtual Roundhouse! Among the challenges of a pandemic, accessing your legislators should not be one of them. We are bringing the State Capitol and Roundhouse Legislative events to the entire state in a virtual series. Attend conferences and presentations, network with the community, and attend one-on-one virtual office hours with elected officials from the entire state of New Mexico.

Every Tuesday at 7:30am during the 60-day legislative session from January 19 – March 16, 2021, the Virtual Roundhouse will hold networking events and virtual office hours where you can connect with lawmakers.

It’s free and open to the public.

More information: http://virtualroundhousenm.com

Welcome to the first ever Virtual Roundhouse! Among the challenges of a pandemic, accessing your legislators should not be one of them. We are bringing the State Capitol and Roundhouse Legislative events to the entire state in a virtual series. Attend conferences and presentations, network with the community, and attend one-on-one virtual office hours with elected officials from the entire state of New Mexico.

Every Tuesday at 7:30am during the 60-day legislative session from January 19 – March 16, 2021, the Virtual Roundhouse will hold networking events and virtual office hours where you can connect with lawmakers.

It’s free and open to the public.

More information: http://virtualroundhousenm.com

State and local governments are a major piece of the U.S. economy, accounting for about 13 percent of all employment. They typically have balanced budget requirements, which mean that shortfalls in revenues triggered by the pandemic must be offset with spending cuts or tax increases—actions which hurt taxpayers and impede the economic recovery. The December 2020 COVID relief package approved by Congress provides roughly $125 billion to state and local governments for education, health, public transit, and highways, but doesn’t include any general aid to states or localities to cover revenue losses. This issue of aid to state and local governments is likely to linger, as these governments continue to face higher demands on spending as a result of the pandemic, and revenue losses in some states are likely to exceed any federal aid received.   

On Wednesday, February 10th at 12pm MST, the Municipal Finance Conference’s annual winter webinar will discuss several key questions, including: How has the pandemic affected state and local revenues, and how have these governments responded? How does the effect of the 2020 recession on state and local revenues compare to past recessions? What is the outlook for these revenues in the coming years? How have governments and the bond market reacted? 

The event will be hosted on Zoom, and attendees are invited to submit questions for the panelists using the Q&A function. Join the conversation on Twitter with #MuniFinance.

More information and to register: https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-state-local-budgets-past-present-and-future/

Public Banking Institute invites you to join them and folks from around the country to discuss public banking the second Friday of the month at 10am MST. This hour-long interactive conversation will give you a chance to ask questions of any sort about public banking, as well as find out about what’s going on in the movement, what problems are appearing and what developments are taking place. Instructions for joining this video and audio conference will be included in your registration confirmation. If you have questions, please contact the Administrator at [email protected] We hope to see you then!

Calls take place at 10:00 am MST on the second Friday of each month.

To register, follow this linK:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/cbb483b293ec510f34538d7d4481ef37?mc_cid=f9e2a67e04&mc_eid=107b9b7ab1

Welcome to the first ever Virtual Roundhouse! Among the challenges of a pandemic, accessing your legislators should not be one of them. We are bringing the State Capitol and Roundhouse Legislative events to the entire state in a virtual series. Attend conferences and presentations, network with the community, and attend one-on-one virtual office hours with elected officials from the entire state of New Mexico.

Every Tuesday at 7:30am during the 60-day legislative session from January 19 – March 16, 2021, the Virtual Roundhouse will hold networking events and virtual office hours where you can connect with lawmakers.

It’s free and open to the public.

More information: http://virtualroundhousenm.com

Welcome to the first ever Virtual Roundhouse! Among the challenges of a pandemic, accessing your legislators should not be one of them. We are bringing the State Capitol and Roundhouse Legislative events to the entire state in a virtual series. Attend conferences and presentations, network with the community, and attend one-on-one virtual office hours with elected officials from the entire state of New Mexico.

Every Tuesday at 7:30am during the 60-day legislative session from January 19 – March 16, 2021, the Virtual Roundhouse will hold networking events and virtual office hours where you can connect with lawmakers.

It’s free and open to the public.

More information: http://virtualroundhousenm.com

The goal of the Land and Water Summit is to bring together design professionals, construction and management companies, agencies, farmers, artists, teachers, hydrologists, ranchers, climatologists, wildlife advocates, homeowners, and policy makers to find sustainable ways to protect and share our state’s water and resources.

Join us online for our first virtual event as we present the first Green Stormwater Infrastructure Awards entries, topical, stimulating presentations from accomplished experts in their fields, moderated panel discussions, and open forums in which you can participate!

Register now: https://landandwatersummit.org/-l9O6W9lX9l1GecBWhXQW5y-/