ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--There’s a new set of data that residents across the state can use to assess the likely impacts of Project 2025 on New Mexico. Created by ProgressNow NM, Project2025NM.com launched this week and provides a look at specific policy proposals in areas like reproductive health, jobs and the economy, health care/child care, and the environment.
“There’s a lot of misinformation floating around about Project 2025,” said Joe Cardillo, Disinformation Defense Director with ProgressNow New Mexico. “This research focuses on concrete impacts that elected officials and residents would have to prepare for if it is implemented.”
The Project 2025 NM website includes:
- A general overview of Project 2025
- Information and data on how its policies will directly impact New Mexico families
- All content in English and Spanish
Featured in it are common topics like taxes, overtime protection for workers, student loan repayment plans, cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, and reproductive healthcare options such as birth control/contraception. There are currently 16 key areas covered, with a second round of research expected to be complete in September.
“The conversation so far has been fairly broad,” said Alissa Barnes, Executive Director of ProgressNow New Mexico, “but realistically, for New Mexicans, it is the local impacts that we need to be talking about. For example, eliminating Head Start programs that serve 7,390 low-income children — including in rural and tribal communities — would have a broader impact on our communities and economy.”
Project 2025’s key proposals are at odds with existing efforts to improve education, health care, housing affordability, and jobs/economic opportunities. Labor and education leaders have already expressed concerns, including how it could negatively impact New Mexico’s economy and perpetuate the well documented cycle of poverty in our state.
Both the English and Spanish language versions of Project 2025 NM can be accessed at www.project2025nm.com
