Gross receipts delight city officials
By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor If the measure is gross receipts tax collection — business has been good in Portales for the last six months. Collections have outperformed the amount budgeted by the...
View ArticleStreet woes plague residents
By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor City of Portales officials say repair and replacement of city streets has fallen behind for lack of funding over the years. A particularly bad winter has compounded...
View ArticleBriefs 12-23
PNT Staff Reports USDA accepting public comment on regulation The U.S. Department of Agriculture started accepting public comment Monday on a new regulation changing adjusted gross income...
View ArticleCounty commission to vote on gross receipt tax increase
By Argen Duncan The Roosevelt County Commission is scheduled to vote on a proposed new gross receipts tax at its meeting at 9 a.m. today in the County Courthouse. At the Jan. 6 commission meeting,...
View ArticleNew tax fails to pass
By Argen Duncan: PNT senior writer Roosevelt County is no longer facing a new gross receipts tax. The proposed sales tax of 6 cents on every $100 died for lack of a motion at the County Commission...
View ArticleElida voters to decide on gross receipts tax
Freedom New Mexico Elida voters on Tuesday will decide whether to implement an additional gross receipts tax for economic development and municipal infrastructure. The municipal election ballot...
View ArticleElida approves gross receipts tax
By Clarence Plank: PNT staff writer Elida residents approved a gross receipts tax 39-11 Tuesday with about half of registered voters casting ballots in municipal elections. Some 56 of 113 registered...
View ArticleTheir view: Gross receipts tax hampers state businesses
Paul Gessing, president of New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation, promotes limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility. Here’s a snippet of what he had to say in a recent column on...
View ArticleArea golf scores
Eastern New Mexico Senior Golf Association Monday-Tuesday at Cree Meadows Golf Club, Ruidoso Championship Flight Low gross: Ben Bradley, Carlsbad, 151 Low net: 1. Mike Jackson, Roswell, 156; 2. James...
View ArticleGolfers qualify for Cannon golf team
Dennis “Chris” Christensen Thirty-two Cannon golfers teed up for the first major event of the golf season on March 17-18 at the Whispering Winds Golf Course. The format for this tournament was medal...
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