Trip Jennings

1 week ago | riograndesun.com | Trip Jennings

From my childhood through my late 30s, the “big city” was always New York. All but three years of my first 41 years of life was spent east of the Mississippi River, in Georgia, Florida and Connecticut. I came by my affection for the Big Apple honestly. My parents fanned my love affair traveling to the city with my brother and me in tow several times in the 1970s and 80s.

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Trip Jennings

ESPAÑOLA — Several days ago, life was moving fast as the New Mexico Legislature was wrapping up its 60-day legislative session, and news out of Washington detailed new ways President Donald Trump wants to permanently alter the role of the federal government in Americans’ lives. A part of my job is paying attention to local, state and national news. And that means surfing a tsunami of stories many days that can make it feel as if I am all living at a million miles an hour.

1 week ago | nmindepth.com | Trip Jennings

What would have been the first increase to the state’s alcohol excise tax in 30 years died Friday, a victim of a disagreement between Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state lawmakers over tax policy. Lujan Grisham vetoed the Legislature’s omnibus tax package, HB14, which included the proposed tax increase on alcohol.

3 weeks ago | riograndesun.com | Trip Jennings

A week and a half ago life was moving fast as the New Mexico Legislature was wrapping up its 60-day legislative session and news out of Washington detailed new ways Donald Trump wants to permanently alter the role of the federal government in Americans’ lives. A part of my job is paying attention to local, state, and national news. And that means surfing a tsunami of stories many days that can make it feel as if I am all living at a million miles an hour.

1 month ago | riograndesun.com | Trip Jennings

I’m writing this column between strolls through the Roundhouse on Monday afternoon. You see splatters of green everywhere. The Irish are everywhere on St. Patrick’s Day, it seems. It is the last week of the 60-day legislative session in Santa Fe and I like to stroll because the walls talk to you if you’ve covered a statehouse long enough. Obviously, the walls don’t literally talk.