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Falling oil prices may threaten oil-dependent state budget

by Associated Press
| March 9, 2020 2:30 PM

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A plunge in world oil prices Monday threatened to reverse budget surpluses that have allowed New Mexico to make major new investments in government salaries, public school education, health care and business incentives.

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