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Stuff you need to know, 10.6.22

“Land Grant Permanent Fund constitutional amendment is years in the making”
by Susan Dunlap, New Mexico Political Report
October 5, 2022

In November, New Mexico voters will decide whether an additional 1.25 percent of distribution will come from the Land Grant Permanent Fund to help support early childhood education and improve child well-being, which ranks 49th or 50th in the nation. The fund, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, currently distributes 5 percent annually to the New Mexico Public Education Department and to 20 other public institutions.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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