A proposed amendment to the New Mexico Constitution to protect the state’s natural resources and environment passed the Senate Rules Committee Monday on a party-line vote. Senate Joint Resolution 3, sponsored by Democratic state Senators Antoinette Sedillo Lopez of Albuquerque, Bill Soules of Las Cruces and Harold Pope Jr. of Albuquerque, would provide residents of […]
A lawmaker from Roswell has introduced a joint resolution to amend the state constitution to establish a process by which counties could secede from New Mexico. Senate Joint Resolution 15 (SJR 15), sponsored by state Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, would submit to voters a proposed amendment to the New Mexico Constitution to let three or […]
A southern New Mexico lawmaker has filed a proposal that would create a path for counties to secede from the state.
Senate Joint Resolution 15, sponsored by Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, would amend the New Mexico Constitution to allow counties to break away from New Mexico and either form a new state or join another existing state.