Candy Ezzell News Today

It's no secret all of our state lawmakers have to fight to keep their seats in the Roundhouse at some point.

A bill that would allow funding from the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund to be used for disaster response passed the House of Representatives on a 64-3 vote on Wednesday. SB 176 now heads to the governor’s desk.  Rep. Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, attempted to amend the bill to include a three-year sunset date. But, Rep. […]

It’s a crime we used to call rustling, and it was a hanging offense.

As the clock ticks down toward the timeframe when the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will begin shooting feral cattle in the Gila Wilderness from helicopters, a controversial attempt to solve the feral cow problem failed in its first committee. The House Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee quickly tabled HB 423 on […]

A bill expanding the State Forester’s ability to improve forest health and address post-fire recovery passed the New Mexico House of Representatives on Friday on a 66-0 vote. Rep. Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo, Rep. Greg Nibert, R-Roswell, and Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, sponsored HB 195. The House amended the bill to clarify that the landowner must […]

The U.S. Forest Service is once again planning to remove the feral cattle from the Gila Wilderness by shooting them from helicopters. The aerial shooting will occur Feb. 23 through Feb. 26. The plans to remove cattle from the Gila Wilderness using both lethal and non-lethal methods come as the growing herd of feral cattle […]

House Bill 350 proposed a $12,000 tax credit per oil and gas well where gas capture devices are installed.

Crossroads Cattle Company’s ranch foreman noticed that the calf crop in one pasture was about half that of other pastures. A few weeks later, in June 2017, the foreman learned

It’s a crime we used to call rustling, and it was a hanging offense.

New Mexico House Republicans made an abrupt change in their leadership team Friday by electing a Roswell lawmaker to be their House Minority Caucus whip.