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By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican | February 2, 2021 The New Mexico Supreme Court The state Supreme Court has temporarily denied a request by House Republicans to prohibit the enforcement of pandemic-related rules for this year’s legislative session. While the court continues to consider a final ruling, the current procedures for the 60-day session remain in place. After a contentious week that included a COVID-19 outbreak involving one Republican legislator and others who work at the Cap...

The public gallery is closed off at the New Mexico House of Representatives as state lawmakers trickle into the Statehouse on Tuesday in Santa Fe, on the first day of a 60-day legislative session. Fences, roadblocks, police and troops encircled the building as a precaution against federal warnings about the potential for violence. Plexiglass partitions have been installed on the floor of the House and Senate to protect legislators from coronavirus infection, and the Capitol is closed to the pub...

‘Cookie ninjas’ caught on camera leaving holiday treats on neighbor’s porch By KOVR Staff | December 23, 2020 at 8:11 AM CST - Updated December 23 at 8:11 AM LINCOLN, Calif. (KOVR) - A brother and sister are secretly spreading holiday cheer in their neighborhood to brighten spirits during the pandemic. Imriel Ely and Damon Ely call themselves the cookie ninjas. The ninjas get why they can’t see their friends in person. So, they’re baking spirits bright - dropping of...

Republican leaders in the New Mexico House are seizing on a new report by Los Alamos National Laboratory that says the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak during the 2021 legislative session would be low with a few precautionary measures and a much shorter time frame. One leading House Democrat countered that the report notes there would be a “high risk of COVID 19 spread” at the Capitol if the 60-day session were conducted normally, with some 600 people milling around in the building at one ...