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Vaccines Among Last Hurdles To Open New Mexico Classrooms - By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press/Report For America New Mexicos teachers unions say a slow vaccine rollout and the expiration of federal COVID-19 sick leave are the remaining hurdles to getting students in schools. On Tuesday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that some of the power to reopen schools will be given back to local districts nearly a year after they closed their doors. That decision came with the blessing of union ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic state senators advanced a bill Monday to repeal New...

meunierd/Shutterstock Senate Bill 10, which would repeal the 1969 abortion ban on state law books, passed the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee 5-3 Monday. The vote fell along party lines with the three Republican state Senators voting against and the five Democrats on the committee voting in favor. After a two hour wait due to technical difficulties, the committee hearing ran for nearly 2.5 hours due to the length of the debate on the issue. Members of the public for both sides gave i...

The New Mexico state Senate will likely start the official push for full cannabis legalization as late as next week, according to the top member of Democratic leadership.  Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, said the Senate will not meet for its second floor session until Feb. 1, but that he expects “a huge […]

Tommy Lopez, Patrick Hayes Created: January 22, 2021 09:43 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- There could soon be another way to get alcohol in New Mexico. Home delivery has been discussed for years, and now those leading the renewed charge are confident the changes will become law this year. Bills in the state legislature expected to be taken up this session also include dramatically lowering licensing costs for restaurants that want to serve liquor. The proposed changes are meant to h...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Freshman Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, signs paperwork on the Senate floor Tuesday as Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, looks on. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – They arrived without their friends and family, taking the oath insi...

New Mexico’s 2021 legislative session will surely be marked with debates over education issues, state finances and abortion rights. But the Legislature is also set to weigh the pros and cons of recreational-use cannabis. In recent years,  generally speaking, Democrats have pushed for legalization while Republicans have opposed it. This year, though, Democratic lawmakers expect to see multiple legalization bills, with some technical differences.  Senate leadership, along with at least two ex...

Questions Linger on New Mexico’s Virtual Legislative Session As New Mexico state lawmakers convened for 2021s 60-day session on Tuesday, the Capitol remained almost entirely closed to the public in favor of webcasts and other virtual ways of meeting. by Algernon DAmmassa, Las Cruces Sun-News / January 21, 2021 The New Mexico House of Representatives chambers. Shutterstock/Nagel Photography (TNS) — Among Ne...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers confronted daunting challenges as they began...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Daunting challenges await the New Mexico Legislature as it...