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Days remaining in session: 44 “School choice” shot down: The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday tabled a bill that would have created a $100 million fund to help parents pay for their children’s private school tuition. The sponsor of Senate Bill 109, Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, said after the hearing he wasn’t surprised by the committee’s […]

Days remaining in session: 45 Money in state politics: The oil and gas industry isn’t just a major source of revenue for state government coffers. The industry is also a big source of money in state politics, contributing more than $4.5 million to political campaigns during the 2022 election cycle, according to a report released Tuesday by […]

By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican The unmistakable aroma of roasting green chile wafting across New Mexico in the fall is now but a distant memory. But it may be captured in state statute forever. A bill that would adopt the smell as the official aroma of the state of New Mexico […]

Days remaining in session: 46 Committee considers San Juan cleanup: A bill to require state oversight of the cleanup of the San Juan Generating Station got its first hearing Saturday morning. Sponsored by Rep. Anthony Allison, D-Fruitland, House Bill 142 would put the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and the Environment Department in charge of overseeing the remediation […]

There's no doubt that Pep Guardiola is one of the best managers of all time, but the Spanish manager hasn’t got to where he is today without falling out with some players along the way.

The House Education Committee unanimously passed a bill that will, if enacted, make menstrual products free in the public and charter schools in New Mexico. HB 134, sponsored by House Rep. Christine Trujillo, D-Albuquerque, appropriates $3 million from the general fund to the New Mexico Public Education Department to provide free menstrual products in the […]

The Kansas City Chiefs don't run very often, but that may need to change against the Philadelphia Eagles.

By Nathan Brown and Phill Casaus, The Santa Fe New Mexican It’s almost as if Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Cabinet has sprung a leak. Three Cabinet secretaries have said they were departing within the past week — the most recent Public Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus, whose retirement was announced Saturday in a news release from […]

By Nathan Brown, The Santa Fe New Mexican Two bills to make big changes to wildlife management in New Mexico got their first hearing in a House committee Saturday. House Bill 183, which would abolish the Game and Fish Department and turn it into a division within the Energy, Mineral and Natural Resources Department, stalled […]

Days remaining in session: 51 Active shooter training: The full Senate and legislative staffers attended a closed-door active shooter training Thursday. “Training taking place — no entry,” stated signs on the doors to the Senate gallery. Before a reporter was asked to leave the media gallery overlooking the chamber, Paula Ulibarri, sergeant at arms for the Senate, […]