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Days remaining in session: 58 Oh, how sweet: State Sen. Crystal Diamond, R-Elephant Butte, is urging Democratic lawmakers to use caution with the record level of revenues at the Legislature’s disposal this year — and she’s doing it in a really sweet way. On the desk of her office on the fourth floor of the state Capitol, Diamond has […]

Wildlife advocates want the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to allow a wolf that school children in Arizona named Asha continue moving north after she crossed the Interstate 40 boundary that serves as the northern border of the Mexican wolf experimental population area. More than a […]

Days left in session: 59 ‘Feed bill’ hard to swallow: A routine bill that funds the operations of the Legislature during the 60-day session drew opposition from House Republicans over a $2.5 million, one-time appropriation to hire a consultant to study the feasibility of district offices for legislators with full-time staff. After about 2 1/2 hours of […]

By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican As the influential House Appropriations and Finance Committee held its first meeting of the 60-day legislative session Wednesday, a familiar face was noticeably absent. A day after being stripped of her chairmanship, Rep. Patty Lundstrom, D-Gallup, sat at her desk in the chamber of the House of […]

By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Just as the last day of the 2022 legislative session ended with a bombshell of surprise when then-House Speaker Brian Egolf announced he was not running for reelection, the first day of this year’s session ended with a shock. Rep. Patty Lundstrom, D-Gallup, was removed from her post as […]

Days remaining in session: 60 A vote is a voice: Supporters of legislation to restore voting rights to felons while they are still on probation or parole held a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss the issue. Representatives of several community advocacy groups said the effort will be part of a larger voting rights bill that is […]

By Scott Wyland, The Santa Fe New Mexican As could be expected, some parts of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s State of the State address that drew standing ovations among her supporters Tuesday were attacked by Senate Republicans.  “We heard more and more and more about all these problems we have, and the [governor’s] one answer […]

By Robert Nott and Daniel J. Chacón Lawmakers from two of the most influential legislative committees held their last meetings Monday before the start of 2023 legislative session, laying out a list of high priorities — including an education measure that has emerged as the latest battleground in what has been called the Capitol’s urban-rural […]

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