Ron Griggs News Today

Forget the presidential election at this stage. Watch what is happening closer to home.

The saga of aid to the states stripper well operators during the 2024 session serves as a reminder about influence, inattention and an industrys hold on the Legislature.

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

Lawmakers from the deep-red southeast region of New Mexico criticized the legislature-leading Democrats.

The last 24 hours of the legislative session can be lots of things: Rushed, confusing, controversial, maddening—or all of these at once. I’ve seen a lot of these final days over my last 15 years covering the legislative session full-time. This year, I decided to check in with what’s happening throughout the final 24 hours

The House of Representatives approved a certificate deeming local celebrity Marty the Moose the most "eligible bachelor" for Valentines Day, while the Senate passed amendments to a bill that aims

In the final days and hours of the legislative session, both the House and Senate spent some time speaking about and honoring legislators who won’t return to their chambers next year. This is not an exhaustive list; more could announce they won’t run before, or even on, filing day in March. This also, obviously, doesn’t

The Senate passed the state budget Monday on a 31-10 vote. HB 2 creates a $10.18 billion Fiscal Year 25 state budget, which is a 6.5 percent increase in recurring funds from the previous budget. In all, this adds up to reserves of 30 percent of the budget. “So the idea here, Mr. President, was

The bill would have affected three immigrant detention facilities in Torrance, Otero and Cibola counties.

The Senate likely killed a bill on Tuesday that would have ended immigration detention in New Mexico. The chamber voted to table the bill on an 18-20 vote which means, barring a change of heart from one senator who voted against the bill, it is dead for the session. SB 145, sponsored by state Sen.