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The Senate passed a bill on a 37-2 vote that would create a fund to receive federal dollars to assist in creating wildlife corridors. SB 72, sponsored by Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, builds off of past legislation that resulted in a wildlife corridor study. It further appropriates $5 million to the fund to […]

A bill that would appropriate $25 million for the state to acquire water rights to help meet interstate compact and endangered species requirements passed the Senate Conservation Committee on an 8-0 vote on Thursday. This comes after last year’s allocation of $15 million to the state strategic water reserve was fully spent, Sen. Liz Stefanics, […]

SANTA FE – A legislative panel advanced a bill Monday that would help local governments plan in advance for climate-related threats to public health such as wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and rapid...

This line of trees and a fence caught debris and likely saved Grace Vigils home from flooding that resulted from storm water rushing off slopes burned by the Calf Canyon/Hermits

The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee voted 7-2 in support of legislation that would create a public health and climate resiliency program as well as a fund that would assist communities in responding to emergencies related to climate change. The Public Health and Climate Resiliency bill, SB 5, is sponsored by Democrats Sen. Elizabeth […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A legislative panel advanced a bill Monday that would help local governments plan in advance for climate-related threats to public health such as wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and rapid erosion.

New Mexico is advancing a bill to help local governments better prepare itself from climate-related threats, including floods, wildfires, and extreme heat.

Lawmakers to parse three proposals for extending learning time in public schools.

A legislative panel has advanced a bill to help local governments and tribal agencies plan in advance for climate-related threats to public health such as wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and rapid erosion.

Lawmakers to decide how to divvy up a record high $12 billion state budget