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Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway said two pending bills in the New Mexico Legislature might help the City recoup lost tax revenue from a 2019 bill.

The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee, with some members absent, voted 5-to-1 to pass SB 43, which would eliminate the possibility of a child being sentenced to life in prison without parole. Republican state Sen. Gregg Schemedes of Tijeras voted against the bill. State Sens. Jacob Candelaria, I-Albuquerque, David Gallegos, R-Eunice and Stuart Ingle, […]

Local state legislators will join others from across New Mexico at the state capitol on Tuesday, with 30 days of mostly budget-related lawmaking and

Wednesday  • Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., meeting room, Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Register online at www.bloodhero.com.

Since Monday, Dec. 6, at 9 a.m., I have spent most of my time in the county to the north of us — Santa Fe County — because that is where another debate about redistricting is happening. There were more people at the hearing Dec. 9 at the Sandoval County Commission than in legislative hearings. That alone says a lot about the anti-democratic direction the county is headed in.

Bobby Eugene

A vote on redrawn congressional districts in New Mexico was set for Dec. 6 by the New Mexico Legislature, said an Eddy County official.

A proposal would allow the state's finance authority to provide a line of credit to cannabis "microbusinesses" that are similar in size to a craft winery or brewery.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Small-scale marijuana businesses in New Mexico would receive access to publicly financed loans of up to $250,000 in an effort to promote social and economic fairness, under a proposal unveiled Thursday.

Duhigg's announcement could renew citizen Legislature debate