New Mexico legislative session opens in eerily empty Capitol building Algernon D Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News
New Mexico Roundhouse quiet on first morning of legislative session
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SANTA FE – New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales called the opening day of the state s 55th legislative session unusual, unprecedented, as he presided over the state Senate Tuesday.
House Speaker Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, called it a time of tremendous hardship, sacrifice and a historic moment in New Mexico and this country, in a floor speech after being re-elected to the speakership.
Among the 23 lawmakers beginning their first terms in the legislature, one new state senator Elephant Butte Republican Crystal Diamond said, We ve cut the people out of the people s house.
Cowboys For Trump Leader Arrested Over US Capitol Riot
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A New Mexico county official and founder of the group Cowboys for Trump who had vowed to return to Washington after last week s riot at the U.S. Capitol to place a flag on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s desk was arrested Sunday by the FBI.
Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin was arrested on charges of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol.
According to court documents, Griffin told investigators that he was caught up in the crowd, which pushed its way through the barricades and entered the restricted area of the U.S. Capitol, but he said he did not enter the building and instead remained on the U.S. Capitol steps.
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With the Legislature shifting to the left and the pandemic exacerbating educational inequities, New Mexico Democrats say they're on the cusp of finishing a decades-long fight to withdraw more money from the state's largest and oldest endowment to fund early learning initiatives.
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