A view of the state Capitol in Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
SANTA FE – The latest round of federal stimulus funding – $1.75 billion for New Mexico – hasn’t hit the state government’s bank account yet.
But partisan tension over how to handle the money is escalating.
House Republicans and Democrats this week exchanged letters over how the Legislature should respond to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s line-item vetoes of part of the state budget – a dispute that includes her rejection of legislative plans for allocating some of the federal money.
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House Republicans are pushing the Legislative Council – a panel of top-ranking lawmakers – to convene an immediate meeting to debate how to respond to the budget vetoes.
Legislators announce return to in-person committee hearings
May 3, 2021
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In this Monday, April 5, 2021, photo Jonathan Chilton, 14, center, sits on his BMX bike in front of the New Mexico state capitol ahead of a bill signing by the governor in Santa Fe, N.M. Chilton started school remotely on Tuesday following the Easter break. Around half of his classmates are now studying in-person, and he s not sure if he should go back with just a few weeks left in the semester.Cedar Attanasio/AP
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico legislators will return in July to in-person committee meetings amid evidence of retreating coronavirus infections and risks, the state House speaker announced Monday.
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SANTA FE New Mexico legislators will return in July to in-person committee meetings amid evidence of retreating coronavirus infections and risks, the state House speaker announced Monday.
Legislative hearings have been conducted largely by web conference since the spring of 2020 as a precaution against the pandemic.
“We re going to return to our normal protocol of in-person meetings just like before the pandemic, Democratic House Speaker Brian Egolf of Santa Fe told a panel of leading legislators via videoconference.
The Capitol building reopened to the public last week and a lead budget-writing committee gathered on the floor of the House of Representatives to hear testimony from a top state health official and other experts.
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