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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 sparsely populated mailboxes in the so-called hub of the state Capitol said it all about the last day of this year's legislative session.
A bill that would have provided paid leave for several weeks died on the House floor when 11 Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against it on Wednesday. SB 3, sponsored by state Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, would have provided up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and, for a few years, up
After three iterations of legislation, the Pueblos, Apache Tribes and Navajo Nation are closer than ever to receiving millions in funding from New Mexico to create more educational opportunities for
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