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The House approved amendments the Senate made to the state budget and sent the $10.18 billion budget to the governor’s desk. HB 2 creates a $10.18 billion Fiscal Year 25 state budget, which is a 6.5 percent increase in recurring funds from the previous budget. The Senate Finance Committee made several changes to the version
The Senate Finance Committee updated HB 2, the state budget, on Saturday but said they would not hold the hearing on the bill until Sunday. The committee updated the bill with some technical corrections to the bill. These changes included moving $470,000 from the Resource Management Division’s Personnel Services and Employee Benefits to the Environment
More than $600M in funding for highway construction in southeast New Mexico was stalled in the New Mexico Legislature as the session ends Saturday.
A study conducted by a nationwide transportation group indicated that $335M was needed for NM 128 and 31 construction project.
Southeast New Mexico legislators sought a $650M appropriation from the New Mexico Department of Transportation for two vital road projects.