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Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, right, and Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, listen as members of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee debate a bill on rebuttable presumption for
Days remaining in session: 46 Committee considers San Juan cleanup: A bill to require state oversight of the cleanup of the San Juan Generating Station got its first hearing Saturday morning. Sponsored by Rep. Anthony Allison, D-Fruitland, House Bill 142 would put the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and the Environment Department in charge of overseeing the remediation […]
The New Mexico Legislature’s Courts, Corrections & Justice committee met this past week in Albuquerque to discuss a wide array of issues pertaining to corrections oversight to solitary confinement
New Mexico’s Democratic governor is siding with prosecutors and Republicans in order to uphold life sentences for young people charged as adults.
Prosecutors and lawmakers on Wednesday morning painted the second chance bill as a radical proposal and its proponents as unwilling to bend.