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Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal In this file photo, Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, participates remotely in a committee hearing. On Saturday, he urged the supporters and opponents of medical malpractice legislation to work on a compromise. (Eddie Moore/Journal) SANTA FE – A proposal to remove hospitals from the state's Medical Malpractice Act – exposing them to greater damage awards in court – narrowly survived a tense, tearful committee hearing Saturday. The legislation, House Bill 75, now heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where a competing measure ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, asks questions during a debate on the Senate floor this week. She is sponsoring legislation this year that would change New Mexico’s child support laws, with the goal of getting more money to children. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – New Mexico is racing to update its child support laws to avoid the loss of $148 millio...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, answers questions on the Senate floor Tuesday. She is co-sponsor of a bill that would make changes to New Mexico’s medical malpractice law. (Eddie Moore/Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – As the session enters its final weeks, New Mexico legislators are evaluating two starkly different proposals aimed at ensuring doctors can afford insurance for ...

By By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican | March 2, 2021 Laura Paskus Democrats in the House of Representatives voiced outrage over an email from an Otero County official they claim contains a threat against Speaker Brian Egolf. Democrats contend Otero County Assessor Steve Boyd, who also serves as president of New Mexico Counties, a group that advocates for counties’ needs statewide, wrote an email about a recent  Albuquerque Journal story on Egolf’s Santa Fe-based law firm settling 10 legal cases against state agencies for more than $2 million over the past five years. According to th...

COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 166 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 185,297. The health department has designated 147,446 of those cases as recovered. Of the state's 33 counties, 21 had reported new cases: 55 in Bernalillo County, followed by Doña Ana County with 38 and Sandoval County with 10. Santa Fe County had two new cases. The state also announced 13 additional deaths; there have now been 3,729 fatalities. As of yesterday, 186 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. You can read all of SFR's COVID-19 coverage here. I...