Bill advances to hold special primary congressional election
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State legislators gave a warm welcome Monday to a bill that would...
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MON: Committee Passes Cannabis Legalization Bill, Outside Team To Help Albuquerque Police, + More
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press Legislators have advanced a proposal to legalize recreational cannabis across New Mexico and lift the state's tight restrictions on production for its medical cannabis program. After more than six hours of testimony and deliberations, a legislative committee on health issues on Monday endorsed one bill backed by Democrats and sidelined a second, in efforts to set up a taxed and regulated marketplace for broad cannabis sales. The two-day hearing pushed to the forefront an initiative that would subsidize medical marijuana for the poor and do away with curre...
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Congressional vacancy bill narrowly advances
SANTA FE -- With U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland poised to take the reins of a key federal agency, a bill that would overhaul the process for picking her potential successor passed…
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Editorial: Is there a lawyer in the house? » Albuquerque Journal
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... It’s no secret New Mexico’s health care system faces significant challenges, just coming up for air after the flood of COVID-19 patients stressed intensive care units and threatened to overwhelm hospital staff. That was true pre-COVID-19, and it is true now. An Albuquerque Journal report in 2019 found the state ranked 48th among 50 states for access to health care in a study that included the n...
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Editorial: 2 good-government bills will improve NM's elections » Albuquerque Journal
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Independent voters don’t have a voice in New Mexico’s primary elections, and lawyers are financing judicial campaigns. Two good-government bills addressing these election shortcomings have been introduced in the Legislature, and it’s time to pass them both and make them law. House Bill 79, sponsored by Democratic Reps. Miguel Garcia and Daymon Ely and Sen. Katy Duhigg and Republican Sen. Mar...
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