Final approval granted to budget, sending $9.6B spending plan to governor
Budget measure with 13.7% increase approved by lawmakers
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Budget measure with 13.7% increase approved by lawmakers
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send a $9.57 billion budget bill to the governor for her approval. On a voice vote, the chamber concurred with the Senate’s amendments to House Bill 2, the last procedural step to send the bill to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s […]
Many measures moved forward in the New Mexico Legislature Wednesday, including those impacting free college, health care and retail crime.
Record $9.6B spending plan heads to New Mexico governor
New Mexico's Democratic-led Legislature sent an annual spending plan Wednesday to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for consideration that would increase annual general fund spending by 14% to underwrite tuition-free college, bolster rural rural health care networks and expand no-pay day care and prekindergarten.