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By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Lawmakers on a House committee unanimously approved a plan to leverage state funds to draw matching federal money to work on wildlife corridor projects around the state. Senate Bill 72, which has $5 million committed to it in the state budget proposal, could bring in $20 million […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Lawmakers on Monday unveiled an omnibus tax policy bill that offers a number of credits and relief for most taxpayers across the state. But it falls short of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s efforts to offer hefty rebate checks to state residents battling inflation and the after-effects of […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican When it comes to school lunches, Alejandro Najera laid it out straight for the lawmakers. Senate Bill 4, the fifth grader from East San Jose Elementary School in Albuquerque told the Senate Finance Committee Thursday morning, might mean school kids “have better lunches that taste fresher, better.” […]
By Robert Nott and Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican James Mountain, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s controversial pick to head the state Indian Affairs Department, could spend most of his first year in office as Cabinet secretary-designate. State Sen. Katy Duhigg, an Albuquerque Democrat who chairs the Senate Rules Committee — the first […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican New Mexico lawmakers are still hoping to end their status as the only unpaid Legislature in the country before they adjourn for the year later this month. While a resolution that would do this hasn’t passed either the House or Senate yet, supporters of a paid Legislature […]