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Two bills focused on acequia projects, including recovery after disasters, passed committees on Monday. SB 176 would increase the amount of funding that the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure fund receives annually from the Irrigation Works Construction fund from $2.5 million to $5 million. HB 545 would allow the money from the Acequia and Community […]
We talk to New Mexico Senator Bill Soules about the legislative session and his push to make the smell of roasting green chile the official state aroma.
The Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously to pass a bill on Monday that would require the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to seek legislative approval to purchase land that costs more than $1 million. Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, sponsored SB 439. The bill comes following the department’s controversial purchase of L Bar Ranch […]
Leo Moya, a cashier at Nelson’s Meats in Albuquerque, bags a customer’s order in this April 2022 file photo. A bill that would prohibit New Mexico grocery stores, restaurants and
New Mexico lawmakers are debating a variety of gun bills during the 60-day session in Santa Fe.