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In the final days and hours of the legislative session, both the House and Senate spent some time speaking about and honoring legislators who won’t return to their chambers next year. This is not an exhaustive list; more could announce they won’t run before, or even on, filing day in March. This also, obviously, doesn’t
Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, called it "not a terribly productive session. We did what we had to do — the budget."
The state budget bill is likely to be heard by a key committee Sunday, while a bill to fund 65 water projects statewide has passed the House.
She’s stepping down with about a year left in her term, after being reelected in 2020 for four years until 2024.
Gay Kernan, a Hobbs Republican, has served in the state Senate 21 years.