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New Mexico lawmakers likely spent less than the $264,400 in taxpayer funds they had allocated to pay for the special legislative session that ended Thursday, a Legislative Council Service spokesman said Friday. Continue Reading
Neither bill generated much controversy during the otherwise disjointed session, which ended Thursday. Continue Reading
Reps. Bob Wooley and Sharon Clahchischilliage put aside personal objections to capital punishment and voted Thursday to reinstate the death penalty. Continue Reading
The governor will have to manage through the fact that some solvency legislation will not become law until January. And legislators have to be back that month to try to forge a budget for 2018 with almost no reserve funds. Continue Reading
The House adjourned sine die moments before the Senate early Thursday afternoon, so the special session of the Legislature is over. Continue Reading
Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester says it’s “offensive” that Republicans in the state House of Representatives voted to reinstate the death penalty “in the dark of night” Thursday. Continue Reading
Six days after the Senate passed a package of bills to restore solvency, there is still not an agreement on the bulk of the package. Continue Reading
Objections to House Speaker Don Tripp’s decision to hear a bill to reinstate the death penalty after midnight on Thursday morning, with no notice to the pubic, fell on deaf ears. Continue Reading
The spending plan still needs approval from the Senate, which is scheduled to reconvene on Thursday. Continue Reading
Gov. Susana Martinez’s job approval ratings are sinking. Continue Reading
Ken Ortiz, spokesman for Secretary of State Brad Winter, said his office had received letters of complaint from both political parties regarding improper fundraising. Continue Reading
Senate President Mary Kay Papen said Tuesday her colleagues would not accept the deeper reductions in higher education funding that House Republicans propose. Continue Reading
Without a doubt, 2016 has been one of the toughest years on record in the Land of Enchantment. Continue Reading
City commissioners voted down the proposal Monday evening during an emotional meeting that revealed a divide between those who want J.J. Murphy to stay and those who don’t. Continue Reading
Members of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 8-6 along party lines to send the capital punishment legislation to a vote of the full 70-member House of Representatives. Continue Reading