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If Gov. Susana Martinez signs a Senate bill into law, New Mexico will become the 46th state to specifically define strangulation as a serious violent crime. Continue Reading
The bipartisan legislation’s backers say the goal is to boost turnout in local elections that often draw little attention and relatively few voters. Continue Reading
Sexual misconduct in any form does not reflect Democratic values and has no place in our Party. Continue Reading
I will stand beside Neomi Martinez-Parra in any way I can moving forward. Continue Reading
A session marked by widespread agreement on the state’s budget and other issues ended Thursday with lawmakers praising each other for their work. Continue Reading
The House and Senate are down to haggling over a final detail: whether to hold such elections in June or November of odd-numbered years. Continue Reading
A $6.3 billion spending plan is on its way to Gov. Susana Martinez after the Senate and House of Representatives brokered a compromise. Continue Reading
On Wednesday, when the bill went to the Senate, it was assigned to the Conservation Committee, which isn’t scheduled to meet before the session ends at noon Thursday. Continue Reading
New Mexico legislators rolled five different crime bills into one, calling it a bipartisan attempt to make communities and prisons safer. Continue Reading
Amendments led a sunshine group to drop its opposition, but Spaceport America’s CEO said the bill could still let the facility withhold information such as leases and company identities. Continue Reading
The president pro tem of the Senate said the regents had arbitrarily stripped powers from Chancellor Garrey Carruthers. Continue Reading
Without the bill, state and local governments could lose tens of millions of dollars if a nonprofit university takes over management of Los Alamos National Laboratory later this year. Continue Reading
The state Democratic Party chair asking a woman to keep a complaint of sexual impropriety quiet is as disrespectful as anything Mr. Vasquez has done. Continue Reading
Since House Bill 147 now puts the interests of students first, we are encouraging the Senate to pass the bill in its amended form. Continue Reading
The state Democratic Party’s vice chair accused Commissioner John Vasquez of ‘inappropriate sexual misconduct’ and said the state party chair encouraged her to stay quiet. Continue Reading