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Members of Attorney General Hector Balderas’ staff walked out in protest Tuesday when a committee voted to exempt teens from prosecution in cases of “sexting.” That was on the minds of senators when they ejected Balderas’ staffers from the Senate floor Wednesday. Continue Reading
The $855,000, if the bill is signed by the governor, would build a new gate at the Santa Fe’s airport. Continue Reading
A larger unknown is what will happen when lawmakers convene in January 2017 to craft a budget for fiscal year 2018. “There is no fat left, there’s no lard left, there is nothing but bone left. So, if the economy doesn’t turn around, we have more unpleasant work left,” said Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino. Continue Reading
Preventing criminal prosecution of teenagers who consensually exchange explicit images does not condone the conduct; it just prevents stupid, adolescent behavior from having life-changing criminal consequences. Continue Reading
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, said Wednesday he is getting a bum rap over this week’s sudden death of a proposed amendment to the N.M. Constitution to create a state ethics commission. Continue Reading
The measure would allow 17-year-olds to vote in the primary if they will turn 18 before the general election. Continue Reading
Their action effectively leaves the struggling scholarship program without any means to shore it up until next year’s legislative session. Continue Reading
While a bill to toughen child-pornography penalties makes its way through the Legislature, some disagree with the attorney general’s opposition to an exemption that would protect some teens in consensual relationships from prosecution if they send photos to each other. Continue Reading
Many New Mexicans are upset that a proposal to create a state ethics commission has met its death once again in the Senate Rules Committee. Continue Reading
With the Legislative session ending Thursday, a bill to expand the use of a powerful drug to reverse opioid overdoses is still waiting for a final vote on the Senate floor. Continue Reading
The change is intended to increase citizen access by giving those who can’t attend meetings in person or watch webcasts live a way to catch up at their convenience. Continue Reading
Four elected officials in Los Alamos County could receive almost a tenfold increase in pay through a bill that cleared the state Legislature on Tuesday. Continue Reading
The rally came days after the state Senate approved an amended budget that would cut such services by $3.7 million. Continue Reading
In a cantankerous hearing Tuesday night, a Senate committee approved a bill to increase penalties for those who manufacture, distribute and possess child pornography, but not until adding an exception for consensual cases of teenage “sexting.” Continue Reading
Time and money are both running out as state education officials try to broker a deal with the U.S. government by the end of the legislative session, at noon Thursday, to prevent the loss of at least $34 million in federal funding for special-education programs. Continue Reading