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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
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
The New Mexico Senate’s 12-hour marathon on Friday was a pleasant surprise. 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
The measure would cut in half the annual cap for all credits paid to film production companies in the fiscal year that began July 1. The current limit is $50 million. Continue Reading
House Speaker Don Tripp called a recess until Wednesday, leaving three major bills in a Senate-passed “solvency package” still awaiting action in a rare election-year special session. Continue Reading
The House Appropriations Committee gave positive recommendations to two Senate bills, sending both measures to the full House for debate. Some of the Senate budget bills have died in House Committees. Continue Reading
The measure goes next to the state Senate, but it faces an uphill climb. Continue Reading
House Majority Leader Nate Gentry vowed to stay in session and force the Senate to return next week. Continue Reading
The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill Saturday allowing judges to sentence anyone convicted of intentional child abuse resulting in death to life in prison, which in New Mexico is 30 years. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Senate abandoned efforts to work out a deal with the House and governor to address the state’s budget woes, instead approving its own fiscal plan before quitting work early Saturday. Continue Reading
Even as crime bills moved forward, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee worked to steer debate back to the state’s finances. Continue Reading
The proposed solvency measures would touch every aspect of state services from workers and retirees to college campuses and special education students. Continue Reading