For some GOP lawmakers, team topped conscience on death penalty
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Reps. Bob Wooley and Sharon Clahchischilliage put aside personal objections to capital punishment and voted Thursday to reinstate the death penalty. Continue Reading
State’s fiscal crisis ‘is not going away’
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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
Budget fix goes to guv; Senate ends session with crime bills unheard
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The House adjourned sine die moments before the Senate early Thursday afternoon, so the special session of the Legislature is over. Continue Reading
Archbishop blasts ‘blasphemous’ death penalty bill and ‘political jockeying’
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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
After House votes on budget bills, state solvency efforts in uncharted territory
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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
Despite Dem protest, House OKs death penalty bill at night, without public notice
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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
House OKs amended version of Senate bill to cut state agencies
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The spending plan still needs approval from the Senate, which is scheduled to reconvene on Thursday. Continue Reading
Two polls show Martinez’s approval rating dropping
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Gov. Susana Martinez’s job approval ratings are sinking. Continue Reading
Barred from fundraising during session, some forget to disable web donations
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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
A substantive proposal for revamping public education
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We shouldn’t blow up the public-school system and privatize. We shouldn’t do nothing either. Here are this veteran educator’s ideas on how to improve the system. Continue Reading
Despite NM’s high hopes, Martinez continues to let the public down
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We all want what’s best for our families, and Gov. Martinez campaigned on a promise to run New Mexico differently. Continue Reading
Budget talks center on how much to cut higher education funding
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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
The brilliant, beautiful and ugly faces of October in New Mexico
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Without a doubt, 2016 has been one of the toughest years on record in the Land of Enchantment. Continue Reading
In praise of the N.M. Senate’s respect and civility
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The New Mexico Senate’s 12-hour marathon on Friday was a pleasant surprise. Continue Reading
State loves loan sharks; public servants, not so much
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The New Mexico Employee Benefits Bureau could make affordable small loans available to almost 80,000 state and local government and higher education workers. Continue Reading