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Senate passes bill setting qualifications for Public Regulation Commission members
The Senate today passed its version of a bill setting qualifications for the five elected members of the Public Regulation Commission. The Legislature has to decide on qualifications during this... Read more »
‘Breaking Bad bill’ breezes through House on 64-0 vote
A proposal to expand New Mexico’s film rebate program for certain television shows is on its way to the Senate, after members of the House approved it by 64-0 vote... Read more »
Use of permanent fund for early childhood ed passed by Sen. committee
SANTA FE — A proposed constitutional amendment to increase distributions from the state Land Grant Permanent Fund to afford expanded early childhood education programs passed the Senate Rules committee today... Read more »
House panel votes against minimum wage annual increase
A House committee today rejected a proposal to change the state constitution to require the minimum wage to be increased annually, in order to keep up with inflation. House Joint... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Checking the landscape
People keep asking me what kind of a legislative session it is. I usually shrug. Every session is different but they all start on time and end on time. The... Read more »
Breaking: House committee approves $5.9B budget bill on 15-3 vote
A $5.9 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year is on its way to the House floor after being approved this morning in the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.... Read more »
Senate votes to confirm NMFA board members Nann Winter and Blake Curtis
The New Mexico Senate has confirmed a pair of Gov. Susana Martinez’s appointees to the New Mexico Finance Authority, the latest dose of good news for an agency that was... Read more »
Senate majority leader back at work after hospitalization
State Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez is back on the job today at the Capitol after undergoing a heart procedure last week. The 62-year-old Belen Democrat had an angioplasty and... Read more »
UPDATED: Gov’s reading retention bill stalled in committee
SANTA FE — An effort backed by Gov. Susana Martinez to retain students who can’t adequately read before 4th grade was tabled this morning by the House Education Committee. Rep.... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Business as usual
It looks like the usual mess. Halfway through their 60-day session, New Mexico lawmakers have introduced roughly 1,300 bills and, as of Monday morning, had passed and sent to Gov.... Read more »
Heinrich touts immigration reform, LANL funding in speech to Legislature
In a speech on the House floor, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., told state lawmakers today he will fight attempts to cut funding for New Mexico’s national laboratories. Specifically, Heinrich... Read more »
Senate majority leader has heart procedure
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-Belen, was hospitalized this week for a heart procedure. His staff and his brother, former House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, described the angioplasty and stent procedure... Read more »
