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Spaceport Liability Waiver Unanimously Passes Senate
SANTA FE — Legislation to expand the state’s spaceport liability waiver to include spacecraft manufacturers unanimously passed the Senate today without debate. Although the effort fell short during the past... Read more »
Some Lawmakers Propose Changing The Way University Regents Are Selected
Constitutional amendments changing the way university regents are selected were introduced today in the state House. House Joint Resolution 9 focuses on the state’s biggest schools, the University of New... Read more »
Senate Rules Committee Passes PRC Qualifications Bill 7-3
This year’s debate over how high to set the bar for eligibility to serve on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has begun. Members of the Senate Rules Committee voted... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Who Are These Guys?
This is an attempt to analyze what New Mexico legislators do for a living. You laugh. But punchlines aside, we’re always telling you the 112 members of the House and... Read more »
House Panel Tables Bill Barring Enforcement of Federal Gun Laws
A House committee has rejected a bill that would have prohibited federal gun laws from being enforced in New Mexico. The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee tabled House Bill... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Guns Drawn
The gun control story in Tuesday’s Journal shows it’s hard for New Mexico’s part-time lawmakers to prepare for all of the issues that might confront them when they get to... Read more »
Breaking: NM Gun Control Measure Stalls on 8-8 Vote
After nearly five hours of heated testimony and debate, a measure that would have required mandatory background checks for firearm purchases from gun shows or private vendors failed to advance... Read more »
Breaking: Spaceport Liability Measure Zooms Through Senate Committee
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 9-0 in favor of a bill that would expand legal liability protections for spacecraft manufacturers and suppliers, paving the way for a... Read more »
New-Hire Tax Credit Would Spark N.M. Job Growth, Gov. Says
Gov. Susana Martinez reiterated her legislative plan for economic development today, saying a proposed $1,000 tax credit for each new employee a company hires and new funding for the state-supported... Read more »
NM Dems Announce Legislative Jobs Package
Top-ranking Democratic state lawmakers this morning rolled out their plan to get the state’s economy back on track, calling their approach more far-reaching than the one unveiled last month by... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Raw Numbers
Numbers from Sunday Journal stories still rolling around in my head: – Medicaid paid for about 70 percent of the nearly 28,000 child births in New Mexico in 2010. –... Read more »
Rep. Brown Makes Good on Pledge, Unveils Revised Abortion Bill
One day after landing at the center of a national firestorm for her bill that some critics said would make it a crime for rape victims to have an abortion,... Read more »
