At the Roundhouse
A legislature blog by John Robertson
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At the Roundhouse: Lawyers, Sheep and Newspapermen
I wrote earlier this week about the occupational composition of the New Mexico Legislature in 2013, including its 14 lawyers and the historic decline in the number of farmers and... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Who Are These Guys? Part 2
Here’s another breakdown of the 112 men and women serving in New Mexico’s 2013 Legislature. Yesterday, I reported on their occupations. (Who Are These Guys? Part 1) Today we’re looking... 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 »
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 »
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 »
At the Roundhouse: Return of Service
If the legislative session were a tennis match, I’d say New Mexico lawmakers this week had a couple of effective returns of service. I’m not saying they aced Gov. Susana... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Santa Fe Drivers
Gov. Susana Martinez’s bill to stop issuing New Mexico driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants is scheduled for its first hearing on Tuesday. That’s 14 days into our 60-day legislative session.... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Today
There will be a memorial service today in the Capitol Rotunda for Fabián Chávez Jr., the late but memorable New Mexico Senate majority leader. Organizers are calling it a celebration... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Fabián
Fabián Chávez Jr. died on a tough news day, the story of his colorful and constructive life almost crowded out by reporting on a mass shooting in Albuquerque, President Barack... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Rodeo de Santa Fe
I drifted around the Capitol yesterday to soak up the atmosphere of the new legislative session, and here’s my report. Man, these guys look like a bunch of dudes starting... Read more »
At the Roundhouse: Leave the Drudgery to Us
And the No. 1 reason for reading the Journal’s coverage of the Legislature is: • You don’t have to be there. We’re there for you. Journal reporters are at the Capitol every... Read more »
Updated: At the Roundhouse — The Git-Go
Why all the excitement over the election of new leaders when the Legislature convened Tuesday? Power and influence are the easy answers. There’s some history intertwined.Read More
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