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A voting sign stands outside the Doña Ana County Government Center in Las Cruces.

Local candidates file to run for local, state offices

Election season in the Mesilla Valley has officially begun. In all, 38 candidates filed to compete for 19 offices ranging from county clerks to district attorneys to state legislators. …
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is seen in her office at the state Capitol in Santa Fe on Jan. 30, 2024.

Governor signs higher ed trust fund into law

Among the bills Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law this week was a measure aiming to secure tuition-free college over the long term. Senate Bill 159, which passed the state House of …
Sen. Katy Duhigg, D-Albuquerque, during a 2022 hearing. Duhigg was one of the sponsors of the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act, which gives the New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance regulatory power over hospital mergers and acquisitions until July 2025.

Concerns about private equity owners drove hospital bill

SANTA FE — A proposed hospital network and health plan merger that would have created an $11 billion health care giant  fell apart  on the way to the altar last year. …
The New Mexico Senate chambers is seen at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe on Jan. 10.

How ethics fixes died in this year’s legislative session

An effort to fix the state’s anticorruption statute after the New Mexico Supreme Court barred prosecutors from bringing criminal charges under several of its provisions died in the state …
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a press conference following the adjournment of the legislative session on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2024. She praised lawmakers for working together to help deliver some of her education proposals.

Education funding grows in state budget

Education proved to be a flashpoint for debate in the 2024 30-day New Mexico legislative session. Conflicts about priorities, local control, funding and multilingual education marked debate as …
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An empty start to 2021 legislative session

Today I can report that the state of our state is … to be determined. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham broke with tradition last week and skipped the state of the state address, which has always been given by the governor a couple hours after the start of each legislative session. And I’m not sure why.

State in better fiscal shape than many residents

It will likely take the state of New Mexico three years to recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the state House Appropriations and Finance Committee were told last week.

A legislative session without all the hoopla

If they get the technology right, this could be one of the most productive 60-day sessions in the history of the New Mexico Legislature. It will undoubtedly be the least ceremonious.

Ghostly Capitol

Normally a beehive of activity on the Opening Day of the legislative session, the New Mexico State Capitol building was quiet behind fencing and streets blocked by State Police and National Guardsmen Tuesday, Jan. 19.

GOP efforts to constrain COVID regs blocked

Two bills by Republican lawmakers seeking to give the Legislature more authority over the public health regulations implemented by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were rejected Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Firefighter pension bill gets $30M in committee

A bill to equalize retirement pay for firefighters left the New Mexico Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee $30 million richer than when it arrived Wednesday, Feb. 3.
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