New Mexico Legislature
Recent News About New Mexico Legislature
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New Mexico Republican lawmakers are pleased that their Democratic counterparts are looking to address crime in the state but feel the latter should have stepped up sooner.
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New Mexico starts 2022 with a series new laws approved by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the state’s Democratic-led Legislature.
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In New Mexico, some legislators have been pushing heavily for more behavioral health services for residents, but the bill that they have put together has been tabled for the time being.
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Frustrated Native American leaders recently walked out of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in Santa Fe as members overwhelmingly voted to advance new redistricting maps for New Mexico.
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The New Mexico state Senate recently approved a reconstructed version of the state’s congressional map, with all Republicans voting against in a 25-15 vote, according to NM Political Report.
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Several state lawmakers are raising alarm about alterations to three bills without given a day’s notice during last week’s House of Representatives debate.
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State lawmakers are scrambling to find out why there was $5 million in funds given to the Department of Game and Fish as part of House Bill 2 (HB 2).
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The New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs has requested an additional $5 million in the state budget from the legislature in 2022.
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Nearly three dozen groups in New Mexico have written a joint letter to lawmakers in the state that expressed their concerns about fossil hydrogen and how it's a "counterproductive distraction" instead of a solution for climate change.
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Earlier this year, the New Mexico Legislature pushed through a package of 70 new bills, one of which was the "aid-in-dying" bill that allows physicians to prescribe "life-ending medication" to people suffering from a terminal illness.
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Although it can be argued that New Mexico meant well with its firearms-related legislation of recent years, advocates of responsible gun ownership say the efforts are doing more harm than good.
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Two years have now passed since the first of several hotly debated gun-control bills passed in Santa Fe.