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The NM Legislature worked straight through with interim committees meeting monthly, often away from the Roundhouse.  Several of those committees convened at UNM.   Today, the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee met at the UNM Cancer Center, ...

Governor Susana Martinez waited until the last hour of the last day to take action on several of the most important bills to emerge from the 2013 session of the New Mexico Legislature, including the state budget, capital outlay and the bill that keeps ...

There is always some drama to be had during the waning hours of the session. The great unknown was whether agreement on funding to buttress the lottery scholarship for the coming year would make it out of conference committee and be adopted on both ...

Good morning. It's the Ides of March which may have some significance on this next to last day of the 2013 legislative session.Though committees continue to meet, the major action at this late date has to be in the chambers. In the House, which goes on ...

Continuing our review of House action, NM Representatives passed the severance tax bond bill, SB 60, by a vote of 66 - 0. UNM has more than $10 million in projects in that bill. It now goes to the Governor. This morning House Appropriations gave a do ...

Hello. Keeping you informed on actions in the House:Budget ConcurrenceIt took Senators less than 10 minutes yesterday to unanimously approve the $5.9 billion state budget. Today, House members took more than 75 minutes to debate concurrence.Republican ...

Here are pertinent bills coming up on the floors of the House and Senate today, which promises to be another long one. Short version: most of the action will be in the House, where the budget awaits concurrence, STBs await approval, PERA pension in on ...

There is much to be said for working out issues ahead of time. The Senate unanimously approved the state budget this afternoon following some time outs for caucus on both sides of the aisle. There was no debate and just one out-of-order amendment that ...

We should see the budget on the Senate floor soon and ERB solvency is scheduled in House Labor tomorrow in a larger than usual committee room. Senators are due back on the floor at 11:30 a.m. The state budget bill is #76 on the agenda, but can be pulled ...

Good morning.Both houses are due back on the floor at 10:30 a.m.HOUSE THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION2. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 325. AN ACT RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT; ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO REDUCE WORK HOURS OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN ...