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UNM’s Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is pushing for campus safety not just on main campus, but across the state, at all schools.  Their latest initiative is supporting and amplifying students in their lobbying efforts for Senate Bill 82. This bill is...

The people of Santa Fe were seeing red on Monday. Dozens of The University of New Mexico’s departments, programs and student groups gathered at the State Capital Building to celebrate all things UNM with legislators and community leaders. UNM Day, is an...

It’s all over but the sighing. The New Mexico Legislature adjourned sine die at noon today, leaving the state with a budget package that ensures the really hard work is yet to come and will occur in the trenches. The mandatory bills for the 30-day...

As the end draws near, the action heats up. With Driver’s License/REAL ID legislation on its way to the governor, lawmakers must focus on the budget and on capital outlay during the waning hours of the legislative session. These are the must-pass...

Graduate students from the University of New Mexico recently showcased their research at this year’s Graduate Education Day, at the state capitol building. Legislators welcomed students from each of New Mexico’s six graduate schools as they made the case...

The New Mexico Legislature is now in session, having convened around noon with all due pomp and ceremony. Two hours and several hundred introductions later, Gov. Susana Martinez delivered her State of the State to lawmakers. Her goals for the session...

It’s one week and one day before the New Mexico Legislature convenes for its 2016 session. This is a 30-day session with the main focus on all things financial. Both the Executive and the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) have released their budget...

Eighty days after the New Mexico Legislature adjourned sine die, ending its regular session, legislators were back in the roundhouse in a special session called by Gov. Susana Martinez to complete some unfinished business on Monday. The legislature ...

Gov. Susana Martinez had lunch with business leaders yesterday, taking the opportunity to sign HB 170, which makes changes to the Higher Education Endowment Act that allow an infusion of cash into the endowment fund once the budget is signed.

Applause broke out on the house floor as members voted unanimously to concur with senate changes to the state budget bill. The $6.234 billion budget calls for a 1.3 percent increase in spending with reserves hovering at 8 percent.