How to avoid legislative unfinished business: a professional Legislature
Well, what do you know? Another special session has been called for the first week of April. This...
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Tag: legislature
Why crime bills are so hard to pass here
If ever there was a year for get-tough-on-crime legislation in New Mexico, you’d think it would be...
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Maybe bypassing our current elections, legislatures, isn’t all that smart
California Governor Gavin Newsom handily defeated a recall effort this week. And I’m glad. Before...
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Legislature 2021: More booze in restaurants, yes. Legal pot? Maybe
As I approach my Thursday night deadline, the 2021 legislative session has less than 48 hours...
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Covid relief and the economy are priorities for session
State legislators for the East Mountains and Estancia Valley outlined their priorities for the...
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Legislature passes $330m coronavirus relief package
In an 8-hour special session, the state Legislature approved $330 million in relief for New...
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Legislative races unofficial results
With unofficial results tallied statewide, legislative races in the area remained within the same...
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State Legislature: short session, long agenda
So on Tuesday, we start a 30-day legislative session in New Mexico. The shorter sessions in...
Read MoreSeries: Guns and what we think about them
Guns have been a part of the culture of our place since the first Spaniards came to the new world, before there was New Mexico, and before there was a nation with a Constitution. Guns came alongside the saw and the plow in the...
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Assessing the session and its aftermath
Time to assess the damage. Well over 200 pieces of legislation were passed in this year’s session...
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We can end New Mexico’s vicious boom-and-bust cycle
There’s disagreement about whether furloughing government employees and closing state parks is...
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Could this be the year for capital reform?
Buried inside nearly a thousand proposals introduced so far this legislative session is a measure...
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Griego case reveals culture of secrecy, tolerance for conflicts
Several high-ranking government officials “knew or may have known” about former state Sen. Phil...
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The charade is over; it’s time to create an ethics commission
After a proposal to create a state ethics commission died for the umpteenth time in the...
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Dispatch New Mexico: Good-government issue will resurface next session
One of the many bills to fall by the wayside in the just-past legislative session was House Bill...
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Sue Wilson Beffort to retire after 20 years in the state Senate
Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort is taking part in her last legislative session, and will retire at the end...
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Dispatch New Mexico: Another legislative session around the bend
So here we are, at the onset of another legislative session. It’s one of the short ones, 30 days,...
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