1,250 Views   SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) â Debate is brewing over how New Mexico should manage some of its prime tracts of land. Recently the State Land Office announced they wouldnât open any new leases on several hundred acres of land, but some state leaders are pushing back.
457 Views   New Mexico Republican State Senator William âBillâ Burt announced his retirement from the Senate Friday after serving 14 years. The District 33 Senator will complete his term through 2024, according to an emailed statement released by the Senate Republican Leadership Office. Senator Burt was appointed to the Senate
297 Views   SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) â Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a more than $10 billion budget into law but not before using the veto pen to strike a few things from it. News 13 spoke with leaders in the House and Senate about their reactions to some of what
314 Views   SANTA FE, N.M. â New Mexico lawmakers are going to see a 50% increase in retirement payouts. The governor has already signed that bill into law, but critics say that the increase was passed quietly.
439 Views   Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Monday signed four bills lawmakers passed as part of her public safety priority for this yearâs legislative session. Two were related to gun control and two others focused on keeping more people deemed dangerous off the street. While she called the new laws a
268 Views   SANTA FE, N.M. â Itâs no secret all of our state lawmakers have to fight to keep their seats in the Roundhouse at some point. Thatâs how our Democratic process works.
317 Views   New Mexico’s Legislature is becoming more diverse but its lawmakers are still the only ones unpaid in the nation, limiting who can afford to serve, and some lawmakers want voters to change it.
436 Views   KRWG’s Jonny Coker is joined by two local New Mexico lawmakers to discuss this year’s 30-day legislative session. Republican Senator Ron Griggs and Democratic Senator Carrie Hamblen answer questions surrounding the state’s budget, paid family medical leave, firearm legislation and more.
319 Views   A House Memorial that would send a message to the President of the United states to reduce the âCliff Effectâ and help end generational poverty was given a unanimous vote from the House Government Elections and Indian Affairs committee.
431 Views   SANTA FE, N.M. â It may have been a grueling 30-day legislative session, but the work still isn’t over. This year, the New Mexico lawmakers passed 72 bills out of 658 â all of which are now headed straight to the desk of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-New Mexico).
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