157 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Debate is brewing over how New Mexico should manage some of its prime tracts of land. Recently the State Land Office announced they wouldn’t open any new leases on several hundred acres of land, but some state leaders are pushing back.
186 Views WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
162 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – 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
208 Views Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Monday signed four bills lawmakers passed as part of her public safety priority for this year’s 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
149 Views SANTA FE, N.M. – It’s no secret all of our state lawmakers have to fight to keep their seats in the Roundhouse at some point. That’s how our Democratic process works.
173 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.
182 Views The oil and gas industry has increased non-election year contributions to New Mexico’s politicians as the state Legislature debated new regulation in the 2024 session. The industry boosted its contributions to Democrats, the current dominant party in the state, while trimming back donations to Republicans, who still hold
203 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — 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 — all of which are now headed straight to the desk of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-New Mexico).
171 Views Protesters cite 1985 resolution On the afternoon of Feb. 15, Protesters entered the Board of Regents meeting and stood silently along the walls, donning keffiyehs, Palestinian Flags and stickers that read “Freedom for Palestine” to stand united with those speaking in support of a divestment resolution.
207 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s the last full day of the 30-day legislative session at the Roundhouse; the session ends Thursday at noon, and it’s a mad dash to the finish as lawmakers try to get their bills to the governor before the buzzer.
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