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Legislation to Protect Schools from Unfunded Mandates Clears Senate Committee with Bipartisan Support

January 27, 2021
New Mexico Senate Republicans

Government, Legislature, Politics

SANTA FE – Senate Joint Resolution 5 (SJR 5), sponsored by Senator Gregg Schmedes (District 19-Bernailillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Torrance), today advanced from the Senate Rules Committee with bipartisan support. SJR 5 proposes an amendment to the New Mexico Constitution to protect school districts and charter schools from unfunded government mandates – a protection already given to municipalities and counties.

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DOH Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins and HSD Sec. Dr. David Scrase will provide a webinar update regarding COVID-19

SANTA FE – New Mexico Department of Health Secretary-Designate Tracie C. Collins, M.D. and Human Services Department Secretary David R. Scrase, M.D. will provide a

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW MEXICO CALLS ON GOV. LUJAN GRISHAM TO FOLLOW TEXAS’S LEAD AND REOPEN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

Albuquerque, March 2–Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Steve Pearce provided the following statement after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced today that he would fully reopen

New Mexico COVID-19 update: 247 new cases, totaling 185,542

Eleven additional COVID-19 deaths SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 247 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health,

New Mexico fishing and stocking reports for March 2

This fishing report, provided by Dustin Berg of Go Unlimited (supporting disabled anglers) and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best

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