Protesters interrupt Gov. Lujan Grisham’s State of the State address
181 Views Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had to pause during her State of the State address three separate times Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 16, as vocal environmental and pro-Palestinian protesters were ushered out of the chamber.
Let’s talk about the 2024 legislative session
165 Views Let’s Talk New Mexico 1/18 8am: It’s time for another short legislative session focused on the state budget as New Mexico is seeing historically high revenue, mostly from oil and gas development. But a few other issues that either require budgeting or are authorized by the governor will be on lawmakers’ agendas. The […]
Democrats propose paid family leave amid debate over sustainable funding
121 Views Lawmakers and advocates are restarting a years-long campaign to pass paid family and medical leave in the legislative session that begins next week.
Proposed salary increase for New Mexico State Police draws concern
120 Views Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is proposing a $10.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year. That includes a 14% raise for state police officers. But some lawmakers have mixed feelings on the proposal.
Why New Mexico’s state cookie has stayed true over generations
182 Views New Mexico is one of only two states in the U.S. that has an official state cookie. Lawmakers so designated the biscochito in 1989, but the cookie was a tradition in New Mexican households long before that.
Plans for UNM’s South Campus development include restaurants, shopping and possibly housing
164 Views Recently the University of New Mexico announced the state’s first In-N-Out Burger would land in the developing South Campus Tax Increment Development District. The TIDD uses a portion of new gross receipts taxes and property taxes generated within its boundaries to finance public infrastructure to support economic development.
Auto industry clashes with state, EV advocates as boards consider regulation changes
251 Views A dayslong hearing aimed at creating regulations to guide the transition away from fossil fuels to electric vehicles wraps up this week. For three days, stakeholders with the automotive industry and the state have been making their case to the state Environmental Improvement Board and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo Air Quality Control Board as to why […]
As transgender ‘refugees’ flock to New Mexico, waitlists grow
168 Views This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, where her sister lived and where, Machado had heard, residents were friendlier to their transgender neighbors and gender-affirming health care was easier to get.
NM Indian Affairs secretary wants to create bureau for missing and murdered Indigenous people
303 Views The Indian Affairs Department wants about $350,000 to continue to address a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people in New Mexico, Secretary-Designate James Mountain told the Legislative Finance Committee on Tuesday.
Future of youth detention diversion efforts still murky, almost two months after NM governor strikes them down in executive order
260 Views A month and a half after Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a public health executive order regarding gun violence and illegal drug use, the outcome for young people who are arrested remains unclear.
