I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The House voted to “blast” a bill that would bar illegal immigrants from getting driver’s licenses from committees to the House floor on two 36-34 votes on Thursday. The votes came after hours of debate on parliamentary questions, concerns about precedent and other legislative wrangling that frayed nerves and led to some testy exchanges on the House floor.
A substitute bill seeking a compromise on the film incentives that Gov. Susana Martinez has vowed to cut back passed the House Taxation and Revenue committee this weekend. The new bill would keep the film tax rebate program at 25 percent but would cap the amount the state is liable for at $45 million per year.
Three candidates for state House seats have been disqualified by the Secretary of State’s Office for submitting “improper nominating petitions.” They are: Democrat Billy Moore, who was running against two other Democrats for the House District 5 seat…
Yesterday we were unable to reach all of the House members who were missing from the debate and vote on a measure that raises about $240 million through various taxes and revenue-generating mechanisms. But we’ve since talked to them and…
On Wednesday evening, as the House was debating a series of tax increases, five members were missing from the chamber–and not excused, leading to a call of the House. “I believe there was a plan to allow people to leave,” House Minority Whip Keith Gardner said.
A bill to boost the state’s cigarette tax by 75 cents cleared an important legislative committee Tuesday afternoon, after a bit of arm-twisting and some last-minute horse trading by two Democratic lawmakers. The sheer effort to push the bill out of the House Taxation and Revenue Committee gives one a sense of how difficult the New Mexico Legislature is finding it to pass out a state budget.
Hours after two state representatives joined GOP lawmakers to table a major budget bill, the pair changed their votes and the bill moved forward. What happened between two major votes on Feb. 17, the next to last day of the regular session, offers a glimpse into how the New Mexico Legislature operates, especially when rank-and-file lawmakers buck a coalition of power brokers.
The fourth try was the charm for the House Taxation and Revenue Committee.
That committee voted 10 to 6 along party lines Thursday evening to pass a bill Wednesday evening viewed as essential to state budget negotiations. The approval followed…
Some are straight donations and others are for receptions–but no matter the reason the total amount is $52,276.46. That’s how much lobbyists working the 2010 legislature have spent on lawmakers.
