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Legislature 2023
Some Major Issues Didn't Make It Through Legislature, But Governor Doesn't Anticipate Calling A Special Session
Despite no progress on Rebuttable Presumption or Modernizing the legislature, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she sees no reason to call a Special Session this year.
SINE DIE - New Mexico Legislative Session Ends Without Drama
The session ended at noon on Saturday with little controversy.
New Mexico is Getting Ready for Geothermal
New Mexico Legislation is moving two bills forward that could position the state to be a leader on March 9th.
NM House Rejects Senate Version Of Tax Bill
A committee of three members each from the House and Senate will try to work out a deal before the session ends.
State Senate Passes Tax Bill With Changes -UPDATED WITH GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT
The Senate version includes a 25 cents per serving tax on alcoholic beverages.
New Mexico Lawmakers Reach Medical Malpractice Deal
The deal was announced Tuesday morning by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Peter Wirth. and Greg Baca.
The State Will Not Pay For Sidewalks
Sidewalks will remain a responsibility of property owners as a bill that challenged this jurisdiction did not make it past a House Committee.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Sign Bennie Hargrove Bill Into Law
HB 9 makes it a crime to negligently allow a child access to a firearm if that weapon is used to shoot or threaten someone.
Creative Industries Could Get Boost In New Mexico
HB 8 which would establish a creative industries division in the Economic Development Department is on the Senate Floor.
Election Worker Intimidation Ban Heads To Governor's Desk
The bill would make it a 4th degree felony.
House Committee Tables NM Family And Medical Leave Act
The move likely kills the bill for this session.
Voting Rights Act Heads To Governor
Then New Mexico Voting Rights Act passed a House concurrence vote Monday.
Local News
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Last weekend, more than 75 employees from the New Mexico Department of Health , Aging and Long-Term Services Department, and the Human Services Department conducted in-person wellness checks on over 1,000 clients. -
Federal partners are sending resources to Albuquerque, to help APD tackle gun crime across the city
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Assistance is on the way for Veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and chemicals, thanks in part to New Mexico’s Representative from the First Congressional District
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According to preliminary crime statistics shared by the Albuquerque Police Department during a press conference Thursday morning, there has been about an 8% decrease in violent crime in 2022
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The bill's cosponsors decided to hold back on any decision regarding the monument.
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2023 KSFR interview with IRS Special Agent
In Case You Missed It
New Mexico Senate Approves Over $9.5 Billion Budget
The Senate passed the budget Sunday night and sent it back to the House for a vote.
House Passes Omnibus Tax Plan
The bill includes $500 and $1000 rebates for New Mexican tax filers.
Resolution To Ask NM Voters To Bring Back Elected State School Board On House Floor
If passed voters would be asked if they want to the replace State Education Commission with a partially state elected school board.
New Mexico to Double Free Fishing Days
House Bill 197, Increase Free Fishing Days, received a do pass from the Senate Conservation Committee on March 7th.
State Aroma is Drifting Through the Roundhouse
Senate Bill 188 received its first do pass vote from a House Committee on March 2nd.
New Mexico Voting Rights Act Passes Senate
HB 4 passed on a party line vote and now heads back to the House for concurrence before going to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for her signature.
Interviews
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As the 2023 New Mexico Legislature kicks off it's 60-day session, Think New Mexico has released recommendations to improve the state's education system.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti received a cash donation from a woman who was part of an attempt to falsely allocate the state’s electoral votes to Donald Trump, a recently filed finance report shows.
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KSFR's Kevin Meerschaert speaks with the former USSR division director of Voice of America Mark Pomar abut his book Cold War Radio.
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Study of preventable COVID deaths should probably be retracted, researcher says, because it doesn’t account for key factors
