New Mexico State Legislature

About $3.5 billion in new money is expected.

Sallee had been interim director since May.

During a recent meeting of the Legislative Education Study Committee officials reported over a third of students in New Mexico are considered to be chronically absent.

The Legislative Council on Monday approved the work plans and budgets for 18 interim committees.

Health and Human Services Interim Committee Chair Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino says the committee should meet year round.

A bill that would have created the office failed to pass during the legislative session.

The LESC has an expansive agenda for the coming months.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an Executive Order to protect reproductive rights and to help fund an abortion clinic near Las Cruses.

The New Mexico House has passed a bill to change the way non-occupied residential properties are assessed.The bill would maintain the maximum property…

The New Mexico Senate has passed a bill banning life sentences without parole for juvenile first-degree murder offenders.Dubbed the Second Chance bill,…