Legislative Session Update 3/2/2021

An excellent win for New Mexico: HB 148 Unemployment Contribution Rate Change, Rep. Chandler, was tabled Monday on a 16-3 vote in House Appropriations! This anti-business bill would cause unemployment tax rates to…

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Read more about the article How Your Congressional Delegates Voted
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How Your Congressional Delegates Voted

For the week ending February 27th OUTLAWING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Voting 224 for and 206 against, the House on Feb. 25 passed a bill (HR 5) that would…

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Legislative Session Update 2/26/2021

Some wins to celebrate: SB 176 General Appropriations Act of 2021, Sen Munoz. Great for business. This bill includes an appropriation of $300 million to the state Unemployment Insurance Fund. NMBC estimates…

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State adds “Turquoise Level” to Public Health Order

In the latest round of goalpost moving, the state has created a new color level for the 'Red to Green' county level Covid-19 restrictions. The "turquoise" level of local virus…

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Legislative Session Update 2/24/2021

Newly proposed changes to the state's liquor laws passed the House yesterday afternoon to the chagrin of current license holders. House Bill 255 was approved 41-27 and now heads to…

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Public exclusion from Legislative Session is getting noticed

NMBC issued a Call to Action on February 3rd to try and bring attention to the public's limited access to the Legislative Session this year. We were spurred into action…

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Governor plans to veto any bills restricting emergency powers

Governor Lujan Grisham has been quick to wield the power of the executive during the last year and sees no reason to change it. On Friday she addressed the legislative…

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Legislative Session Update 2/19/2021: Halfway through

The Legislative Session hit the halfway point yesterday. Legislators crammed in the last few bills before the noon cutoff for new legislation on Thursday, to include 78 "dummy" bills, with…

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em070920f/a/Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham shows her face mask with "Governor" and St. Michael's High School emblem on it. This was before giving her weekly update on the COVID-19 outbreak in New Mexico and the state effort to control it. The news conference is being held at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, Thursday July 9, 2020. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Bill to limit Governor’s powers advances in Senate

Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Greg Baca, seeks to limit the Governor's authority to issue public health emergencies and the lockdowns or business closures that have become…

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