The Legislative Finance Committee on Tuesday reported that the State of New Mexico overpaid unemployment benefits by $250 million. The state has seen unprecedented unemployment claims during the pandemic. The…
After years of secrecy, and obfuscated efforts to keep it that way, legislators capital outlay spending will now be publicly disclosed for New Mexicans to review. Representative Matthew McQueen of…
The session is in full swing and legislative committees are already deliberating and moving bills along through the capitol. As of Thursday the 28th, there are 316 individual pieces of…
Former Sen. John Arthur Smith, the conservative-leaning Democrat from Deming who served the head of the Senate Finance Committee for more than a decade relinquished his position earlier this year…
Governor Lujan Grisham's state budget plan was released yesterday and includes additional support for covid relief, but as usual, more state spending increases. The governor’s budget is a 3.3 percent…
In a speedy, single-day special session of the state legislature yesterday, New Mexico lawmakers approving a $330 million package intended to provide financial relief to workers and businesses harmed by the…
This week state legislators will return to the capital for a special (closed door) legislative session to address pressing issues facing the New Mexico, namely the massive $2 billion hole…
On Wednesday the office of the Governor and State Legislative Finance Committee unveiled thier proposals for fixing the the $2 billion deficit in New Mexico’s budget. Both plans offered solutions…