Read more about the article Call To Action: Immediate Change to Legislative Procedure Needed
Photo shot Friday January 15, 2021. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Call To Action: Immediate Change to Legislative Procedure Needed

The Legislative process for public participation is excluding citizens from engaging with lawmakers - barring them from from hearing both sides of critical issues. We urge you to stand with NMBC…

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Legislative Session update 2/2/2021

So far New Mexican lawmakers have submitted 569 different pieces of legislation to the House and Senate. That number is also sure to grow before the February 18th deadline for…

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Legislative Session update 1/28/2021

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…

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Muños takes the reins of influential Senate Finance Committee

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…

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Read more about the article 2021 State Legislative Session Resources
The Senate floor at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

2021 State Legislative Session Resources

The 2021 New Mexico State Legislative Session is underway and NMBC is already going to bat for New Mexican businesses. Across the state businesses struggle to remain open and provide…

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Read more about the article NMBC Pre-Legislative BASH is this Friday at 10AM
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NMBC Pre-Legislative BASH is this Friday at 10AM

NMBC will be hosting a Pre-Legislative BASH (Business and Social Hour) webinar via Zoom on Friday Jan. 15th at 10AM. With legislators gearing up for a marathon 60 day session…

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Governor Lujan Grisham proposes $7.3 billion budget

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…

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em123020a/legislature/Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Roundhouse will be closed to the public during the 2021 Legislative Session. Photo shot Wednesday December 30, 2020. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Legislative Session will closed to the public

New Mexico's 60 day Legislative Session begins on January 19th this year. But like most things lately, this year's session will feature some unprecedented changes. With the continuing Covid-19 pandemic…

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State Legislature passes COVID relief bill in quick session

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…

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Legislators moving fast on business legislation, but you can help

Since the pandemic shutdown began in March, NMBC has been working determinedly to help the state, it's businesses and employees in every way possible get back on their feet. Whether…

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