Yesterday the New Mexico Senate passed SB 1 Restaurant Gross Receipt Tax Deduction with a resounding 42-0 vote. Senate Bill 1 is the first meaningful piece of Legislation to com…
Every year during the Legislative Session NMBC has carried on a practice of identifying "Legislative Heroes and Zeroes." While NMBC does not label individuals or lawmakers as “Zeroes,” we won't…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The results from Larry Barker's recent investigation into state spending at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) will have taxpayers asking "where was the accountability?" In 2004 state legislators approved…
For the week ending August 7thCONFIRMING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY: Voting 79 for and 16 against, the Senate on Aug. 4 confirmed Mark W. Menezes as deputy secretary of energy.…