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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Mexico Business Coalition believes that voters deserve to know where candidates asking for their vote stand on important issues. To that end NMBC is providing incumbent's voting records and…
State legislators from both sides of the aisle are continuing to scrutinize the Governor’s appropriation of more than $30 million in state funding during the early days of the pandemic.…
The special legislative session, which officially ended Monday evening, 6/22/20, was called to address significant budget issues as well as some needs by businesses hurt by the economic shutdown.Unsustainable budget…