A bill introducing a new financial tool to fund the possible redevelopment of the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque has passed its first committee. The legislation sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem ...

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Every single House lawmaker approved a bill this week, definitively giving local school districts the final decision on their school year calendars.

The New Mexico Senate unanimously confirmed Gina DeBlassie as the cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health Wednesday. DeBlassie recently served as the interim ...

Republicans in New Mexico are up in arms over the potential passage of comprehensive gun control legislation that will reportedly outlaw AR-15 and similar rifles.

Amid rising health care costs, the Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill revising New Mexico's insurance plan for more than 36,000 state and judicial branch employees. The bill, Senate Bill 376, ...

An educational bill advancing in the Legislature with bipartisan support is almost sure to get a veto from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, should it reach her desk. But legislators are chugging along ...

While the governor considers moving the fairgrounds out of the International District in Albuquerque, lawmakers are now working on a plan for how to structure what could be ...

With less than two weeks left in the 60-day legislative session, House Republicans sounded the alarm Monday on what they characterized as Democrats’ inaction on crime bills and other legislation they ...

SANTA FE – Today the state Senate unanimously confirmed Elizabeth Anderson as the first female to hold the position of New Mexico's State Engineer. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's appointment of ...

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Public Education Department (PED) has tried to force New Mexico schools onto a 180-day ...