Lujan Grisham overstepped with special session
WEBJul 24, 2024 · When Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham entered office in 2019, a speculative undercurrent centered on her reputation for micromanagement and often stubborn unwillingness to compromise. In the ensuing years, despite significant policy accomplishments made in cooperation with Democratic leadership in the Legislature, those traits have steadily come to ...
Scaled back probation, parole reforms advancing in Legislature
WEBFeb 5, 2020 · By Jeff Proctor, New Mexico In Depth | February 5, 2020. A legislative effort to reform parts of New Mexico’s probation and parole systems is limping along as lawmakers near the halfway mark of this year’s 30-day session. House Bill 263, with a large group of sponsors from both parties, is meant primarily to decrease the …
State contracts may be added to Sunshine Portal
WEBFeb 26, 2015 · Scanned copies of all state contracts should be available on the Sunshine Portal, say two lawmakers who are proposing an update to the state transparency website. Posting original documents would give New Mexicans a bigger window into state contracts, something that’s important to business owners, says one of the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Sander Rue, R-Albuquerque.
Rift between Democrats dooms this year’s alcohol tax push
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · CREDIT: Adria Malcolm for New Mexico In Depth. The push to change the state’s taxes on alcohol all but ended Friday when the House Taxation & Revenue Committee voted down one bill and declined to take action on another. Chairman Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo, encouraged the bills’ sponsors to re-work their proposals in the coming months.
Fracking boom leads to tension in Navajo communities
WEBJul 7, 2017 · Fracking. On a windy Monday morning in May, residents packed the Counselor Chapter House. Some sat in plastic folding chairs, while others leaned against the wall, all paying attention to the speakers. Coming to the front of the chapter house, Marie Chavez Herbert introduced herself in the Navajo language.
The Medicaid Freeze – New Mexico In Depth
WEBBy Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | July 17, 2017. Even in his final days of battling leukemia in early 2016, Jose Frietze was fighting for the youth services agency he founded in 1977. The state Human Services Department had accused the organization — Las Cruces-based Families and Youth Inc. — of potential Medicaid fraud and overbilling ...
Executive Director of Parole Board resigns, takes new state job
WEBMar 15, 2017 · Sherry Stephens’ last day as executive director was Friday, Parole Board Operations Manager Megan Moreno told New Mexico In Depth and SFR. Stephens gave two weeks’ notice on Feb. 27 and is now working at the state department of Aging and Long Term Services. Moreno said Stephens was not fired from her …
Bill would amend current law to allow lawmakers into cannabis biz …
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · In 2021, as cannabis legalization was being debated, and about to pass on the Senate floor, former senator Stuart Ingle, a Republican from southeast New Mexico, added an amendment barring any lawmakers serving at that time from applying for or obtaining a license that would allow them to open a cannabis business until July 2026.
Children killed in Southern New Mexico from 2001-2013
WEBDec 13, 2014 · New Mexico In Depth and the Sun-News reviewed the abuse and neglect deaths of 14 children in Doña Ana, Grant and Luna counties. PROTECTING CHILDREN Read the other articles in this series: Better educating parents can save children’s lives Effective home visiting programs Better child-care options can help combat fatal child abuse This series is the […]
New Mexico Early Childhood Trust Fund flush with new revenue
WEBAug 30, 2021 · New Mexicans who care about child well being and the state’s newest agency — the Early Childhood Development and Care Department — woke up to good news Friday morning. As you might remember, the agency launched a year ago with a trust fund valued at more than $300 million to help pay its way. Expectations were for the fund to …