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How New Mexicoโ€™s lawmaker occupations compare to Virginiaโ€™s

<img width="800" height="600" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM.jpg 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM-300×225.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM-768×576.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM-600×450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM-400×300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM-200×150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1653638" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/800px-interiorofroundhousesenatenm/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/800px-InteriorOfRoundhouseSenateNM.jpg" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Senate" data-image-description=" New Mexico State Senate. Wikicommons […]

Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News

Workersโ€™ compensation bill heads to the governorโ€™s office

<img width="800" height="528" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe.jpg 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe-300×198.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe-768×507.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe-400×264.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1654144" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/newmexicocapitol_santafe/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe.jpg" data-orig-size="800,528" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="NewMexicoCapitol_SantaFe" data-image-description=" roundhouse ” data-image-caption=” The New Mexico State Capitol, or Roundhouse […]

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NM lawmakers move to protect waters that lost protection following SCOTUS ruling

By Hannah Grover When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency case in 2023, the majority of waterways in New Mexico lost their protections under the Clean Water Act. Now state lawmakers are seeking to rectify that situation. Senate Bill 21 is headed to the governorโ€™s desk […]

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New Mexico Senate approves state budget for upcoming year

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1-1024×682-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1-1024×682-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1-400×267.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1.jpg 1250w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1654864" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/money-2/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iStock_1334173_MEDIUM-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1250,833" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"Getty Images/iStockphoto","camera":"Canon EOS 10D","caption":"Big Money","created_timestamp":"1132067817","copyright":"Sergey Bidun","focal_length":"50","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"Money","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Money" data-image-description=" budget […]

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House Democrats introduce new legislation to replace defeated hospital acquisition oversight bill

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Bill targeting sales of parts to convert firearms into automatic weapons clears Senate

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/roundhouse-scaled-1-1024×683-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Roundhouse" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/roundhouse-scaled-1-1024×683-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-1536×1024.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-2048×1366.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-1568×1046.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-2000×1334.jpg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1-400×267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1658044" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/roundhouse-3/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roundhouse-scaled-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 2000D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"946684808","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" […]

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Advocates sound alarm after ICE โ€˜disappearsโ€™ 48 NM residents

A coalition of immigrantsโ€™ rights advocates submitted a formal complaint with the United States Department of Homeland Security over what they called the โ€œdisappearanceโ€ of 48 New Mexico residents. The advocates said that this made it critical for the legislature to pass legislation barring governments from entering into contracts with the federal government to detain […]

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Campaign finance reform is โ€œdeadโ€ says sponsor

<img width="1024" height="850" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7-1024×850-1.png" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7-1024×850-1.png 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7-300×249.webp 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7-768×637.webp 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7-400×332.webp 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7.webp 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661548" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/17/campaign-finance-reform-is-dead-says-sponsor/screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7.webp" data-orig-size="1170,971" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-7" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, listens […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Housing & Homelessness, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Westside Albuquerque

Op-ed: A bipartisan solution to put more police on the streetsย 

Submitted by Democratic Senator Cindy Nava and Republican Senator Craig Brandt The political climate these days feels tense. Nationally, we see gridlock everywhere, preventing proven policies that can help our cities and towns thrive. Thatโ€™s why, in New Mexico, itโ€™s so important that we work together in a bipartisan fashion to get real work done […]