New Mexico Will Rescind Constitutional Convention Applications

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 15 March 2017 15 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - New Mexico will rescind its prior applications for an Article V Constitutional

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Local NM legislators request Yucca Lodge not be taken from Grant County

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 15 March 2017 15 March 2017

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House Passes New Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Bill

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 15 March 2017 15 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - New Mexico has a second chance to join the booming industrial hemp marketplace.

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House Dems Stand Up for Pregnant Workers

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 14 March 2017 14 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Today, the House passed legislation that would promote healthy pregnancies in New

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Bills Limiting School Testing & Restricting Use of Restraint & Seclusion Head to Governor's Desk

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 14 March 2017 14 March 2017

SANTA FE, NM - Tonight, the House concurred with two bills to improve the quality of student life at

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Bill preventing domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms passes New Mexico House Judiciary Committee 9-4

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 14 March 2017 14 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Today Senate Bill-259, a bill to remove firearms from convicted domestic violent

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House Passes Bill Benefitting Local NM Businesses

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 12 March 2017 12 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. -Today, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 356, which uses Local

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Bipartisan Bill to Rein in Predatory Lending Practices Passes House

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 12 March 2017 12 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Tonight, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 347, a bill to rein in

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Speaker Egolf Hails Passage of Sweeping Ethics Reform Bill

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 10 March 2017 10 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - After extensive work on both sides of the aisle, the New Mexico House passed a

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Bill to Invest in New Mexico Infrastructure Projects Passes House

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 10 March 2017 10 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Tonight, a bill that would invest in New Mexico infrastructure projects passed the

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Effort to Fix Governor's Teacher Evaluation System Passes House

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 10 March 2017 10 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - A bill introduced by Majority Leader and educator Sheryl Williams Stapleton

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House Approves Bill to Protect Nonprofit Volunteers

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 10 March 2017 10 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to

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Bill to Increase Access to Ballot Box in Indian County Passes House

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 10 March 2017 10 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. -Today, Representative Derrick Lente's (D-Sandia Pueblo) bill to increase access to

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Veto Makes it Harder to Keep Good Teachers in New Mexico

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 09 March 2017 09 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Today, Governor Susana Martinez vetoed a bill that would improve New Mexico's

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House of Representatives Honor NM Law Enforcement & First Responders

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 09 March 2017 09 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Today the House of Representatives honored New Mexico's law enforcement officers

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Pastors Day at the Legislature, March 15

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 09 March 2017 09 March 2017

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House Passes Major Investment in Early Childhood Education

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 09 March 2017 09 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Tonight, the House passed legislation to let the voters of New Mexico decide if

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House Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Tax Legislation

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 09 March 2017 09 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Tonight, the House unanimously passed bipartisan tax legislation that includes a

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Gov. Martinez Signs Bill to Create State Broadband Network

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Susana Martinez signed House Bill 113 into law. House

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Bill Protecting NM Kids from Conversion Therapy Passes Committee

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Today, the House Health and Human Services Committee passed Senate Bill 121, a

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House Passes Two Bills to Combat DWI in NM

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed two bills sponsored by Rep. Sarah

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House Passes Rep. Baldonado's Bill to Allow Early High School Graduation

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - This evening, the House of Representatives passed legislation to allow New Mexico

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House Passes Bill to Advance Bioscience Research in NM

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Tonight the House of Representatives passed House Bill 460, legislation to

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Rep. Lente's First Bill to Pass House Floor Would Help Native American Students Succeed

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Tonight, Representative Derrick Lente's (D-Sandia Pueblo) bill that would help

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Bill Promoting Computer Science in New Mexico Schools Moves to the Governor's Desk

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Category: NM Legislative Session 2017 NM Legislative Session 2017
Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017

Santa Fe, N.M. - Last night, the New Mexico House unanimously passed a bill that allows computer science

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