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The UNM Residence Hall Association is working with the Public Service Company of New Mexico to observe "Earth Hour" on Saturday, March 23, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Residence Hall Association is asking students who live on campus to turn off all of ...

There is always some drama to be had during the waning hours of the session. The great unknown was whether agreement on funding to buttress the lottery scholarship for the coming year would make it out of conference committee and be adopted on both ...

UNM Duck PondThe ducks and turtles were enjoying the sun and the newly cleaned duck pond area today. The UNM grounds crew spent spring break cleaning and maintaining the duck pond. The cleaning required the relocation of ducks and fish while debris was ...

Good morning. It's the Ides of March which may have some significance on this next to last day of the 2013 legislative session.Though committees continue to meet, the major action at this late date has to be in the chambers. In the House, which goes on ...

Hello. Keeping you informed on actions in the House:Budget ConcurrenceIt took Senators less than 10 minutes yesterday to unanimously approve the $5.9 billion state budget. Today, House members took more than 75 minutes to debate concurrence.Republican ...

There is much to be said for working out issues ahead of time. The Senate unanimously approved the state budget this afternoon following some time outs for caucus on both sides of the aisle. There was no debate and just one out-of-order amendment that ...

We should see the budget on the Senate floor soon and ERB solvency is scheduled in House Labor tomorrow in a larger than usual committee room. Senators are due back on the floor at 11:30 a.m. The state budget bill is #76 on the agenda, but can be pulled ...

Sincere thanks to our colleagues from the UNM Retirees Association who have been relentless in staying on top of everything happening day, night and on weekends in Senate Finance. They were on hand late Thursday afternoon when SFC considered SB 115, the ...

The UNM Physical Plant Department will begin cleaning the Duck Pond over the weekend. The cleaning is done every few years because sludge accumulates on the bottom of the shallow pond displacing water and causing stress to fish in the pond.UNM grounds ...

The following is a message from Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Eliseo Torres about the recent incident that happened in the UNM Residence Halls."I was saddened to learn of an incident involving a racially threatening drawing that was discovered ...