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Good evening.ERB in SFCThe much anticipated bill that encompasses proposed changes to the educational retirement plan approved by the Education Retirement Board last fall was introduced in the Senate today. Senate Bill 150 is sponsored by Sen. Stuart ...

Good morning.While both houses have recessed until Monday morning, members of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee are working this weekend on the big state budget bill. This afternoon (Saturday), they will be briefed on the proposed revisions ...

Sometimes casting is the hardest part of the job.There's a show opening locally in a couple of weeks and they have a major part they're still trying to cast. They'll get it solved and I'm sure it'll be fine, but getting the right person is ...

Hello and Happy Wednesday.During this week prior to the start of the 2012 session of the NM Legislature, some legislative committees are getting a jump-start on their work, taking the opportunity to brief members on the work conducted during the interim. ...

UNM's Office of Government and Community Relations has launched the 2012 Bill Tracker - your best destination for following legislation of interest through the 2012 session. The Tracker will update UNM-related bills, HSC-related bills and legislation ...

While the work of the Interim legislative committees winds down, the "pre-filing" season has begun. Starting yesterday and going through January 14, 2012, NM legislators are getting a head start on bill introduction. The first day's contributions focused ...

When I first watched the video of Alice Tan Ridley singing on America's Got Talent, I had the same reaction as the judges: surprise, awe and a shiver of joy. When I met Ms. Ridley, I was struck by her infectious smile.She told me as I interviewed her ...

Students are now able to use the colorful new Wayfinding signs to locate a specific building among the 197 structures on the University of New Mexico's main campus. It's a big change from the former system in which signs were posted in front of buildings ...

The final session of the arts marketing conference let out at noon. We were on our own for lunch in Louisville before we scattered back to the many corners of the country from whence we'd come. I could have chosen any one of a number of chain ...

Denise Schultz spent 30 years teaching young directors in UNM's Department of Theatre and Dance. Two weekends ago, she was at it again, this time leading a session on staging for local directors associated with the Albuquerque Theatre Guild. Most of her ...