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Graduate students from the University of New Mexico recently showcased their research at this year’s Graduate Education Day, at the state capitol building. Legislators welcomed students from each of New Mexico’s six graduate schools as they made the case...

Consensus revenue estimates were unveiled this afternoon, confirming what everyone feared – there is no new money. Tthe legislators are counting on $30 million new dollars for the coming fiscal year, which is down $202 million from their last estimate...

Dozens of departments, programs and schools from The University of New Mexico showcased their work at the capitol building in Santa Fe, Monday, for the annual UNM Day at the legislature.

The New Mexico Legislature is now in session, having convened around noon with all due pomp and ceremony. Two hours and several hundred introductions later, Gov. Susana Martinez delivered her State of the State to lawmakers. Her goals for the session...

It’s one week and one day before the New Mexico Legislature convenes for its 2016 session. This is a 30-day session with the main focus on all things financial. Both the Executive and the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) have released their budget...

Eighty days after the New Mexico Legislature adjourned sine die, ending its regular session, legislators were back in the roundhouse in a special session called by Gov. Susana Martinez to complete some unfinished business on Monday. The legislature ...

Gov. Susana Martinez had lunch with business leaders yesterday, taking the opportunity to sign HB 170, which makes changes to the Higher Education Endowment Act that allow an infusion of cash into the endowment fund once the budget is signed.

Applause broke out on the house floor as members voted unanimously to concur with senate changes to the state budget bill. The $6.234 billion budget calls for a 1.3 percent increase in spending with reserves hovering at 8 percent.

A lottery scholarship trifecta played out at the Legislature this morning, and all came in winners.

It’s UNM Day at the New Mexico Legislature and we couldn’t have scripted a more memorable event. Bright, warm, and sunny with Clifford the Big Red Dog roaming the halls and Sen. Mark Moores (R-Albuquerque) leading his fellow alums in the Senate in the...