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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 ...

Here are pertinent bills coming up on the floors of the House and Senate today, which promises to be another long one. Short version: most of the action will be in the House, where the budget awaits concurrence, STBs await approval, PERA pension in on ...

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 ...

Good morning.Both houses are due back on the floor at 10:30 a.m.HOUSE THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION2. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 325. AN ACT RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT; ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO REDUCE WORK HOURS OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN ...

There's a lot of work being done behind the scenes, primarily as Senate Finance is spending a lot of time in executive session working on the budget. You'll notice that agendas are beginning to repeat day to day. It's a time for patience ....and hope.The ...

The Senate leadership announced that the PERA solvency bill will finally be heard on the floor today, March 6. Judicial retirement has passed Senate Finance. There is some movement on the pension solvency front, though nothing yet scheduled for ERB.The ...

It wasn't all work at the Roundhouse yesterday. Former UNM Lobo and Pittsburgh Steeler superstar Robin Cole (note: his 40-foot picture is on the stadium) visited today, giving Senators a pep talk and photo op. There hasn't been this much excitement on ...

Three UNM Regents were confirmed by the New Mexico Senate today, with unanimous approval, many kudos and much applause. The resumes of Dr. Conrad James (Albuquerque), Suzanne Quillen (Las Cruces) and student regent Heidi Overton (Gallup) were reviewed in ...

The weekend has featured stops and starts and stops in committee while the Skandera confirmation hearing dominated all. Let's see if things get back on track this week. Lottery solvency fixes can be found in committee and on the floor. UNM's new Regents ...