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Each day for the past several days, Senate Finance Chair John Arthur Smith (D-Deming) has reminded his colleagues about just how dire the state’s financial situation has become. Here is his daily dose of woe for Wednesday: The House built a FY 17 state...

Today is UNM Day at the legislature, which features campus exhibits filling the halls of history, performances in the house and senate chambers, memorials, proclamations, speeches, tours, and meet & greets. The House and Senate are both scheduled to go...

Between House Education and Senate Education this morning, seven of the dozen or so bills aimed at lottery scholarship fund solvency were heard.  It looks like their consideration will result in still more bills.   Members of Senate Education, wantin

When the Higher Education funding proposals left House Appropriations Monday evening, it was with the firm directive from committee members that the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) and the executive branch, represented by the Higher Education Dept...