Anna Padilla
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Source NM
The New Mexico State legislative session began this week and since it’s an even year, it will last only 30 days. Next year's session will last 60 days. KUNM asked former legislator Dede Feldman to explain how shorter sessions work, and may not be long enough to create good policy.
Discovery Time Learning
Morgan Lee
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AP
With her final 30-day legislative session underway at the Roundhouse, Lujan Grisham described New Mexico's current medical malpractice system as broken and said she's prepared to go to the mat to ensure changes are made.
Let's Talk New Mexico
Courtesy Office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico’s 112 legislators and their staffs plus more than 400 more aides, pages and security personnel at the Roundhouse, and the countless advocates and lobbyists, are all flooding into Santa Fe for the session. So where do they stay? And where do they eat? And what about entertainment? On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico we’ll discuss the session’s effects on the city.
Finding Help With Food
Susan Montoya Bryan
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AP
A list of resources around New Mexico for those who need assistance in the wake of the ongoing government shutdown and disruption in SNAP benefits.
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House Bill 9, known as the Immigrant Safety Act, would prohibit government entities across the state from signing contracts to detain people for federal immigration violations. Lawmakers on the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee voted 4-2 to move the bill. -
Hundreds of New Mexicans rallied and marched up the steps towards the Roundhouse Tuesday on the opening day of the legislative session as part of a mass mobilization by Youth United for Climate Crisis Action
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