New Mexico State Legislature

New Mexico lawmakers approved $162 million in state funding to ensure food assistance for citizens until January 20. The bill passed both chambers with minimal pushback, although it did come with an amendment to look into how the program is run.

New Mexico legislators are set to discuss how the state could help keep public broadcasting on the air at a special session on Wednesday.

On Thursday, health advocates told lawmakers that increasing extreme heat is impacting Indigenous people’s wellbeing and traditional ways of life.

State lawmakers recently made their disappointment clear with the Department of Health during a presentation of an evaluation of the state’s medication assisted treatment program for substance use disorder. It came just weeks after an announcement that DOH would be expanding the program.

As concerns about artificial intelligence continue to grow, lawmakers on Tuesday debated how, and even if, the state should regulate the technology.

Senate Bill 219 which would establish a medical psilocybin program, making New Mexico only the third state to do so, passed its first committee Tuesday.

Legislation that would appropriate more than $2 million to expand mental health access in schools made it past its first hurdle Wednesday with strong bipartisan support.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham outlined her perspective on the state of New Mexico affairs and her priorities for the 2025 legislative session on its opening day in her State of the State address Tuesday.

For the third straight year, lawmakers are trying to raise taxes on alcoholic drinks, in an attempt to reduce New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation alcohol-related death rate.

Capital & Main's Jerry Redfern talks about his recent report on large oil and gas companies giving to New Mexico Democrats, contrary to where they overwhelmingly put their money nationally.