paid lawmakers

A group of organizations including Common Cause of New Mexico and the League of Women Voters are pushing for bills in the current session they say will modernize the legislature. One of those includes paying lawmakers.

New Mexico is the only state in the country that does not pay its lawmakers. For years, legislators have tried to change that–and failed. This year's session isn’t looking any different.

It is the session wrap up with executive producer Marisa Demarco. We talk a lot about the theme of transparency in government and some things that we…