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Tuesday’s election will be the very first litmus test of a district that hasn’t seen a large local election since the implementation of a new state Senate map in 2022.
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Lawmakers met Thursday to discuss the role of private equity in New Mexico’s health care industry. They talked about what a permanent law establishing oversight of hospital mergers and acquisitions would look like.
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Officials will be hosting the first of a series of meetings seeking public input on a permanent law providing oversight of new hospital mergers, acquisitions and consolidation.
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Hospital acquisitions are growing across the country, and that’s leading to higher prices for patients. Many of those deals involve private equity, which often makes cuts to certain care to drive up profits, or religious organizations that might refuse types of care that they don’t support.New Mexico is at an especially high risk for deals that could limit health care. It also has a new law that could curb that.
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Five women, all Democrats, are pushing the legislature to lengthen its sessions, bring on more paid staff and provide lawmakers with a base paycheck.
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The Senate passed a wide-ranging bill Wednesday to expand voting rights in New Mexico with Republicans in opposition. A similar bill stalled on the Senate floor last year after a Republican filibuster.
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Bill sponsor Senator Katy Duhigg said that the law was necessary to ensure that all people in New Mexico have the same ability to access reproductive and gender-affirming care.
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Bills aiming to create broader and safer participation in New Mexico elections continued to move swiftly in both chambers of the Legislature Monday.
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Lobbyists are spending big to get some facetime with legislators and lawmakers aren’t supposed to be raising money while on the job. Still, there’s a loophole and a proposed bill would close it.
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As some states push to roll back voting rights and election deniers work to overturn election results, democracy itself is at stake in statehouses around the country. On the next Let's Talk New Mexico, we'll discuss how legislators could reshape democracy in our state.