Update

In Legislative Finance Committee hearings in November and December, state agencies presented their funding requests to lawmakers and repeatedly faced warnings: The state is at its lowest point for “recurring funds” — which refers to ongoing spending, such as increasing the number of full-time employees at a state agency — since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senate Bill 120 requires health insurance plans to continue to cover the full cost of behavioral health services. The measure was part of a larger suite of behavioral health bills passed by the Legislature during the regular 60-day session in 2025.

Ryan Berryman has been named New Mexico’s interim athletic director following Fernando Lovo’s departure for the University of Colorado, the school announced Tuesday.

Lovo enjoyed a successful, 13-month tenure as athletics director at the University of New Mexico.

New Mexico's seven-day waiting period for most gun purchases is dead for now, after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals opted against a rehearing of the case by the full court.

Threatened cuts to federal homelessness funding next year will have ripple effects across a state overwhelmed with a rising unhoused population, including at an emergency shelter in Santa Fe that already has a long wait list, according to the shelter’s head.

The Santa Fe Association of Realtors is continuing its legal challenge to a City of Santa Fe excise tax on high-end home sales. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the so-called “mansion tax” is in the state’s court system once again.

The governor’s $11.3 billion budget recommendation represents a $502.8 million increase over the budget for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.

In total, the committee endorsed eight legislative proposals during its Santa Fe meeting ahead of the 30-day regular budgetary session starting Jan. 20. Under state law, the upcoming session focuses on budgetary items, so some of the legislation will require a special message from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in order to be considered.

Doctors and advocates have said joining such compacts would play a key role in addressing a statewide doctor shortage.