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The decades-long battle between Texas and New Mexico over Rio Grande water rights will be heard at the Supreme Court next week. Source New Mexico’s Danielle Prokop told KUNM that this is the culmination of legal fights after drought shocked the region in the early 2000’s.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a new online portal Tuesday meant to address the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Monday that amends state law dealing with detaining defendants before they’re given a fair trial. It requires that courts jail people accused of committing a second felony while awaiting trial for a first until a hearing is held to review their conditions of release. The governor and bill sponsor Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-Bernalillo) touted the measure at its signing as a major win for public safety, but it may have little impact.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Monday signed four bills lawmakers passed as part of her public safety priority for this year’s legislative session. While she called the new laws a “giant leap” in the right direction, she said she’s still considering calling a special legislative session to urge lawmakers to send a few more to her desk.
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New Mexico has a shortage of tradespeople who help build infrastructure like roads, energy facilities and broadband. Two bills awaiting the governor’s signature aim to address that by funding more apprenticeship programs.
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A group of Indigenous professors at the University of New Mexico is developing the first-ever tribal government textbook for young adults.
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New Mexico has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the nation and the situation has gotten even worse since the pandemic. Despite this, state lawmakers this session failed to pass any substantive measures to curb the crisis. Public health reporter Ted Alcorn has long covered the issue for New Mexico in Depth. He spoke with KUNM about a debate over whether and how to change the way the state taxes alcohol. Democrats filed competing bills this year, neither of which got to the governor.
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The New Mexico Legislature passed several education bills in the session that ended Thursday, but not all reforms passed.
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Several bills that would help keep New Mexico’s rural health care providers in business are heading to the governor.
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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham came into this year’s one-month session with an ambitious set of gun legislation goals. Only a few made it through, however.
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In a news conference following the close of the 2024 New Mexico legislative session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed frustration and disappointment that more of the approximately 25 public safety-related bills she backed did not pass. She said a special session focused on getting more of these tough-on-crime bills through is “not off the table.”
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As the 2024 New Mexico legislative session adjourned Thursday, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver praised the passage of three bills she said “enhance the integrity and security” of the state’s elections.