As cuts to New Mexico’s federal funding loom, legislators in Santa Fe are positioning the state to fill potential gaps with ample reserves and new savings accounts.

A bill that would permanently codify an executive order signed at the very infancy of Michelle Lujan Grisham’s governorship to address greenhouse gas emissions was tabled in its latest stress test at the Roundhouse on Monday.

Lawmakers in the New Mexico House of Representatives Monday passed a $10.8 billion state budget proposal months in the making. If enacted, it would be the largest in state history, marking a nearly 6% increase over last year’s record-breaking budget.

About 2,200 federal employees in the state were probationary and may have been included in a first round of layoffs, according to Department for Workforce Solutions Secretary Sarita Nair

Psychedelics are gaining momentum as medicines to treat a variety of conditions such as addiction and PTSD, and New Mexico might become the third state to legalize medical psilocybin — the main ingredient in magic mushrooms.

Senator Ben Ray Luján criticized the "weaponization" of the agency

Senators have filed two competing bills in the Legislature around how cities and counties should use resources in aiding federal immigration enforcement.

In New Mexico, only those registered with a major political party can vote in its primary elections. A bill moving through the state Legislature would change that for voters who aren’t affiliated with a party, or who “decline to state.”

Fire insurance is becoming increasingly expensive and hard to come by in areas ravaged by wildfire in recent years. New Mexico’s lawmakers – and the governor – are hoping to tackle the problem with several proposals this legislative session, one of which is rarely seen in the insurance market.

For the second time in two weeks, people gathered in New Mexico to protest the actions of the Trump Administration. There were marches at the state capitol in Santa Fe and at Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza.