House passes budget bill in a boisterous session, film cut remains
The New Mexico House of Representatives completed its top priority of the 60-day legislative session by passing a budget deal Wednesday night (March 2) but it came after a lengthy — and sometimes...
View ArticleWhew! It looks like a budget deal is close
It happened at 1 a.m. so it didn’t make the front page of your newspaper Wednesday morning (March 16), but the Senate approved a $5.4 billion budget deal by a 27-14 vote. Approving a budget is the top...
View ArticleGame, set, match? Late-night budget deal completed
The state House of Representatives reversed itself late Thursday night (March 17) and voted to concur with Senate colleagues on a retirement “swaps” element to the state budget, thus allowing both...
View ArticleA balanced look at the balanced budget heading to Gov. Martinez
Like a college student who has finally turned in his term paper at the end of the semester, lawmakers on Friday morning (March 18) had a collective sense of relief that a budget deal was struck late...
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