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House Passes Budget, Opportunity Scholarship Future | The Line

Close-up of a scattering of $1 dollar bills.

February 7, 2020 – The budget – the main focus of a 30-day session – passed the House as the Legislature hit its halfway mark this week. The $7.6 billion spending package does not include the governor’s Opportunity Scholarship plan to make tuition at state colleges and universities free for all eligible New Mexicans, but…

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State Ethics Commission, West Mesa Murders, The Line

Close-up of a scattering of $1 dollar bills.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland is back at the Roundhouse to talk to lawmakers about fair representation and the funding woes of the state’s new Ethics Commission. The budget debated in the House this week doesn’t fully fund the new commission, which is in place to monitor legislators. Also, there’s…

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