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Legislative Overview

Close-up of a sculpture in front of the Santa Fe Roundhouse depicting two groups of children tugging on each other.

March 26, 2021 – The Line opinion panel discusses the slew of landmark bills that made it through New Mexico’s 60-day legislative session, including a constitutional amendment to allow the state to pull more money from the Land Grant Permanent Fund for early childhood and K-12 education programs. Some bills that passed this year indicate…

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Up in Smoke | 3.24.21

Close-up of a person smoking a cannabis joint.

Legalizing recreational cannabis was the hot ticket item of the recent New Mexico legislative session, but the last ditch effort to get it done – House Bill 12 – went up in smoke. Now, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a special legislative session to once and for all address legalization head-on. In this…

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