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Lawmaker Disclosure Proposal

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January 7, 2022 – The State Ethics Commission is calling for stricter disclosure rules when it comes to state lawmakers’ income and business interests. We detail the proposed changes and ask our panelists: is this a reasonable burden for unpaid, part-time legislators? And, is it time to reconsider our state’s citizen-legislature, or is there no…

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Professionalizing New Mexico’s Lawmakers | The Line

Interior view of the Santa Fe Roundhouse chambers, with lawmakers at work at their desks.

March 6, 2020 – New Mexico has the only unsalaried legislature in the nation. During the recently ended session the issue came up – yet again – whether it’s time to start paying the state’s legislators.  Another question also comes up yearly: does lobbyist money have an undue influence on lawmakers? Gene Grant and The…

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