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New Mexico Legislative Wrap: What Failed | The Line

February 21, 2020
Composite of a no symbol in front of exterior view of the Santa Fe Roundhouse.

February 14, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel discuss the legislation that failed to make it to the finish line during the most recent month-long lawmaking session. One of the bills that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was backing, the legalization of recreational cannabis, didn’t even make it past its second committee in…

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Your NM Government: Reforming the State’s Public Employment Pension Program

February 14, 2020
A model of a house sits on top of a blueprint, along with a pink piggy bank.

February 14, 2020 – New Mexico’s public pension fund is $7 billion in the hole. If lawmakers do nothing it won’t be able to pay out all the money it has promised. This legislative session Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham and state lawmakers have prioritized shoring up the Public Employees Retirement Association. One proposal would put PERA…

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