Questions Linger on New Mexico’s Virtual Legislative Session
As New Mexico state lawmakers convened for 2021 s 60-day session on Tuesday, the Capitol remained almost entirely closed to the public in favor of webcasts and other virtual ways of meeting. by Algernon D Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News / January 21, 2021 The New Mexico House of Representatives chambers. Shutterstock/Nagel Photography
(TNS) Among New Mexico Democratic state Rep.
Candie Sweetser s
favorite customs when a new legislative session gets rolling is welcoming young people from her southwestern rural district to the state
Capitol.
With the Roundhouse closed to the public for the 60-day session, that won t happen this year, and Sweetser expressed sorrow that she won t be showing them around in person.