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The Senate Rules Committee gave a Do Pass recommendation to a bill to allow minor party members and DTS voters to cast ballots in major party primaries.
By Phaedra Haywood, The Santa Fe New Mexican The Legislature’s debate over crime is beginning to take form, centering on two key issues: whether suspects accused of serious offenses should be detained in jail as a matter of course, and whether a risk assessment process known as the Arnold Tool is a threat to public […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico's top judicial official urged state legislators Tuesday to be cautious and remember the principle of innocence until proven guilty as they consider toughening the state's bail laws in response to violent crime.
New Mexico legislators introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local governments and state agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in civil cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention facilities.