By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican “This really is a difficult issue to talk about.” That’s how Sen. Brenda McKenna, D-Corrales, kicked off a discussion Saturday on a bipartisan bill that creates the crimes of bestiality and aggravated bestiality. It wasn’t a long discussion. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously endorsed Senate Bill […]
The state Senate passed the Paid Family and Medical Leave bill that would enable employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off for health emergencies and certain other claims. SB 11, sponsored primarily by Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, seeks to allow an employee to take paid time off for a […]
By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican A bipartisan bill that would have left the cap on medical malpractice payouts for independent outpatient health care facilities at $750,000 for another two years stalled Thursday in the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee. Supporters said the measure was designed to fix a flaw in […]
While a number of governor-appointed Cabinet secretaries have been confirmed by the Senate this year, to date there has been no hearing scheduled for one of the most controversial of the appointees. That’s James Mountain, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s choice to head the state Indian Affairs Department and who has come under fire from critics who say […]