State senators blocked the latest effort to reform how board members at public New Mexico institutions are chosen. New Mexico lawmakers have been trying for years to bring independent nominating committees into the process for selecting regents at each of the state’s seven public four-year institutions. The effort seemed to gain momentum this year after two controversial incidents involving state college boards suggested the need for more oversight and less politicization of the process.
The last 24 hours of the legislative session can be lots of things: Rushed, confusing, controversial, maddening or all of these at once. I’ve seen a lot of these final days over my last 15 years covering the legislative session full-time. This year, I decided to check in with what’s happening throughout the final 24 hours
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