By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican An effort to increase New Mexico’s alcohol excise tax for the first time in 30 years a measure intended to help the state rein in a problem that takes the lives of more than six people a day stumbled Monday when the House Taxation and […]
By Robert Nott and Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Rushing from one room to another on a recent hectic day at the state Capitol, Rep. John Block paused to consider a question lawmakers themselves have been mulling. How was the freshman Republican from Alamogordo feeling at the midway point of this year’s 60-day […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican A bill favored by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that would cut the state’s gross receipts tax to benefit New Mexico’s small businesses has been sent back to the drawing board. Members of the House Taxation and Revenue Committee unanimously voted to temporarily table House Bill 367, which […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a number of initiatives Thursday to address long-standing challenges with one of the state’s most problematic agencies: the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. “We are embracing as professionals that this department is dysfunctional,” Lujan Grisham said at a news conference […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican A bill to make missing or murdered Indigenous people or their dependents eligible for economic relief earned unanimous support from a Senate committee Thursday. Native victims and their family members currently do not fall under the qualifying guidelines under the state’s Crime Victims Reparation Act, said Sen. Shannon […]