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Public 'flying blind' in New Mexico's largely virtual legislative session


By Daniel J. Chacón and Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican |
February 22, 2021
Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican
Sen. Benny Shendo Jr., D-Jemez Pueblo, looks through paperwork during a meeting of the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee on Thursday. Shendo meets with committee members in a mostly empty committee room with a small staff to assist with organization and Zoom management.
To hear House Speaker Brian Egolf tell it, public participation in this year’s largely virtual legislative session has been robust even if the doors of the state Capitol have been closed to everyday New Mexicans.
In the second and third weeks of the 60-day session, more than 6,100 residents from 32 of the state’s 33 counties have voiced their opinions during committee hearings in the House of Representatives up from the 2,400 who tuned in the first week. ....

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