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Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com ESPAÑOLA tanding near a wall plaque commemorating the Second Amendment, John Brunner said there has been no rush to buy firearms at his shop as a [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Campaign 2024 Well, that didn't take long. Less than a day after Sen. Nancy Rodriguez announced she won't seek reelection to her Santa Fe-area seat in [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Advocates for a state-run paid family and medical leave program came closer than ever this year to getting something passed in the Legislature but were two [...]

Byline: Robert Nott and Nathan Brown rnott@sfnewmexican.com nbrown@sfnewmexican.com The New Mexico Senate met late into the night Friday to pass a bill to create a state-run paid family and medical [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Legislature The 2024 session Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham started the year with high hopes of making a dent in the crime and gun violence that seem [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A bill that would change New Mexico high school graduation requirements for the first time in about 15 years is on its way to Gov. Michelle [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Legislature The 2024 session A bill imposing a seven-day waiting period before anyone could legally buy a gun in New Mexico is on its way to [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A measure intended to 'clean up and address unintended consequences' of New Mexico's Cannabis Regulation Act, according to its sponsor, faced a flurry of proposed amendments [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Legislature The 2024 session New Mexico Senate Republicans, outnumbered in their chamber nearly 2-to-1, have vowed this legislative session to use every play in the book [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Lawmakers have long decried a state law allowing a governor to quietly kill a bill the Legislature has passed by taking no action before a deadline. [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com ***** A story on page A-1 published Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, incorrectly said the proposed 14-day waiting period in House Bill 129 would be the longest [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Public employees and elected officials could find themselves facing fines of up to $10,000 if they violate the state's Governmental Conduct Act under a new bill [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Two pieces of public safety legislation created heat and testy exchanges between legislators during a lengthy committee hearing Tuesday - and could be a sign of [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Cannabis licensing Nearly two years after the Legislature approved the legal production, use and sale of cannabis in New Mexico, lawmakers are grappling with an unforeseen [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com As a new bill looking to regulate the sale of semi- automatic rifles holding more than 10 cartridges makes its way across the federal legislative landscape, [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Earlier this year, many cannabis industry insiders and supporters asked the state to issue a temporary halt on issuing new licenses for cannabis retail businesses. They [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The lawmaker who sponsored legislation redrawing congressional districts in New Mexico said he is confident the state's highest court will uphold the map and declare it [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Some say what works elsewhere does not work in New Mexico -- an observation first credited to Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace in the early 1880s. Still, [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Advocates from various wildlife organizations are urging state lawmakers to reform the state Game Commission, charged with overseeing wildlife conservation and hunting and fishing regulations in [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com State Ethics board The State Ethics Commission - charged with overseeing the state's laws on campaign finance, lobbying, financial disclosure and other areas of government conduct [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The head of the state's Cannabis Chamber of Commerce said he'd like lawmakers to reconsider a planned provision that would remove plant count limits for New [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Edgewood voters will not have the option to decide whether they support an anti-abortion ordinance in the November election. That's because the question - the byproduct [...]

Byline: Robert Nott and Margaret O'Hara rnott@sfnewmexican.commohara@sfnewmexican.com ***** A story on Page A-1 published Tuesday, July 11, 2023, about House Republicans creating a parental consent form asking school districts to [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com In a sign the recreational cannabis industry may be struggling to take root, more than 100 cannabis businesses and supporters wrote a letter to the governor's [...]

Byline: Robert Nott and Nathan Lederman rnott@sfnewmexican.com nlederman@sfnewmexican.com Law enforcement officers are investigating an Instagram shooting threat against public schools across New Mexico, including in Santa Fe. The parent of [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The Legislature came to an agreement early Saturday on a broad omnibus tax package that had spurred more than 24 hours of negotiations between House and [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The conflict between abortion rights advocates and those opposing the procedure ignited Friday on the House floor over a bill that would offer protections for patients [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com With just a little over a day to go in the 2023 legislative session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law extending learning time [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said the chances lawmakers will approve a proposal to ask voters to pay them are 'very tough.' en. George [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced a bipartisan compromise to curb rising medical malpractice payout caps for some facilities - a deal that advocates on [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A bill that would make broad election law changes in an effort to expand voter access is on its way to the governor for her signature. [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Supporters of legislation that eliminates life sentences without parole opportunities for youthful offenders convicted of first-degree murder cheered the early-morning passage of the controversial bill. The [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The House of Representatives voted unanimously Sunday night to pass a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch to all New Mexico public school students - [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The House of Representatives voted to approve a $1 billion-plus capital outlay bill Republicans said they could not support because of a $10 million appropriation to [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com It is one of the simplest ways for felons to get their hands on guns - having someone they know buy one legally and then sell [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A bill that would blend several divisions from various state agencies into a new health care authority is moving closer to reality. Members of the House [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A proposed overhaul of New Mexico's public education system - eliminating the Cabinet secretary position and reestablishing a statewide board of education - is headed to [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A student-driven bill that would require all public schools in New Mexico to stock restrooms with free menstrual products is headed to its final proving ground [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico got one step closer to the possibility of a paid Legislature when the state House of Representatives on Saturday voted 40-24 to approve a [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Looking for a way to deter what law enforcement officials call organized retail crimes, members of the House of Representatives voted 62-3 Wednesday to approve a [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Nearly a year after two federal prescribed burns ignited a historic wildfire northwest of Las Vegas, N.M., devastating communities in more than 530 square miles of [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The initiatives look promising on paper. One bill would create a $10 million fund to fill vacant behavioral health provider positions. Another calls for $20 million [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A bill that would stymie, if not stop, efforts to build a radioactive waste disposal storage site in the southeastern part of the state is getting [...]

Byline: Robert Nott and Daniel Chacon rnott@sfnewmexican.com dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Clad in her white medical coat, Dr. Gabrielle Adams moved through the halls of the state Capitol, hoping to talk to any [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com After hearing sometimes raw testimony from victims of human trafficking, members of the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee unanimously voted Wednesday in support of a [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The House of Representatives late Tuesday approved a bill that would prohibit local governments from restricting access to abortion - an issue that dominated last year's [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Members of the House of Representatives unanimously voted to approve a bill appropriating $100 million to communities devastated by the historic Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. ince [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com After a lengthy debate, the state House of Representatives voted Thursday afternoon to pass a bill designed to ensure adults keep their guns out of the [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com News video footage of shoplifters aiming handguns at store security guards during crime sprees told the story. Lawmakers who watched the footage, part of a KRQE [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com A bill that would prohibit municipalities and counties from outlawing abortion - an issue that helped shape last year's gubernatorial election and likely will be among [...]