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New Mexico senator prefiles bill that would ban private equity …
1 day ago · New Mexico lawmakers will have the opportunity this winter to debate whether to outlaw private corporations from buying single family homes, a move intended to alleviate the lack of affordable housing in the state. Sen. Harold Pope (D-Albuquerque) prefiled the legislation on Wednesday afternoon. The bill contains a single sentence: “A hedge fund, private equity […]
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Jan 3, 2025 · In first speech as U.S. Senate majority leader, Thune pledges to protect filibuster BY: Ashley Murray - January 3, 2025 WASHINGTON — Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate Friday under the new leadership of South Dakota’s John Thune, who promised to keep intact the body’s legislative filibuster — the 60-vote threshold for major legislation that some Democrats had targeted for ...
‘My staff is spent’: New Mexico emergency management leader …
Dec 30, 2024 · “The same staff that help in Roswell and in Ruidoso are also the same staff that help in Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon,” Rye said. “And so my staff, I mean, they travel all over the state to be able to provide the assistance and the resources to these individuals who are still in these communities that are still recovering.”
The year in water news: Preparing for New Mexico’s drier future
Dec 27, 2024 · Money and water. One thread Source NM will follow in 2025 is how New Mexico spends its money when it comes to its most precious resource. While oil and gas revenues have kept money flowing for the state government’s operations, water conservation nonprofits and the executive branch are asking state lawmakers to turn the tap on in 2025 for water investment.
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Nov 27, 2024 · High-speed internet to expand in rural areas impacting students in seven NM school districts BY: Leah Romero - December 17, 2024 Nearly 40,000 households in seven rural New Mexico school districts will receive high-speed home internet in coming months, following state grants from the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion’s Student Connect program.
Lawmakers file the first bills of New Mexico’s 2025 legislative …
3 days ago · Rep. Kathleen Cates (D-Rio Rancho) introduced a bill to protect libraries from losing funding for refusing to ban books based on the subject or an author’s sexuality, race or gender, countering a rise in book bans across the nation. This law wouldn’t impact the right of individuals to challenge specific materials in a library’s collection.
New Mexico governor, advocates call for increased funding on …
Dec 4, 2024 · All 108,000 miles of river in New Mexico were deemed the nation’s most endangered earlier this year, as the impacts from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling changed overnight which wetlands federal law protects.. Shrinking water supplies heighten the threat of pollution, said Tricia Snyder, the rivers and water director for nonprofit NM Wild.
20 New Mexico agencies, from health to energy, seek up to …
Dec 9, 2024 · The energy department’s s request also is for a reforestation center in the burn scar, which state officials estimated in April would include a $69 million ask from the FEMA fund. Officials hope the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center will provide up to 390 million drought-resistant tree seedlings to restore burn-scarred forests throughout the Southwest, including 26 million such ...
New Mexico reports more than $2B in revenue for the third year in …
Dec 5, 2024 · Oil and gas revenue earned New Mexico more than $2.5 billion last fiscal year, state officials announced Thursday. It was the third straight year the state broke the $2 billion threshold from its land, and its second-biggest windfall of that type ever. With record production, New Mexico has risen to become the second-highest producer of […]