Overall spending would go up 5.3%, with a 7% hike in recurring general fund spending and $2.3 billion in one-time spending.
The Public Education Department's budget request aims to stay the course and fund programs officials say have yielded results.
- Public Education Department asking for 4.4% budget increase
- Pay raises sought for New Mexico agency's early childhood workers
- ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe County asking for $57.5 million in capital outlay
- ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe officials share $32 million funding requests with state lawmakers
- CYFD still struggling with workforce, foster families, data shows
- New Mexico State Land Office reports $2.56 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2024
- Senate to vote on filling New Mexico federal judge seat
- ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe seeking $32.1 million from Legislature to address homelessness, housing, wastewater
Official poverty measure places New Mexico as worst, whereas supplemental poverty measure places it below national average.
Dennis Roch, now-superintendent of Logan Municipal Schools, succeeds Vincent Torres as the Senate Republicans' chief of staff.
State legislature
·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe's Szczepanski named new House majority leader; Stewart, Wirth to lead Senate
Szczepanski replaces Rep. Gail Chasey, who didn't run for reelection this year. Republicans selected Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, as House minority leader.
Lawmakers were told light pollution is increasing in New Mexico and the Night Sky Protection Act needs to be updated.
John Sena, former interim director of the Legislative Education Study Committee, was chosen as LESC's new permanent director.
Public safety promises to be a focus for lawmakers and the governor during the upcoming 2025 legislative session.
A 2021 amendment to the Criminal Offender Employment Act loosened restrictions on people with records seeking jobs with the state.
Rep. John Block, R-Alamogordo, challenged the Democratic secretary of state to produce evidence of the alleged harassment.
The Legislature's interim Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee is scheduled to meet in executive session Tuesday.
Sharer, who was the caucus's unanimous pick, replaces Sen. Greg Baca, R-Belen, who did not run for reelection this year.
A proposal supported by the state attorney general would steepen school shooting threats into fourth-degree felony charges.
Bernalillo County DA Sam Bregman unveiled additional Children's Code reform proposals during Wednesday's news conference.Â
The proposals are designed to reduce alcohol-related deaths and other harms and create funding for prevention and recovery.
“When we see people 30 years after a crime, it doesn't really make sense to just retry the crime, right? Really, our question should be, 'Are you able to reenter society?' “ said Denali Wilson, the ACLU's staff lawyer.
John Arthur Smith, 1941-2024
Longtime state senator remembered as extraordinary lawmaker, steward of state's finances
Democrats and Republicans laud Smith, who led the powerful Senate Finance Committee, for fiscal responsibility and integrity.
