/tags/daymon-ely Daymon Ely en-US Copyright Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:47:01 GMT /local-news/2022-02-16/voting-rights-provisions-move-forward-as-part-of-another-bill-as-session-nears-end After a bill expanding voting rights in New Mexico got hung up on the Senate floor, a version of it remains alive as the 30-day legislative session nears its end. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:47:01 GMT /local-news/2022-02-16/voting-rights-provisions-move-forward-as-part-of-another-bill-as-session-nears-end Nash Jones /kunm-news-update/2021-02-01/new-covid-rules-in-the-roundhouse-raise-partisan-tensions-in-santa-fe Coronavirus has infiltrated the Roundhouse, where New Mexico’s legislators are in the early weeks of a 60-day session. Since mid-January when the session… Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:38:35 GMT /kunm-news-update/2021-02-01/new-covid-rules-in-the-roundhouse-raise-partisan-tensions-in-santa-fe Khalil Ekulona /news/2020-01-24/lawmaker-says-gun-bill-would-help-prevent-suicides New Mexico has a gun death rate higher than the national average, and two-thirds of those deaths are suicides. The Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order… Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:28:45 GMT /news/2020-01-24/lawmaker-says-gun-bill-would-help-prevent-suicides Taylor Velazquez /news/2020-01-20/common-cause-calling-for-ethics-commission-funding Last year’s State Ethics Commission Act allowed New Mexico to join the 46 states that have similar independent good government panels. The State Ethics… Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:10:00 GMT /news/2020-01-20/common-cause-calling-for-ethics-commission-funding Kaveh Mowahed /local-news/2019-03-05/will-lawmakers-give-voters-the-ethics-watchdog-they-asked-for For decades, legislators have repeatedly fumbled the creation of an ethics commission to stop government corruption. But voters demanded one… Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:46:03 GMT /local-news/2019-03-05/will-lawmakers-give-voters-the-ethics-watchdog-they-asked-for Marisa Demarco