NM Legislature /tags/nm-legislature NM Legislature en-US Copyright Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:42:51 GMT NM’s newest agency expands second year budget by $3 billion /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-new-budget-3-billion-dollars-more-for-second-year-2026 In Santa Fe, state agencies galore made their case for a piece of the state’s expanding general fund this week as they presented budget requests. 91°µÍø’s Daniel Montaño reports the state’s newest agency pitched a second year budget $3.1 billion more than its first year’s Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:42:51 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-new-budget-3-billion-dollars-more-for-second-year-2026 Daniel Montaño Acequia Association asks legislators to boost emergency response funding /local-news/2022-11-23/acequia-association-asks-legislators-to-boost-emergency-response-funding Big wildfires earlier this year damaged the acequias that funnel water to New Mexico’s rural farms and communities. Diversion structures were destroyed, silt and debris filled many existing water channels and water flow changed paths. Monday acequia managers asked lawmakers in Santa Fe to fully fund acequia disaster response. Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:03:55 GMT /local-news/2022-11-23/acequia-association-asks-legislators-to-boost-emergency-response-funding Kaveh Mowahed Storefront Lenders Succeed In Squashing Rate Caps /local-news/2016-01-27/storefront-lenders-succeed-in-squashing-rate-caps Storefront lenders scored a win in Santa Fe Tuesday when the House Business and Employment Committee unanimously sidelined an effort to cap interest rates… Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:17:21 GMT /local-news/2016-01-27/storefront-lenders-succeed-in-squashing-rate-caps Anthony Herrera