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With the legislature opening next week, and record revenues coming to state coffers, lawmakers are setting priorities for the 30-day budget session. 91°µÍø spoke with two of them about their biggest issues.

A revived voting rights bill that died during a filibuster last year is on its way to the House for a vote. House Bill 4 would allow New Mexicans to sign up to get ballots for every election via mail. It would create a system for automatic voter registration. It would also turn Election Day into a school holiday.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was joined by a group of bipartisan legislators at the Roundhouse Wednesday who emphasized the importance of bills curbing gun violence in this session.