New Mexico Lawmakers on Tuesday heard a presentation about the potential harms of private equity’s role in healthcare, something many New Mexico Democrats have argued has siphoned dollars away from addressing New Mexico’s healthcare needs while profiting out-of-state interests.  The Legislative Health and Human Services Committee heard the presentation from Olivia Kosloff, a senior fellow […]

By Alex Ross, NM Political Report New Mexico lawmakers concluded a two-day special legislative session on Thursday, where they shored up state food assistance and health care programs amid looming cuts in federal funding and spiking health insurance premiums. The New Mexico Senate adjourned Sine die shortly after noon, and the New Mexico House of […]

A Republican former two-time New Mexico legislative candidate will seek his party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) in next year’s midterm election.  New Mexico Political Report first reported in September that Greg Cunningham, a 59-year-old Marine Corps veteran and former Albuquerque Police detective, was preparing to enter the race. He made it […]

The New Mexico House and Senate adjourned Thursday, completing a special session called to offset anticipated federal funding cuts to state programs.  Senators adjourned just after noon, while the House remained in session until 5:15 p.m.  All five bills brought up that align with the issues listed in the governor’s proclamation for the special session […]

Alex Ross is a senior politics and legislative reporter for the New Mexico Political Report. He began his career in daily journalism in Montana and previously worked as a breaking news and politics reporter. At midnight on Wednesday, the federal government went into shutdown mode, and if the last shutdown was any indication, New Mexico […]

Leading Republicans in the New Mexico House of Representatives on Tuesday accused Democrats of failing to include the most urgent issues facing the state on the agenda for the upcoming special session.  “We know the issues that are facing New Mexicans every day, but progressives refuse to address the real emergencies that we have and […]

The 112 members of the New Mexico House of Representatives and Senate will return to the Roundhouse on Wednesday for a special session that will concentrate on legislation to deal with the expected cuts in federal funding to the state.    Last month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM, announced she would use the authority granted to […]

Republicans and the White House continued to clash with Democrats on Monday over a short-term spending measure to avert a government shutdown.  President Donald Trump was scheduled to meet with congressional leaders from both parties to press Democrats to back the bill, known as a continuing resolution, that will keep the government funded through late […]

The three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor say that they back the idea of having New Mexico join interstate medical compacts, an item that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM, hopes the Legislature will take up in the upcoming special session.  On Thursday, one of the Democratic hopefuls for governor, Bernalillo County District Attorney […]

The New Mexico Department of Justice is disputing a recent report that alleges that the state attorney general is not doing enough to police immigrant detention centers.  The New Mexico Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights claimed in its report, released earlier this month, that the New Mexico Department of Justice is […]