Seven Democrats joined with Republicans in the State Senate Wednesday to defeat keystone climate legislation to codify some of the country’s most ambitious climate legislation into law before Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham leaves office at the end of this year. SB18, The Clear Horizons Bill, was written to make permanent several climate goals implemented by […]
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Democrats surprise with amendment to exempt doctors, but not hospitals, from punitive lawsuit damages
Addressing concerns that New Mexico’s unlimited cap on punitive damages deters doctors from practicing in the state, Democrats in a key House committee pushed through a surprise compromise, of sorts, on Friday morning. House Bill 99 emerged from the House Health and Human Services Committee with a cap on punitive damages for malpractice claims against […]
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Stansbury Photobombs Trump Ahead of Joint Address
By Matthew Reichbach U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury was one of the Democratic members of the U.S. House who decided to attend President Donald Trumpâ€s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, but she also had another plan. While President Donald Trump was entering the chamber where members of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and their […]