New Mexico Legislature
Recent News About New Mexico Legislature
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Despite need for budget revision, New Mexico legislature stays closed
In a mid-March tweet by the New Mexico Legislature, officials announced that the state capitol would be closed until at least April 6. On the third of this month, however, the legislature tweeted again that the closure had been extended "until further notice." The shutdown, a part of national efforts to smother the spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus, has proved to be problematic for some legislative agenda items.
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Minimum wage hike takes effect in New Mexico
Hundreds of new state laws took effect across the nation this week, including minimum wage increases, new internet privacy rules, gun-related regulations, marijuana legalization and new tests on whether workers can be classified as independent contractors.