I'm tired--but managed to get through an update. Hope it all makes sense. Committee hearing on Game commission legislative appointments, my bill re: the recording of custodial interrogations passed with no opposition, and a couple bills on the floor debate left me voting on opposition. ...
Legislative update: Right to work, touring south Santa Fe, feeling down and out, and then inspired again (by our youth), and public/private partnerships--and good public policy vs. politics. ...
Friday night Legislative Update: Fighting for working families within the tax code and preventing local and state law enforcement from enforcing immigration law. ...
I'm early today! Legislative update for February 23. Hanging out with my Las Cruces peeps (Councilwoman Kasandra Gandara and newly elected and re-elected school board members from LCPS) I even had a chance to have our very own Las Cruces Roberto's Mexican food for lunch...
Legislative update for February 22. We just got done on the floor after a pretty long debate of the tax and budget bills. I'll provide more info in the comments. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 I also discuss a bill I presented in committee this morning related to mental health. ...
You got 10 minutes? Legislative update for Tuesday, February 21. Today was a very long and productive day. So much happened that I didn't cover everything tonight, except for issues I thought were important to report on. Specifically no state land for border wall, my...
Legislative update: tonight I spend time speaking to today's minimum wage debate. I totally forgot to share about minimum wage for developmental disabilities, but there was progress there. ...
I had the pleasure of spending the morning with Jocelyn Martinez, a junior at Atrisco Heritage Academy. She's so impressive! And as I mentioned in my introduction of her on the House floor--if I had to do it all over again, I'd want to grow...
In response to the ICE raids that took place this morning in Las Cruces, and in solidarity with our community and the families who are being impacted, my Southern New Mexico colleagues signed and delivered a letter to Governor Susana Martinez. Too bad her office...