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• Gov. Richardson freezes “pork projects”

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Photo by Alfredo D. Ortiz Waiting until January to cut capital outlay projects isn’t good enough, Governor Bill Richardson said today as he moved to cancel “pork projects.” The move applies to all capital outlay projects except those that have already made grant arrangements with third parties. In the final ...
  2 weeks ago

• What did the state legislature decide?

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 157
  Original Author:  LP So what did the state legislature do in the last seven days? Well, they approved cuts nearly across the board to state agencies, with only education and and the state police significantly spared. These were in the big bill of the special session, HB 17. The ...
  2 weeks ago

• State Legislature passes budget bill

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Photo by Sara Grajeda A budget that largely protects K-12 education, while cutting deeply into most state agencies, won approval from the Legislature Friday evening. The budget passage came after an exhausting and confusing day in which state lawmakers dueled and disagreed before finally finding common ground. Five ...
  2 weeks ago

• Denish breaks Senate tie vote to pull back more “pork” (Updated)

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  On Friday afternoon, the Senate increased the amount of capital outlay–also known as “pork”–legislators will have to give up, with Lt. Gov. Diane Denish casting the tie vote to move the bill forward. The amendment to the big budget bill the Senate is hoping to approve today, introduced by Sen. Eric Griego, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Griego budget proposal spares education cuts

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Senator Eric Griego, an Albuquerque Democrat, has made a proposal that avoids cuts to public schools and higher education, if legislators will simply choose “people over pork,” he said. His proposal was made available to press watching the Senate floor debate. It was contrasted with an executive branch counter ...
  2 weeks ago

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