by Rhiannon Samuel | Jan 22, 2021 | New Mexico Legislature, Public
January 22, 2021 This past Tuesday, January 29, 2021, the State of New Mexico started the business of the First Session of the 55th New Mexico Legislature. The new session brought with it much change brought on by the 2020 election cycle where all 112 legislative...
by Rhiannon Samuel | May 11, 2020 | New Mexico Legislature, Press Release, Public
May 11, 2020 New Mexico – When state lawmakers go to Santa Fe for the legislative session, New Mexicans expect their representatives and senators to work together to fix the state’s most pressing issues. But are elected officials meeting the expectations of their...
by Rhiannon Samuel | Jan 17, 2020 | New Mexico Legislature, Podcasts
Special Episode 3 NM Legislature 2020: Expectations and Predictions Host Rhiannon Samuel, Executive Director of Viante New Mexico, talks with longtime New Mexico political journalist, Dan McKay, about the political landscape of the state legislature and the upcoming...
by Viante New Mexico | Jan 3, 2020 | Informational, New Mexico Legislature, Public
What is a Citizen Legislature? Here in New Mexico, we have what is called a “citizen legislature”, meaning that our state lawmakers do not receive a salary and typically have full-time occupations outside of their legislative duties. This system was implemented over...
by SDAdmin | Jul 26, 2019 | Informational, New Mexico Legislature, Public
Why Legislative Committee Meetings are Important The importance of a legislative committee meeting may not be immediately apparent. It’s tempting to view it as bureaucratic busywork if one is even aware of these meetings at all. However, legislative committees play an...
by Rhiannon Samuel | Jun 21, 2019 | New Mexico Legislature, Press Release, Public
June 21, 2019 New Mexico – When state lawmakers go to Santa Fe for the legislative session, New Mexicans expect their representatives and senators to work together to fix the state’s most pressing issues. But, are elected officials meeting the expectations of their...
