New Mexico State Capitol building.
New Mexico State Capitol building. Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

Stuff you need to know, 1.16.24

“N.M. governor, Senate GOP unveil public safety agendas”
by Austin Fisher, Source NM
January 16, 2024

Summaries of the Republican Senate’s public safety legislation focused on targeting criminals and supporting law enforcement and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s sweeping legislative package, which she claims has bipartisan support.

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“Governor, lawmakers expected to hash out key differences in dueling state budgets”
by Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican; reposted in NM Political Report
January 16, 2024

Key distinctions between Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s record high $10.5 billion proposed budget and the Legislative Finance Committee’s slightly slimmer $10.1 billion proposed budget: The governor is proposing a $500 million tax package, while lawmakers are proposing $200 million in tax cuts. The governor’s spending plan calls for 3 percent across-the-board pay increases and 14 percent hikes for New Mexico State Police officers, which some lawmakers worry will drive up vacancy rates at smaller law enforcement agencies. The LFC is proposing 2 percent across-the-board pay increases and then providing agencies an additional 2 percent for positions that are hard to fill or for retention.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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