Top stories published by Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative in 2021

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A bill that would allow health care providers to give aid in dying to terminally ill patients passed the New Mexico House Health and…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Jan 18, 2021

Women to outnumber men for first time in New Mexico House

By WALTER RUBEL / Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The results of the 2020 election flip the New Mexico House of Representatives from blue to pink for the first time in our…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Feb 15, 2021

New Mexico House panel OK’s one cannabis legalization bill, tables another

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — With two competing cannabis legalization bills under consideration, much of the debate…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Feb 11, 2021

Legislation would make ‘ghost guns’ illegal in New Mexico

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Legislation to outlaw so-called ghost guns in New Mexico is advancing in the state House of Representatives, over the…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Mar 18, 2021

New Mexico Senate tightens rules on medical marijuana

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — With two bills to legalize marijuana sales stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the New Mexico Senate turned its attention…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Jan 3, 2021

Diving into the history of NM’s Land Grant Permanent Fund — a hefty pool of state dollars

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexicans have Harvey B. Fergusson to thank for the substantial…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Mar 2, 2021

Marijuana bill clears New Mexico House

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — “It being exactly 4:20 (p.m.), we go to House Bill 12,” Rep. Daymon Ely, D-Corrales, quipped Friday, Feb. 26, to begin the debate over legalization of…

Diana Alba-Soular in Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Apr 1, 2021

Lawmakers pass marijuana legalization bills in special session

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Marijuana sales will be legal in New Mexico next year following passage of a bill Wednesday, March 31, on the…

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Backed by the nonprofit NM Local News Fund, several news organizations are producing news stories and radio segments covering the 2021 New Mexico Legislature. Partners include The Las Cruces Bulletin, the Las Cruces Sun-News, the Carlsbad Current-Argus, and KRWG Radio.

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