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Senator Siah Correa Hemphill Secures Emergency Funding for Acequia Repairs in Southwestern New Mexico
This week, Senator Siah Correa Hemphill, working together with state officials and community leaders, secured $375,000 in emergency funding to help clean and repair acequias damaged from the Black Fire and subsequent flooding.
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Fire Recovery Fund Passes Senate
If passed into law, SB6 would appropriate $100 million to the Department of Finance and Administration to provide no-interest loans to counties and small towns struggling to pay for infrastructure damaged during the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and the flooding that followed.
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Senate Bill 10: Additional 2021 Income Tax Rebates, Passes First Committee.
Today, the New Mexico State Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 10, a measure that would provide a new round of financial relief to New Mexican families in the form of one-time rebates.
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Senate Democratic Caucus Selects Leaders for the 56th Legislative Session
Members of the New Mexico Senate Democratic Caucus met today to select their nominee for Senate President Pro Tempore and to elect the Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Whip and Senate Majority Caucus Chair.
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Senate President Pro Tem Announces PRC Nominating Committee Appointee.
Today, New Mexico Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart announced the appointment of Cydney Beadles as her pick to serve on the bipartisan committee tasked with selecting candidates to serve on the Public Regulation Commission.