Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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This morning begins day 19 at the 68th Legislative Session. As we approach the deadline for legislation with funding included in them having to be voted on in policy committees before being heard in the Appropriations Committee, the priorities for this legislative session are beginning to take shape. In the Human Resource section of the Appropriations Committee, we are completing our detail work on our first half budgets. This week we are hearing the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...
The second week of the 68th Legislative session is coming to a close today with a number of bills beginning to hit the floor for final action. As of this morning 376 House bills have been filed. This is a similar number to the previous session. In the House, we have until next Wednesday to introduce bills for this session. The Senate does have an additional week to introduce bills in their chamber. We broke into section in the Appropriations Committee this week and we just completed an overview...
The 68th Legislative Session began on January 3, 2023. The first day of the session began with the State of the Tribes Address. Each session, the Tribal Chairman of one of the 5 recognized Tribes addresses the joint session of the legislature. This year we were fortunate to have Chairman Jamie Azure from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas address us. Following that, Chief Justice Jon Jensen gave the State of the Judiciary Address. In his remarks, he spoke of the need for salary increases for...
