New Mexico House advances part of budget solvency package
January 22, 2017
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico House on Saturday advanced half of a budget solvency plan but deferred action on the plans' other two bills until the coming week.
The House was in session Saturday as lawmakers worked to dig the state out of an $80 million budget hole and restore a modest financial cushion in the current fiscal year.
The House approved two of the four bills in the solvency plan and sent them to the Senate, which has approved its own versions. The Senate versions are similar but not identical to the House-approved bills. That means further Senate consideration is required....
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