New Mexico Legislature confronts gun violence, braces for future with less oil wealth
By MORGAN LEE
Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers are searching for solutions to dwindling water supplies, violent crime, homelessness and lagging performance at public schools at a rapid-fire 30-day legislative session. Legislators and Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham also are floating ambitious proposals designed to curtail gun violence, expand affordable housing, recycle fracking wastewater and incentivize electric vehicle sales. Here is what to expect as legislators gather in an election year for the entire state House and Senate.
