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New Mexico hasn鈥檛 had a state meat inspection program since 2007, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture took it over due to 鈥渞epetitive noncompliance with federal standards,鈥� according to a 2021 legislative report. Proposals to bring it back have failed to clear both chambers of the Legislature four years in a row, but this year鈥檚 bill still has a chance of reaching the governor鈥檚 desk.

The decision that local authorities would plug the hole in the state鈥檚 employee group health benefits fund was authorized in the legislative session in House Bill 2. But Republican Senator Pat Woods, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee, said he didn't know it was in there.

A bill that would provide free, healthy meals to all New Mexico school kids passed the state Senate over the weekend. 九色网 has more on some of the changes that were made as the legislation reached the full chamber.

New Mexico Senators asked a local news reporter to leave a committee meeting Thursday at the Roundhouse, citing a Senate rule that bars recording these鈥�

They don鈥檛 have big expense accounts or cozy relationships with powerful lawmakers. They don鈥檛 even know where the bathroom is. They鈥檙e citizen lobbyists,鈥�