SANTA FE, N.M. — The 2025 legislative session came to an end Saturday afternoon.
New Mexico’s state lawmakers brought more than a thousand bills to the Roundhouse this year and roughly 200 made it up to the governor’s desk. While there are certainly big initiatives to celebrate, including CYFD Oversight, Universal Free Child Care and Behavioral Health Reform, there was a dark shadow looming over state lawmakers.
“They promised a lot more in this session on public safety, and that includes, or certainly should the crisis of juvenile crime,” Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said. “They did not.”…