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A bill that backers said would have bolstered education in Indigenous languages was among the casualties of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s veto pocket. The deadline for the governor to act on bills was ...
The apex court curbed the governor’s legislative power, set strict timelines for approval for bills and berated Tamil Nadu ...
For years, New Mexico governors have been able to kill bills without explanation by simply declining to sign them. But the so-called "pocket veto" could be abolished starting in 2027, under a measure ...
"In those final hours of the session, in the wake of a mass shooting in Las Cruces that went unacknowledged by House ...
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 8) set time limits for the decisions by the Governors under ...
The governor directly vetoed 18 bills this year, including proposals expanding income tax credits to low-income New Mexicans, ...
A failure to meet these timetables would give an aggrieved state the right to approach the high court or the Supreme Court, ...
During the past legislative session, there were a number of efforts to change how the political body works. Those included bills to pay members of the only unpaid legislature in the country and ...
The Supreme Court of India has mandated that the President must decide within three months on bills referred by state ...
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that governors cannot indefinitely delay giving assent to bills passed by state ...
It’s good to be back after the longest hiatus I have taken in more than six years of writing. It’s also good after writing six end-of-legislature columns, to finally write ...