American Indian Day at the Legislature. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

#NM proposals calling for longer legislative sessions and paying lawmakers a salary cleared their first House hurdle on party-line votes. Some top Democrats say it's time for modernizing nation's only unsalaried Legislature: abqjournal.com/2570936/would-… via Albuquerque Journal #nmleg #nmpol

NM lawmakers passed a bill requiring the teaching of affirmative consent in public schools following a testy debate in which some lawmakers alluded to their own experience with sexual assault and others questioned what's appropriate for minors abqjournal.com/2570971/nm-hou… #nmleg

Syd Masters and his band the Swing Riders get ready to perform in the Rotunda of the State Capitol. They and other groups are here to perform for Tourism Day at the Legislature. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

Moises Candelaria, left, Victor Gonzales, right, and others from Los Lunas, cook carne adovada outside the Roundhouse as part of Valencia County Day at the Legislature. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

A proposal to ban AR-15-style rifles in New Mexico began moving through the Roundhouse as Democratic legislators pursue aggressive new gun-control measures intended to address mass shootings and other crime abqjournal.com/2571169/ar-15-… #nmleg #nmpol

The first major firearms bill of the session to pass a chamber just cleared the House on a 37-32 vote. An emotional debate focused on how to ensure the safe storage of firearms away from children abqjournal.com/2571864/new-me… #nmleg

#NM could soon join 11 other states in providing paid family leave to employees who qualify. But the debate is just heating up at the Roundhouse and the governor is taking a cautious approach on the issue: abqjournal.com/2571917/battle… via Albuquerque Journal #nmleg #nmpol

A memorial for homicide victims and survivors of gun violence in New Mexico was held in the Rotunda of the Roundhouse on Thursday. About 100 people gathered for the event to demand legislation to control gun violence. abqjournal.com/legislature

Allison Aguilar, 10, and other students from Mary Ann Binford Elementary, attend the celebration of Westside Day at the Legislature, Thursday. Around 700 kids and chaperones attended the 14th annual celebration of the Westside of Albuquerque in the legislature.

Democratic legislators launched an emotional push Friday to establish a flat 25-cents-a-drink tax as part of a strategy to combat New Mexico’s incredibly high alcohol death rate — the worst in the nation abqjournal.com/2572265/alcoho… #nmleg

A tax cut plan backed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and sponsored by Rep. Jason Harper, R-Rio Rancho, has support from #NM business groups. But Albuquerque and other cities could oppose the bill due to its budgetary impact: abqjournal.com/2572252/bipart… via Albuquerque Journal #nmleg #nmpol

Friday was African American Day at the legislature. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

Carter Monjaras, from Tijeras, blows a duck call during a rally in the Rotunda for Camo at the Capitol Day on Monday. Monjaras' dad Matthew, is with Impact Outdoors, a nonprofit who take youth and veterans into the outdoors for conservation, and meaningful outdoor opportunities.

Joseph Gavigan, a local actor, is turned into a faun by local special effects makeup artists Jon Shroyer, right, and Derek Herrera near the Rotunda of the State Capitol. This is part of Film Day and the Legislature. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Lujan and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury spoke to a joint session of the House and Senate on Tuesday. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, receives ashes at the State Capitol from Deacon Steve Rangel, from San Ysidro Catholic Church in Corrales. abqjournal.com/category/legis…

New Mexico highway markers celebrate women's history - Albuquerque Journal abqjournal.com/2579850/new-me…

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One of the all-time great Albuquerque Journal reporters, Dan McKay, leaves the paper today. Literally working days without sleep to make sure the New Mexico Legislature is held accountable. A talented reporter with a sense of duty that is unmatched. The man has stood at his post.