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Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal The law firm of House Speaker Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, who is co-sponsor of a state Civil Rights Act that would allow people to sue state and local governments for alleged civil rights violations under the state Constitution, has settled 10 legal actions against state agencies over the past five years for more than $2.3 million. House Speaker Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, talks during debate this month over the proposed Civil Rights Act in the House. The bill, co-sponsored by Egolf, would remove qualified immunity in civil rights cases. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque) Two of those were...

SANTA FE – House Speaker Brian Egolf said Tuesday that he and other Democratic leaders are restarting their efforts to reshape the New Mexico tax code – this time with an emphasis on raising hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue that can be used to improve the state’s school system. Egolf said legislative leaders are crafting a tax version that would raise income taxes on families making at least $250,000 a year, raise gasoline taxes and levy gross receipts taxes on all online sales. House Republicans immediately blasted the idea as an unwarranted tax increase that would damage...