6 November 2024: Victory for Kathleen Cates
Voters returned Kathleen to the NM House of Representatives for a second time! The final count showed her winning by over 1,000 votes ahead of her opponent.
Kathleen previews the upcoming legislative session, plus she tells us why we have 30-day sessions in New Mexico.
“A push to prohibit landlords across the state from turning away tenants whose rent is partially paid by government subsidies narrowly failed in a legislative committee meeting Monday afternoon.” Kathleen will reintroduce the bill next year. Read the story in Source NM.
Daily Lobo story on House Bill 25. The bill —presented by Representative Kathleen Cates (D), Andrea Romero (D), Patricia Roybal Caballero (D) and Cristina Parajón (D)—would amend the state’s Human Rights Act to prohibit the refusal to sell or rent property to someone based on their income source, defined in the bill as “a lawful and verifiable…