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  "path": "/2026/04/opinion-voters-will-decide-about-paying-legislators/",
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  "textContent": "If New Mexico legislators were paid a salary, what would you expect them to do that they have not been doing up till now? Triple Spaced Again Merilee Dannemann is a longtime New Mexico journalist. Her columns are posted at www.triplespacedagain.com. Comments are invited through her web site. New Mexico is the only state legislature […]\n\nThe post Opinion: Voters will decide about paying legislators appeared first on The Paper..",
  "title": "Opinion: Voters will decide about paying legislators"
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