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New Mexico US Senators Heinrich, Luján back legislation to protect dreamers’...
Supporters of the DACA program rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo by Robin Bravender / States Newsroom)New Mexico’s senators in Congress have joined two dozen others in an effort to protect...
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Some New Mexico attorneys stop taking public defense work due to ‘funding...
U.S. Federal District Court in Las Cruces. (Photo by Leah Romero / Source NM)Private attorneys representing people who otherwise can’t afford a legal defense in federal courts in New Mexico are working...
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New Mexico joins 22 other states in lawsuit over education funding freeze
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez spoke with reporters on Wednesday about his and 22 states attorney generals' lawsuit against the Trump administration over education funding. Next to Torrez is...
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NM Supreme Court issues rulings on crime and whistleblower protections
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Nov. 20, 2023 in Santa Fe. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday issued three rulings dealing with time limits on criminal charges,...
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Land grants, state agency plead for more state support after wildfires
Juan Sanchez's son and grandson in November 2016 helped reseed by hand part of the lands burnt by the Dog Head Fire, after the Natural Resources Conservation Service masticated 80 acres of burned...
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Report: Most NM schools taking better care of their buildings
Students gathering after dismissal at an Albuquerque school on Sept. 7, 2023. (Photo by Anna Padilla for Source New Mexico)School districts in New Mexico are doing a much better job at maintaining...
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Trump administration withholding $44M in education funding from New Mexico
The federal Office of Management and Budget said federal school funds were withheld after officials found some districts across the country had allegedly misused the money “to subsidize a radical...
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New Mexico counties say state owes them millions for incarceration costs
The Metropolitan Detention Center, New Mexico's largest jail, is shown in a screenshot of a Bernalillo County public service announcement from December 2020. (Courtesy of Bernalillo County)Two...
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NM cities say drinking water and sewer projects stuck in legislative bottleneck
An aeration basin at the Southside Water Reclamation Plant in Albuquerque. Sewer projects this year became eligible for public financing from the New Mexico Finance Authority's Water Project Fund....
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NM judiciary suggests lawmakers create state court marshals service
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office deputies Tracy Baca and Donna Chavez scan a member of the public's belongings in the entrance to the First Judicial District Court on July 9, 2025 in Santa Fe. (Photo...
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NM Supreme Court imposes strict deadlines on criminal cases in Santa Fe area
First Judicial District Court Judge T. Glenn Ellington and Chief Judge Bryan Biedscheid discussed the new case management order with reporters in Biedscheid's courtroom on July 9, 2025. (Photo by...
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NM lawmakers plan to reintroduce nicotine tax hike in 2027
In 2023, more than a third of New Mexicans aged 18 to 29 years used some kind of nicotine product, while 22% of high school students and nearly 13% of middle school students used them, according to the...
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First Republican joins race for NM public lands commissioner
Michael Perry. (Courtesy photo)A retired New Mexico state government worker and game warden and county-level elected official has entered the race for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands. Michael...
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Ruidoso and Mescalero officials seek state help as communities face post-fire...
Floodwaters race past homes in Ruidoso on Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Courtesy of the National Weather Service, Albuquerque).Emergency warnings sounded twice during an interim legislative committee meeting...
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‘It’s not over’: New Mexico doctor discusses the lasting effects of COVID-19
Dr. Michelle Harkins has led several studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute on asthma, COVID and Long COVID. (Courtesy photo)One of the...
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Study: Despite decreasing crime, NM holds more people in its largest jail
On any given day last October, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center outside of Albuquerque held an average of 1,803 people, the highest figure since December 2014. (Photo by Austin...
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Local prosecutors seek lawmakers’ help in lifting court deadlines
First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told lawmakers if the case management order is implemented in her district, she predicts “thousands of cases are going to be dismissed.” (Photo by...
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NM Municipal League claims NM Civil Rights Act a ‘complete disaster’ for...
Committee Chair Joseph Cervantes, a Democratic senator from Las Cruces who carried the legislation on the Senate floor in 2021, and Sen. Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D-Albuquerque), pushed back on the idea...
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Three people vie for Democratic nomination for NM public lands commissioner
Juan Sanchez, Matthew McQueen and Juan Moya are running for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands. (Courtesy photos)Rep. Matthew McQueen (D-Galisteo) on Monday morning announced his candidacy in the...
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NM lawmakers emphasize non-criminal interventions for behavioral health reform
Legislative Health and Human Services Committee Chair Liz Thomson said concerns have been raised to her about New Mexico's new behavioral health system having “a criminal basis, as opposed to just...
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