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New Mexico seeks new tools to intervene in opioid addiction

SANTA FE – New Mexico is considering new funding for research into treating addiction with injectable opioids to help address long-term dependency on heroin and other opioids. A b...

New Mexico confronts backlog of wage-theft complaints

SANTA FE – New Mexico is struggling to clear a backlog of about 1,900 complaints of wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law. Workforce Solutions Secretary...

Elections loom over Democrats on guns, marijuana, pensions

SANTA FE – Legislative elections and ideological divisions among Democrats are looming over major initiatives backed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham – from new gun restrictions to recreationa...

New Mexico Legislature considers tuition-free college, legalizing pot

SANTA FE – Efforts are underway to legalize and tax recreational marijuana sales, fund tuition-free college and shore up pensions for state and local government workers as the New Mexico Leg...

Registration drive seeks to close voting gap among Latinos

SANTA FE – A nonpartisan group said targeted mailings that encourage voter registration are going out to one-in-eight residents of New Mexico. The nonprofit, Washington-based Vote...

Sheriffs oppose ‘red flag’ gun legislation in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Sheriffs across much of the state are opposed to a proposal from Democratic lawmakers that would allow police or relatives to ask a court to temporarily take away guns from people...

New device in New Mexico turns back clock on astronomy

SANTA FE – A newly forged steel instrument that can pinpoint the path of stars and planets across the night sky using the naked eye is a throwback to the years just before the advent of tele...

Higher minimum wage among new laws in New Mexico on Jan. 1

SANTA FE – As 2020 arrives, New Mexico is raising its minimum wage, adding protections against surprise medical billing and allowing more people to remove their past criminal records from pu...

Medical insurance bypasses Native Americans in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Native Americans go without medical insurance at a much higher rate than other residents of New Mexico, a state-commissioned study has found as state health officials seek new str...

New Mexico state senator found guilty of drunken driving

SANTA FE – New Mexico state Sen. Richard Martinez has been found guilty of aggravated drunken driving and reckless driving in connection with a June car crash, a state district court judge r...

New Mexico senator fights drunken driving charges at trial

SANTA FE – The trial of a prominent Democratic state senator on drunken and reckless driving charges on Monday delved into police body camera video of a watery-eyed politician in apparently ...

New Mexico senator fights drunken driving charges at trial

SANTA FE – State prosecutors highlighted video footage of an influential Democratic New Mexico state senator wearing urine-stained shorts as he struggled with a field sobriety test, at the o...