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New Mexico lawmakers begin push for tuition-free college

SANTA FE – Adults who return to school to pursue professional certificates and two-year degrees are getting top priority under a proposal to provide free tuition to in-state students at publ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico Senate endorses ‘red flag’ gun bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate on Friday endorsed a “red flag” gun bill that has been prompted by concerns about a mass shooting last year in El Paso, Texas, and suicide prevention e...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Senate endorses ‘red flag’ gun bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate on Friday endorsed a “red flag” gun bill that has been prompted by concerns about a mass shooting last year in El Paso, Texas, and suicide prevention e...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

5% teacher salary hike heads to New Mexico House for vote

SANTA FE – Salary increases of 5% for public school teachers and 3% for state workers in New Mexico are included in a $7.6 billion general fund spending plan endorsed Monday by the lead Hous...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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...

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

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...

DATE: Jan 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Jan 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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...

DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Jan 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Jan 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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...

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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