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New Mexico Supreme Court rejects automated one-party voting

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a ballot option that would have allowed voters to select candidates from a particular party in all races by marking a single box,...

New Mexico Supreme Court rejects automated one-party voting

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a ballot option that would have allowed voters to select candidates from a particular party in all races by marking a single box....

Small private college abandons ‘prestige’ tuition pricing

SANTA FE – A private liberal arts college with campuses in New Mexico and Maryland announced Wednesday a $17,000 reduction in its annual tuition, while acknowledging that steady price increa...

FBI arrests five from New Mexico compound on firearms charges

SANTA FE – The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3...

Father, partner plead not guilty in toddler’s compound death

TAOS, N.M. – The father of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a filthy New Mexico compound and his partner pleaded not guilty Wednesday to new charges of child abuse resulting in death after les...

3 from New Mexico compound could be freed as charges tossed

TAOS, N.M. – A judge dismissed child neglect charges Wednesday against three of five people arrested at a New Mexico desert compound where 11 children were found living in filth and the body...

Sen. Rand Paul backs Libertarian candidate in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. – Former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Gary Johnson picked up the endorsement of Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Tuesday in his ef...

Prosecutors say boy denied medication at New Mexico compound

SANTA FE – Prosecutors on Friday charged the father and stepmother of a 3-year-old boy whose body was found at a ramshackle compound in northern New Mexico with child abuse charges that can ...

Oil boom may provide windfall to New Mexico, public schools

SANTA FE – A surge in New Mexico’s income linked to an oil boom may give legislators an extra $1.2 billion to work with as they craft the next annual budget, state economists announced Wedne...

Oil boom may provide windfall to New Mexico, public schools

SANTA FE, N.M. – A surge in New Mexico’s income linked to an oil boom may give legislators an extra $1.2 billion to work with as they craft the next annual budget, state economists announced...

New Mexico reaches settlement on driving credentials

SANTA FE – New Mexico will ease identification requirements for driving credentials and ID cards that serve as alternatives to state driver’s licenses that meet tougher federal security rule...

Conditions of release not yet met for N.M. compound suspects

TAOS, N.M. – Three people accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound remained jailed Wednesday as New Mexico authorities sought to satisfy the conditions of their release set by ...