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New Mexico governor vetoes pay raise for successor

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Wednesday vetoed a proposed 10 percent pay raise for statewide elected officials – including her successor – as well as utility regulators. ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Legislature gets flurry of harassment complaints

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature received five reports about possible sexual misconduct, harassment and discrimination during the recently concluded session, according to the legislativ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico preschool funding proposal clears House

SANTA FE – House lawmakers on Tuesday approved a plan to increase funding for early childhood education in New Mexico by distributing more money from a multibillion dollar state sovereign we...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico House approves Medicaid buy-in study

SANTA FE – New Mexico would study opportunities to allow almost anyone to buy Medicaid health care coverage under a measure approved by the state House of Representatives on Monday. ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Experts try to save O’Keeffe paintings from damage

Art conservationists plan to use advanced 3-D imaging technology to detect buildup

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

New Mexico Legislature weighs new sexual harassment policy

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico lawmakers took new steps Monday to prevent sexual misconduct and harassment at the state Capitol, attending a training session and considering new procedures for ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New technology aims to slow damage to Georgia O’Keeffe works

SANTA FE – Chemical reactions are gradually darkening many of Georgia O’Keeffe’s famously vibrant paintings, and art conservation experts are hoping new digital imaging tools can help them s...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico moves to rein in predatory lending operations

SANTA FE – New Mexico is moving forward with an overhaul of the storefront lending marketplace that will cap interest rates at an annual 175 percent starting Jan. 1, while state regulators s...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Legislature seeks anti-harassment training

SANTA FE – New Mexico legislative leaders have begun a review of workplace sexual harassment guidelines and preventative training, as decade-old accusations roil a state senator’s campaign f...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jury convicts New Mexico state senator in corruption trial

SANTA FE – A former New Mexico state senator was convicted Thursday of fraud, bribery and felony ethical violations in a corruption trial over accusations he used his position as a lawmaker ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmaker defends conduct at corruption trial

SANTA FE, N.M. – A former New Mexico state senator told jurors at his own corruption trial Tuesday that he had tried to avoid personal financial conflicts in arranging the sale of a state-ow...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico political corruption trial details private talk

SANTA FE – A former top-ranked New Mexico lawmaker told a jury he was confronted in his state Capitol office in 2014 by a senator for interfering with the proposed sale of a state-owned buil...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News