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New Mexico bill would spare bears that attack humans

SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers may scrap and rewrite regulations that currently mandate the euthanizing of bears and other wild animals that attack a human so that the animals can be tested...

Rural New Mexico exports mentoring model for physicians

Training can result in dramatic cost savings

New Mexico cuts for public education likely, official says

SANTA FE – State funding for public education in New Mexico is almost certain to be reduced further next year to offset plunging state revenues, the chairman of an influential state budget c...

New Mexico budget crisis rears its head in courts, colleges

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s grinding budget crisis is taking a toll in courtrooms where overburdened attorneys have denied legal counsel to poor defendants, at museums reeling from layoffs and a...

Professional mediator takes on New Mexico budget impasse

SANTA FE – He is a mild mannered attorney who negotiates out-of-court resolutions to legal disputes for a living. In his unsalaried job as the next New Mexico state Senate majorit...

Santa Fe’s mayor becomes public face of sanctuary cities

‘It’s really an issue about the values of Santa Fe’

Attendance dips, revenues rise at New Mexico state museums

SANTA FE – A decision to raise ticket prices and eliminate some free-entrance days at New Mexico’s world-renowned state museums and historic sites has provided a boost in revenue to the stat...

New Mexico’s secretary of state will have her hands full

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s newly elected secretary of state will be greeted by a stack of political campaign finance filings flagged for possible violations, a shrinking budget and lingering mi...

New Mexico budget woes drive up borrowing costs

SANTA FE – A major credit rating agency has downgraded New Mexico’s financial standing shortly after the adoption of new budget solvency measures by the Legislature and Gov. Susana Martinez,...

In New Mexico, New Deal legacy gets a second look

Old Santa Fe Trail Building stands as lasting monument to civilian corp

Cash-strapped New Mexico takes back construction funds

SANTA FE – New Mexico will cancel 115 state-funded construction projects and refinance others to close a major budget gap, under a solvency bill signed on Friday by Gov. Susana Martinez. ...

Oil slump cripples New Mexico city finances

Bloomfield cuts city workers’ salaries, benefits