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New Mexico governor seeks to reinstate death penalty

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez announced Wednesday plans to attempt to reinstate the death penalty in response to recent events including the killing of a police officer. ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pension funds miss targets for returns

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s two major public pension funds have missed targets for investment returns for a second consecutive year, likely pushing up unfunded liabilities that can extend the ti...

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor orders agency spending reductions

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez directed most major state agencies on Tuesday to institute spending cuts in response to a sharp downturn in tax receipts and other state revenues t...

DATE: Aug 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor seeks solution on budget crunch

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez provided new indications Tuesday that the state may be headed toward a special legislative session to address dwindling state operating reserves. ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cheap gasoline syphons riders from New Mexico commuter train

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s distinctive commuter rail line cuts a breathtaking path through Native American tribal lands, past silhouetted mountain ranges and swaths of cottonwood trees along th...

DATE: Jul 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor sets her own agenda at GOP convention

SANTA FE – A testy and guarded relationship between Donald Trump and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez shows little sign of change as she and other GOP delegates make their way to the Republic...

DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico redraws Medicaid cuts to hospital, dentists

Emergency room visits increasing

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor criticizes Trump

Martinez disagrees with comments about judge

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sanders seeks backers in heavily Hispanic New Mexico

SANTA FE – Sen. Bernie Sanders made a fiery appeal Friday to Democratic voters in New Mexico to help boost his campaign’s momentum going into the final round of state primaries, acknowledgin...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sanders seeks out Democrats with 2-day New Mexico swing

SANTA FE – Sen. Bernie Sanders made a fiery appeal Friday to Democratic voters in New Mexico to help boost his campaign’s momentum going the final round of state primaries, acknowledging he ...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico looks to limit spending on Medicaid

SANTA FE – Health care workers are raising concerns about closed-door meetings as New Mexico forges a plan to rein in spending on Medicaid by about $400 million under a new state budget. ...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Open records: N.M. lawmakers rarely use work email

SANTA FE – New Mexico legislative leaders rarely, if ever, communicate by work email and keep private the details of breakfast and dinner appointments with industry and special interest grou...

DATE: Mar 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News