New Mexico lawmakers among beneficiaries of relief grants
$100M paid out to 6,800 businesses, nonprofits
DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Morgan Lee
Position: The Associated Press
Cowboys for Trump leaders seeks cover for financial backers
SANTA FE – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday from the jailed founder of Cowboys for Trump, tossing the effort to block or avoid possible financial disclosure requirements as a po...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
High court weighs compensation for business restrictions
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday as it weighs whether the state must compensate businesses for losses due to temporary closures and other pandemic-relat...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business
New Mexico Legislature seeks greater spending amid pandemic
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state government would increase general fund spending by 4% and devote new resources to health care and public education amid the coronavirus pandemic, under a detail...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico governor seeks new spending on health, education
SANTA FE – Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is recommending a 3.3% increase in state general fund spending in the coming fiscal year to devote more to public education and health and w...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico electors support Biden, as GOP sues to invalidate
SANTA FE – Democratic electors in New Mexico cast their votes for Joe Biden on Monday as the Democratic president-elect cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential vict...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico expects vaccine delivery with day of approval
SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Thursday the first doses of coronavirus vaccine from drug maker Pfizer are expected to arrive in New Mexico within 24 hours of pending ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Lawsuit alleges secrecy at New Mexico prison agency
SANTA FE – A newly founded watchdog organization on prison conditions says it is colliding with a culture of secrecy at the New Mexico Corrections Department that may interfere with monitori...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico seeks court’s protection from business lawsuits
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor and top health officials are trying to fend off a flurry of lawsuits by businesses owners who say financial losses caused by the state’s pandemic health orde...
DATE: Dec 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
New Mexico sets priorities for who gets first vaccine doses
Medical facilities, long-term care centers come first
DATE: Dec 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico legislators says virus shouldn’t delay their work
SANTA FE – Leading Democratic lawmakers pressed forward Monday with efforts to hold a legislative session in January 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies and members of a legislative...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico governor reshuffles office as she advises Biden
SANTA FE – An attorney who successfully defended the governor’s emergency health orders from legal challenges has been promoted to chief of staff by Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
