Defendants protest trial delays in New Mexico compound raid
Five arrested after child’s body is found at squalid compound
DATE: Apr 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Morgan Lee
Position: The Associated Press
New Mexico Legislature approves payments to offset inflation
SANTA FE – New Mexico will provide new payments totaling $500 for individual adults or $1,000 per household to offset steep prices for fuel and raging inflation, under a bill approved by the...
DATE: Apr 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico proposes more tax rebates to offset gas prices
SANTA FE – Democratic state legislators announced Monday they will seek two new rounds of rebates totaling $500 per individual or $1,000 per household to offset steep gasoline prices, with n...
DATE: Apr 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Group rebuffs U.S. House inquiry into New Mexico election audit
SANTA FE – A congressional oversight committee indicated Wednesday that the lead contractor in a partisan audit of 2020 election results in New Mexico has rebuffed requests for documents and...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Recreational marijuana sales to begin Friday in New Mexico
SANTA FE – Marijuana aficionados and entrepreneurs across New Mexico are bracing for the April 1 start of state-regulated retail marijuana.
New Mexico joins 17 other states that have legali...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Warily, tribes prepare for cannabis ventures in New Mexico
SANTA FE – Two tribal communities have been reassured they’ll be able to take part in New Mexico’s marijuana market opening in April without the threat of federal law enforcement interferenc...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Methane survey from small plane finds more pollution, waste
SANTA FE – A pollution survey using sensors on small airplanes to detect methane emissions across a major U.S. oil and natural gas production zone points to greater releases of the potent cl...
DATE: Mar 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Political lobbyists denounce harassment by state senator
SANTA FE – A Democratic state senator is coming under new pressure to resign or be removed based on new allegations of groping, sexist comments, and yelling and cursing at women, in an open ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico terror trial in limbo years after compound raid
SANTA FE – A federal judge on Thursday sought to evaluate the mental health of a woman charged with kidnapping, firearms and terrorism-related counts – nearly four years after authorities ar...
DATE: Mar 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Governor signs $1B spending boost, vetoes pay for judges
SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a $1 billion annual budget expansion for state government into law on Wednesday to shore up spending on public education, health care...
DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Election official warns residents about door-to-door canvas
SANTA FE – New Mexico's top election regulator and prosecutor are warning residents of Otero County to be wary of intrusive questions and potential intimidation by door-to-door canvassers li...
DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico lobbyist accuses state lawmaker of groping her
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A lobbyist for progressive advocacy groups in New Mexico has accused a leading Democratic state senator of groping her at a hotel reception in 2015, calling on the lawmaker to resign in a public letter.
DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
