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New Mexico seeks reforms at unemployment agency

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vowed Friday to replenish the state’s indebted unemployment insurance trust fund with federal relief money to avoid future tax increases to...

Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday defended her handling of accusations of harassment by a former campaign spokesman that resulted in a financial settlement of at least $62,500 in payments from her political campaign, explaining that the pandemic demanded her attention.

Pandemic ruling: State not obligated to compensate business

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that there is no constitutional or statutory requirement to compensate businesses for financial losses because of emergency public health orde...

Special House election in New Mexico measures political pulse after Trump

SANTA FE – A special congressional election is checking the political pulse of politics across the Albuquerque metro area and a few outlying rural communities in one of the few House campaig...

New Mexico proposes new rules for recreational pot growers

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Tuesday took its first major regulatory steps toward legal production of recreational marijuana, publishing lengthy proposed ground rules for cannabis businesses th...