New Mexico governor revs up campaign for reelection
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is preparing for the first major rally of her reelection campaign.
DATE: Jun 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Colorado ends 'legacy admissions' for higher education
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making the state a leader in the nationwide effort to ban legacy admissions at public colleges and universities.
DATE: May 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Senate takes on 'Colorado Option' health insurance bill
DENVER (AP) — Colorado state senators clashed over government control of health care pricing and affordability in their first debate Tuesday on a bill that would require insurers to offer a standard health plan to individuals and small businesses -- and sanction hospitals and other health care providers that don’t participate.
DATE: May 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado bill would limit ketamine use by paramedics, police
DENVER – A Colorado bill aims to limit the use of ketamine in law enforcement encounters, almost two years after the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was injected with the drug while...
DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Budget, housing, jobs, health top Colorado fed relief plans
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democrats outlined their priorities Monday for $3.8 billion in federal virus relief destined for the state under the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, and budgetary support, workforce development, affordable housing and mental health top their agenda.
DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
City of Albuquerque collects 166 guns in a buyback program
ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has collected nearly 170 guns in a buyback program designed to get the weapons off the street.
Albuquerque City Council member Cynthia Borrego said lots...
DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020
As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape.
The soil in the West is record dry for this time of year. In much of the re...
DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
Lauren Boebert, other Republicans rebel against mask requirement in House chamber
Lawmakers who refuse face coverings are subject $500 fine for first offense, $2,500 for subsequent offenses
DATE: May 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Some New Mexico farms apply for pilot project to save water
ALBUQUERQUE – More than two dozen farms in southern New Mexico have applied for a program that will pay them not to plant their fields as water managers look for new ways to stretch resource...
DATE: May 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Prosecutors drop bid for $168K after destructive avalanche
DENVER – Prosecutors have dropped their bid for $168,000 in damages from two snowboarders who triggered a slide that buried a service road and destroyed an expensive avalanche mitigation sys...
DATE: May 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Jan. 6 riot suspect on house arrest after mountain lion kill
DENVER – A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado hunting guide accused of assaulting a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot to be placed on house arrest after prosecutors say he violated...
DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
District Attorney Raúl Torrez to run for attorney general
SANTA FE – The district attorney for New Mexico's largest metro area is seeking the Democratic nomination for state attorney general in the 2022 election, emphasizing his hands-on experience...
DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
