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New Mexico weighs voting reforms, holiday on Election Day

SANTA FE – New Mexico would designate Election Day as a state holiday to encourage voting and make it easier to request and cast ballots by mail under a suggested legislative proposal outlin...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico lawmakers, governor seek $1B spending increase

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor and leading state legislators on Thursday proposed a $1 billion increase in general fund spending for the coming fiscal year – an about 14% boost aimed at sh...

DATE: Jan 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Pattern Energy completes New Mexico wind project

ALBUQUERQUE – A California-based renewable energy company says work is complete on four wind farms in New Mexico that total more than a gigawatt of capacity. Pattern Energy officials announ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico regulators work on rules for new solar program

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has until April to finish crafting rules for the state’s new community solar program, and the public has just a couple weeks left to...

DATE: Jan 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Former New Mexico spaceport CFO alleges fraud, retaliation

ALBUQUERQUE – The former chief financial officer for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that he was forced to resign after raising concerns about finan...

DATE: Jan 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo leader OKs $557M in virus relief money for members

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo President Jonathan Nez has signed legislation to provide $557 million in hardship assistance to tribal members amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nez approved the bil...

DATE: Jan 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Most New Mexico students back in class amid virus surge

ALBUQUERQUE – Only a couple of school districts and a handful of individual schools in New Mexico are pausing in-person learning for a week amid rising COVID-19 cases as state health officia...

DATE: Jan 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Overdue education plan frustrates New Mexico tribal leaders

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s plan to address the needs of underserved Indigenous students hasn’t been shared with tribal leaders or the public despite promises made by state officials that they w...

DATE: Jan 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Albuquerque shatters homicide record in 2021

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque has shattered its annual homicide record, marking 117 killings within city limits in 2021. All but three of the 2021 killings are being investigated by Albuquerque...

DATE: Jan 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico advocates renew push for juvenile justice bill

ALBUQUERQUE – It seemed likely that Michael Brown, 44, would die in prison. He was tried as an adult in 1995 and convicted by a jury on first-degree murder and other charges in the stabbing ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Rural New Mexico school buys Starlink internet for students

$1.2 million deal that leapfrogs piecemeal efforts by state and tribal officials

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico sees drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations

ALBUQUERQUE – Fewer people are being hospitalized now in New Mexico because of COVID-19 infections, according to state data. The New Mexico Department of Health reported Tuesday there were j...

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico