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Colorado lawmakers unveil public-run health insurance bill

DENVER – Setting up one of the most contentious issues of Colorado’s 2021 legislative session, Democratic state lawmakers announced they are introducing a public health care option bill on T...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Special election set for June 1 to fill Haaland’s vacated House seat

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s secretary of state has announced that a special general election will be held June 1 to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Deb Haaland. Secretary of State...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Push on for reopening of the Grand Canyon’s east entrance

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Grand Canyon National Park officials tentatively plan to reopen the park’s eastern entrance in late May, but there’s sentiment in a small northern Arizona city that depend...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pot legalization bill advances as time runs short

SANTA FE – Legislation to legalize cannabis in New Mexico advanced Thursday toward a decisive Senate floor vote under a framework that emphasizes government oversight of pricing and supplies...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials seek information on death of endangered gray wolf

EAGAR, Ariz. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating what it says is a suspicious death of an endangered Mexican gray wolf near Eagar. The agency and others are offe...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Senate panel advances farmworker wages, rights bill

DENVER – A Colorado state Senate panel advanced a bill Wednesday that would grant minimum wage and overtime rights to thousands of farmworkers and allow those workers to organize and join la...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officers in Colorado rescue goose with arrow lodged in body

BOULDER – Police in Colorado are looking for whoever shot a goose with an arrow, leaving it lodged in its body near its beak. Police on Wednesday released video of the animal’s re...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico seeks end to police immunity from prosecution

SANTA FE – A bill that would end police immunity from prosecution in New Mexico to allow civil rights lawsuits in state court cleared its last major hurdle with Senate approval shortly after...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico puts surging income into schools, economic relief

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate approved an annual budget plan for state government that increases general fund spending by nearly 5% to shore up educational funding, bolster environm...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers consider permanent fence around Capitol

DENVER – The Colorado Legislature is considering allocating about $1 million toward permanent fencing around most of the state Capitol building in downtown Denver in response to vandalism du...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation to reopen two casinos in northwestern New Mexico

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Two casinos on the Navajo Nation will reopen this week as the tribe eases its restrictions on businesses amid a downturn in coronavirus cases. The Navajo Nation...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Senate passes school cannabis medicine bill

DENVER – Colorado’s Senate has passed legislation to make it easier for children with complicated medical conditions to receive cannabis-based medication at school. Wednesday’s 33...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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