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New Mexico homelessness spikes as housing costs surge

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A tally of the homeless population in New Mexico shows an abrupt jump in the number of people living without permanent housing or with no shelter at all, according to t...

DATE: May 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Small New Mexico city challenges state abortion-rights law

Eunice enacts local anti-abortion ordinances

DATE: Apr 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

‘Rust’ movie reboots after Alec Baldwin shooting

Western movie scheduled to resume at a movie ranch in Montana

DATE: Apr 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Special prosecutor steps down in case against Alec Baldwin

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A special prosecutor who doubles as a state legislator is stepping down from her role in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set.

DATE: Mar 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico may curb paramilitaries near southern U.S. border

Lawmakers in Oregon and Vermont also are considering initiatives

DATE: Mar 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico legislators weigh changes to harassment policies

SANTA FE – State legislators in New Mexico are reconsidering how they evaluate complaints of sexual misconduct against colleagues, amid outrage about the handling of a complaint against an i...

DATE: Sep 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico banishes Trump ally from office for insurrection

SANTA FE – A New Mexico state district court judge on Tuesday disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in the in...

DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

NAACP supports removal of Cowboys for Trump cofounder

SANTA FE – The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from public office, alleging that the Cowboys for Trump cofounder has sought to disenfranchise voters...

DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Prison worker alleges retaliation for report of rodents

SANTA FE – A mental-health worker at a state prison in western New Mexico says she was harassed and threatened by superiors after reporting details of an apparent rodent infestation, under a...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico labor agency defends tax rates for unemployment

SANTA FE – New Mexico labor officials are responding with reassurances to an onslaught of complaints about increased tax rates on businesses to support unemployment insurance. In addition, t...

DATE: Apr 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Records: New Mexico governor settles harassment allegation

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s political committee has paid at least $62,500 to settle allegations by a former campaign employee who says he was sexually harassed by the...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News