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High court weighs compensation for business restrictions

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday as it weighs whether the state must compensate businesses for losses because of temporary closures and other pandemic-r...

DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico Legislature seeks greater spending amid pandemic

Legislature seeks to increase spending on health care, education, salaries

DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New year brings new oversight of vaping, rising in minimum wage to New Mexico

SANTA FE – State authorities are increasing oversight of tobacco and e-cigarette businesses to prevent child access with the start of the new year, at the same time that a new statewide mini...

DATE: Dec 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico seeks court’s protection from business lawsuits

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor and top health officials are trying to fend off a flurry of lawsuits by businesses owners who say financial losses caused by the state’s pandemic health orde...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Economists predict rebound in New Mexico government income

SANTA FE — State economists are predicting a rebound in New Mexico state government income for the fiscal year that starts in July 2021, on top of a multibillion-dollar financial reserves, a...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Legislators say virus shouldn’t delay them

SANTA FE – Leading Democratic lawmakers pressed forward this week with efforts to hold a legislative session in January 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies and members of a legislat...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Election revives recreational pot initiatives in New Mexico

SANTA FE – State legislators are rekindling efforts to open New Mexico to recreational marijuana production and sales, with an emphasis on economic opportunity amid the turmoil of the corona...

DATE: Nov 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

N.M. senator pivots from fugitive to reformer

SANTA FE – A state senator who fled home because of threatening phone messages after criticizing a protest against coronavirus restrictions said he plans to pursue reforms that make police m...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Republican lawsuit alleges problems with absentee balloting

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Republican Party says its election poll challengers in New Mexico are unfairly being denied oversight of the initial verification process for absentee ballots, in a laws...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Northern New Mexico district to pick its first congresswoman

SANTA FE – The two major party candidates competing to become the first woman to represent a Democrat-dominated New Mexico district squared off in their first televised debate Thursday that ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Demand surges for absentee ballots across New Mexico

SANTA FE – Voters across New Mexico have submitted nearly 250,000 absentee ballot requests with especially strong demand among Democrats for alternatives to in-person voting amid the pandemi...

DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Push to reopen private schools arrives in federal court

SANTA FE – A federal judge on Wednesday weighed whether pandemic-related occupancy limits on private schools in New Mexico violate constitutional rights to equal protection and freedom of as...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News