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New Mexico previously bused migrants during Trump years

SANTA FE – When migrants overwhelmed cities and shelters in New Mexico in 2019, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham moved several dozen of them by bus from border communities to Denver, w...

DATE: Sep 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cowboys for Trump co-founder appeals ban from public office

SANTA FE – A New Mexico politician and Trump supporter who was removed and barred from elected office for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, is attempting to appeal that deci...

DATE: Sep 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico judiciary endorses elimination of some court fees

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s judiciary has endorsed the elimination of court fees for traffic violations and some misdemeanor criminal cases that can have a disproportionate effect on the poor, a...

DATE: Sep 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico won’t deny law licenses over immigration status

SANTA FE – New Mexico will no longer deny licenses to practice law solely because of an applicant’s citizenship or immigration status, including some aspiring law students who arrived in the...

DATE: Aug 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

‘Breaking Bad’ statues shine light on actors, Albuquerque

Show and its prequel ‘Better Call Saul’ helped fuel filmmaking across New Mexico

DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. judge OKs online publication of New Mexico voter records

SANTA FE – A conservative-backed initiative to publish voter registration records from across the country online for public consumption can move forward over the objections of New Mexico ele...

DATE: Jul 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southern New Mexico county says abortion clinics not welcome

SANTA FE – A local government board in southern New Mexico approved a message Thursday saying that abortion clinics are not welcome in politically conservative Otero County – even though sta...

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Doctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Physicians and researchers are urging New Mexico legislators to allow the use of psychedelic mushrooms in mental health therapy aimed at overcoming depression, anxiety, psychologi...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Attorneys for Trump in New Mexico confront new scrutiny

SANTA FE – Renewed efforts are underway to investigate and possibly discipline two attorneys who helped the Donald Trump campaign challenge New Mexico’s 2020 presidential election results in...

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Top New Mexico elections regulator says she was threatened

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s top elections regulator says she received threats to her safety via an email and telephone calls to her offices and that the FBI has been notified. Secretary of State...

DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor orders safeguards for abortion access

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor took steps Monday to ensure safe harbor to people seeking abortions or providing abortions at health care facilities within the state. Gov. Michel...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Building anger in rural New Mexico erupts in election crisis

SANTA FE – Behind the raw public frustration and anger over election security that has played out this week in New Mexico was a hint of something deeper – a growing divide between the state’...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico