Morgan Lee
Position: The Associated Press

New Mexico shrinks reliance on for-profit prison operators

SANTA FE – New Mexico is on the cusp of finalizing prison takeovers that will reduce private prison operations to 25% of inmate beds, amid a plunge in prison population numbers statewide. Co...

DATE: Aug 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico tries carrot-stick approach to boost vaccination

SANTA FE – The state of New Mexico moved forward Monday with a carrot-and-stick approach to immunizations against COVID-19 with a renewed $100 payout to newly vaccinated residents. That $100...

DATE: Aug 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico rolls out same-day voter registration program

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democrat-backed efforts to expand voter access in New Mexico are coming to fruition, with the rollout of same-day voter registration this month.

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday defended her handling of accusations of harassment by a former campaign spokesman that resulted in a financial settlement of at least $62,500 in payments from her political campaign, explaining that the pandemic demanded her attention.

DATE: Jun 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Special House election in New Mexico measures political pulse after Trump

SANTA FE – A special congressional election is checking the political pulse of politics across the Albuquerque metro area and a few outlying rural communities in one of the few House campaig...

DATE: Jun 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico proposes new rules for recreational pot growers

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Tuesday took its first major regulatory steps toward legal production of recreational marijuana, publishing lengthy proposed ground rules for cannabis businesses th...

DATE: May 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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