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False election claims overwhelm local efforts to push back

ESTANCIA, N.M. – Republican county commissioners in this swath of ranching country in New Mexico’s high desert have tried everything they can think of to persuade voters their elections are ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor pins reelection to support for abortion

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hitched her reelection campaign squarely to support for abortion access in the second head-to-head debate of the campaign season with Repub...

DATE: Oct 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

1st debate highlights stakes in New Mexico race for governor

SANTA FE – A former television meteorologist is making his case to replace the Democratic governor of New Mexico, as the candidates prepare for a live-broadcast debate on Friday night. Repub...

DATE: Sep 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Groups: Retaliation after migrants report detention center

ESTANCIA, N.M. – Migrants held by U.S. authorities at a detention center in rural New Mexico have endured retaliation rather than aid after reporting unsanitary conditions at the government-...

DATE: Sep 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico candidate ends gun giveaway tied to $100 donations

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Republican nominee for secretary of state has removed an online campaign flyer that offered the chance to receive a firearm in return for $100 donations to her campai...

DATE: Sep 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico braces for exodus from Medicaid insurance

SANTA FE – New Mexico is bracing for a rapid exodus of up to 100,000 people from subsidized Medicaid health care next year as the federal government phases out special pandemic-era spending ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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