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New Mexico Primary 2026: NM House of Representatives
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (1479+ words) This is abhorrent: Chaos takes over debate of WV child abuse bill In southern New Mexicos House of Representatives District 33, which covers historic Mesilla and part of Las Cruces in the states arid borderland region, water is paramount. The region…...
NM Gov. Lujan Grisham lauds, but vetoes bill to incentivize lower-carbon construction materials
4+ week, 2+ day ago (414+ words) One of the two pieces of legislation from the most recent session Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed would have established a new incentives program for lower-carbon construction materials. In the veto, the governor criticized some of the bill's requirements, but…...
New Mexico's Jeffrey Epstein "truth commission' seeks to hire law firm
4+ week, 2+ day ago (319+ words) New Mexico officials are soliciting proposals from law firms to aid the state's Jeffrey Epstein "truth commission" in its investigation into the late sex offender and his former Zorro Ranch property in Santa Fe County. To be eligible for the…...
New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham signs free, universal child care into law
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (346+ words) New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joined a group of children, parents and educators at a Santa Fe preschool Tuesday morning to sign her free, universal child care initiative into law. "I really wanted something that would create a sea…...
NM Gov. Lujan Grisham names new interim New Mexico State Police chief
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (220+ words) Billion Dollar Baby Bump New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has named a 24-year New Mexico State Police veteran as interim police chief, following the retirement last week of former Chief Troy Weisler. According to a news release Friday from…...
New Mexico governor signs suite of health care bills, including medical malpractice reform, into law
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (504+ words) Billion Dollar Baby Bump New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday morning signed medical malpractice reform and three other bills aimed at boosting health care affordability, prohibiting certain facility fees and supporting hospitals that honor Medicaid into law. "This…...
After past vetoes, bias training bill for medical licenses could become law
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (676+ words) A bill requiring unconscious bias training for medical license renewals was rejected multiple times by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Now the measure, via Senate Bill 22 by Sen Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, and House Bill 1147 by Cliff Hayes, D-Chesapeake, is on its…...
Raton officials to study Interstate 27 extension into NM with $2. 6 M in federal funds
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (475+ words) Officials in Raton and other northern New Mexico towns are beginning work on a study to determine how extending Interstate 27 from Texas into the region would impact the city, thanks to $2. 6 million members of the New Mexico congressional delegation secured…...
NM regulatory staff asks for more info on PNM $400 million stock sale
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers New Mexico Public Regulation Commission legal staffers on Thursday filed a brief seeking more information about a $400 million stock sale between PNM's parent company and an affiliate of the private equity firm seeking to acquire…...
Sheriffs make plea for restraint, as House, Senate weigh more immigration enforcement limits
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (717+ words) As Trump targets elections, states fight back in court Sheriffs traveled to Annapolis Wednesday with a message for lawmakers pushing a range of immigration protection proposals through the legislature: Don't place politics over public safety. The sheriffs' visit came a…...