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New Mexico counties cite rising costs from Civil Rights Act, aim to push for changes
14+ hour, 25+ min ago (1417+ words) Nearly five years after a controversial state civil rights law took effect, local government leaders say their initial fears about the potential costs of the legislation have been borne out. The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, enacted in July 2021, created…...
PRC staff recommends approval of sale of New Mexico Gas to private equity firm
4+ day, 20+ min ago (312+ words) The construction site of a New Mexico Gas pipeline along I-25 in 2020." Hearing officers for New Mexico's utility regulators have recommended approval of the proposed acquisition of the state's largest natural gas company by a private equity firm." In a decision…...
Senate confirms former New Mexico GOP Chair Steve Pearce as BLM director
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (1183+ words) Steve Pearce, a former congressman and past chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico, testifies in February before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The Senate on Monday confirmed Pearce as the new director of the U. S. Bureau of…...
New Mexico State baseball team finishes season with wild loss in which 51 runs scored
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (577+ words) In its last game of the 2025 college football season, New Mexico State lost to Middle Tennessee 31-24 at Aggie Memorial Stadium. In its last game of the 2026 season, New Mexico State " its baseball team, not football " lost 30-21 at home to Florida…...
New Mexico probation officer have been coordinating with ICE agents, records reveal
1+ week, 2+ day ago (970+ words) New Mexico Department of Corrections probation officers have coordinated closely with federal immigration agents in recent years including arranging appointments probationers were led to think were routine check-ins but where they were instead taken into ICE custody, according to documents…...
Community solar finally gains momentum in New Mexico, offers lessons for expansion
1+ week, 3+ day ago (675+ words) Rows of solar panels at a newly completed community solar farm Wednesday in Las Vegas, N. M. About five years after the New Mexico Legislature passed a law creating the state's community solar program, projects around the state are finally getting off…...
New Mexico's medical psilocybin program prepares to take off
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1004+ words) Crystal Romero, a proponent for psilocybin treatment, holds a small glass mushroom made for her by her friend after New Mexico's Senate Bill 219, known as the Medical Psilocybin Act, was signed into law last year. The medical mushroom program requires…...
New Mexico attorney general seeks to hold landowner in contempt over Pecos River access
2+ week, 2+ day ago (657+ words) Attorney General Ra'l Torrez speaks at an April news conference. His office wants a judge to hold a San Miguel County landowner in contempt of court over an incident on the Pecos River. The New Mexico Department of Justice on…...
New Mexico Writers Announces the 2026 Grant Awardees
3+ week, 2+ day ago (584+ words) New Mexico Writers, a nonprofit formed in 2016 to support the state's literary community, held its'annual dinner on April 30 at La Fonda on the Plaza. The keynote speaker was Albuquerque-based Mexican American and Indigenous poet and novelist Jennifer Givhan'(Salt Bones,…...
Wonders on Wheels Museum RV Provides Vehicle for learning New Mexico's Role in our Nation's History
3+ week, 2+ day ago (514+ words) A 38-foot RV traveling around the Land of Enchantment carries a hidden lesson via The Arts of Democracy in New Mexico mobile exhibit. As the United States observes its 250th birthday this summer, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs made…...