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Prison worker alleges retaliation for report of rodents

SANTA FE – A mental-health worker at a state prison in western New Mexico says she was harassed and threatened by superiors after reporting details of an apparent rodent infestation, under a...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico labor agency defends tax rates for unemployment

SANTA FE – New Mexico labor officials are responding with reassurances to an onslaught of complaints about increased tax rates on businesses to support unemployment insurance. In addition, t...

DATE: Apr 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Records: New Mexico governor settles harassment allegation

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s political committee has paid at least $62,500 to settle allegations by a former campaign employee who says he was sexually harassed by the...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico lawmakers reconvene to consider legalizing pot

Regular session ended without resolution of legalized marijuana

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico Legislature assigns $1 billion in federal relief funds

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Legislature is asserting its budgetary authority over $1.6 billion in new federal aid that dwarfs year-to-year spending adjustments, setting an agenda for economic re...

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico seeks end to police immunity from prosecution

SANTA FE – A bill that would end police immunity from prosecution in New Mexico to allow civil right lawsuits in state court cleared its last major hurdle with Senate approval shortly after ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Congressional race to succeed Deb Haaland takes shape

SANTA FE – Rep. Deb Haaland’s departure from Congress to serve as U.S. Interior Department secretary will trigger a special election to choose a successor, starting with a rarely invoked nom...

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Supporters clash on New Mexico recreational pot legalization

SANTA FE – Two competing proposals to legalize marijuana in New Mexico — one from a Republican, the other from a Democrat — have emerged from a bargaining session among legislators on Tuesda...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico may pioneer public financing of lower-court campaigns

SANTA FE – New Mexico could become the first state to offer public campaign financing to candidates seeking to serve as judges in general jurisdiction courts that handle the bulk of criminal...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill advances to exempt New Mexico from time changes

SANTA FE – New Mexico would eliminate twice-annual seasonal time changes under a bill endorsed Friday by the New Mexico state Senate. On a 22-18 vote, the Democrat-led Senate appr...

DATE: Mar 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. may discipline, fine workers who release records

SANTA FE – State employees could be fired or fined up to $5,000 for identifying people who receive public benefits or for releasing information about an individual’s immigration status, nati...

DATE: Mar 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Draft New Mexico budget would boost salaries, school spending

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state government is likely to deliver a jolt of one-time spending amid the pandemic while boosting sustained funding for health care and public education under a newl...

DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News