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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

Amid pandemic, New Mexico forges path to legal cannabis

State legislators determined to pass bill opening market for recreational marijuana

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico legislators advance bill aimed at allowing recreational pot

SANTA FE – Legislators advanced a proposal Monday to legalize recreational marijuana across New Mexico and lift the state’s tight restrictions on production for its medical marijuana program...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Legislators consider financial pandemic-relief measures

SANTA FE — New Mexico legislators pressed forward Wednesday with proposals for pandemic-related financial relief measures, including minimal-interest loans to small businesses that have been...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Democrats advance civil rights legislation in New Mexico

A bill is headed to the House floor for a vote that would open up state courts to a variety of civil rights claims against police agencies and local governments. A House committee...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico red flag gun law seldom used to withdraw firearms

Similar law in Florida has been used thousands of times

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico seeks to boost health insurance subsidies

SANTA FE – The administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is backing legislation that would expand subsidies to the state’s health insurance exchange for residents who don’t qualify for M...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico health officials cite results from vaccine

SANTA FE – State health officials sounded an optimistic note Wednesday about progress in containing the coronavirus pandemic amid a gradual increase in federal vaccine supplies to New Mexico...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge denies release of jailed Cowboys for Trump leader

SANTA FE – A federal judge denied bail Monday to jailed Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin as he awaits trial on a charge involving the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, describing Griffi...

DATE: Feb 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cowboys for Trump leader seeks release from Washington jail

SANTA FE – Defense attorneys for jailed Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin urged a federal judge Wednesday to release the New Mexico county commissioner and gun rights advocate as he awai...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Democrats push to enshrine abortion rights in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Democratic legislators are redoubling efforts to repeal New Mexico’s dormant, 50-year-old ban on most abortion procedures that could go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overt...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News