Morgan Lee
Position: The Associated Press

Election revives recreational pot initiatives in New Mexico

SANTA FE – State legislators are rekindling efforts to open New Mexico to recreational marijuana production and sales, with an emphasis on economic opportunity amid the turmoil of the corona...

DATE: Nov 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

N.M. senator pivots from fugitive to reformer

SANTA FE – A state senator who fled home because of threatening phone messages after criticizing a protest against coronavirus restrictions said he plans to pursue reforms that make police m...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Republican lawsuit alleges problems with absentee balloting

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Republican Party says its election poll challengers in New Mexico are unfairly being denied oversight of the initial verification process for absentee ballots, in a laws...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Northern New Mexico district to pick its first congresswoman

SANTA FE – The two major party candidates competing to become the first woman to represent a Democrat-dominated New Mexico district squared off in their first televised debate Thursday that ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Demand surges for absentee ballots across New Mexico

SANTA FE – Voters across New Mexico have submitted nearly 250,000 absentee ballot requests with especially strong demand among Democrats for alternatives to in-person voting amid the pandemi...

DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Push to reopen private schools arrives in federal court

SANTA FE – A federal judge on Wednesday weighed whether pandemic-related occupancy limits on private schools in New Mexico violate constitutional rights to equal protection and freedom of as...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor says Trump ‘botched’ pandemic response

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is sending campaign emails that accuse President Donald Trump of “single-handedly botching” the nation’s coronavirus response. Go...

DATE: Sep 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildfires put Republican meteorologist candidate in hot seat

SANTA FE – Political clashes about the role of climate change in catastrophic West Coast infernos are spilling into a U.S. Senate race in New Mexico, where a Republican meteorologist is camp...

DATE: Sep 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Daimler Trucks tests self-driving vehicles in Southwest

Albuquerque test center focuses on long-haul routes

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Republicans, Democrats deeply divided over pandemic response

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican congressional candidate in New Mexico endorsed a slimmed-down federal COVID-19 rescue package and challenged the state's Democratic governor to provide ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pandemic afflicts impoverished areas of New Mexico

SANTA FE – A top state health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 infections are far more prevalent in low-income areas of the New Mexico, potentially straining Medicaid health care. ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico overhauls pandemic isolation rules for travelers

State also announces rescue loans for businesses

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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