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New Mexico confronts backlog of wage-theft complaints

SANTA FE – New Mexico is struggling to clear a backlog of about 1,900 complaints of wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law. Workforce Solutions Secretary...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New device in New Mexico turns back clock on astronomy

SANTA FE – A newly forged steel instrument that can pinpoint the path of stars and planets across the night sky using the naked eye is a throwback to the years just before the advent of tele...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico senator fights drunken driving charges at trial

Politician pleads not guilt

DATE: Dec 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico’s top court examines ‘warrior-gene’ defense

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court debated Monday whether a murder defendant should have been allowed to introduce evidence that he has a genetic predisposition to violence. ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor praises oil industry for opportunities

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham professed her full-throttled support for the oil sector on Tuesday, telling industry leaders that her Cabinet secretaries work for them and ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico denies ICE access to workforce data

Governor’s office seeks explanation and justification

DATE: Aug 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal review says skier triggered deadly New Mexico slide

SANTA FE – A skier triggered an avalanche in January at a ski resort in northern New Mexico that led to his death and the death of another skier after they were overrun by snow, the U.S. For...

DATE: Jul 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Childhood poverty persists in fast-growing Southwest

13 million live in poverty despite economic growth

DATE: Jun 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Desert procession marks death of Navajo code talker

SANTA FE – The state Capitol echoed with tributes to the life and times of Navajo Code Talker and state legislator John Pinto on Wednesday after his casket traveled in a memorial procession ...

DATE: May 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico reaches settlement on childcare assistance rules

SANTA FE – A judge has approved a legal settlement aimed at providing more uniform and predictable access to childcare-assistance subsidies overseen by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Fam...

DATE: May 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall won’t seek Senate re-election

SANTA FE – New Mexico Senator Tom Udall announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2020 in a move that opens up a secure Democratic seat to competition. The second-term sena...

DATE: Mar 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico vote expands background checks on gun sales

SANTA FE – Legislators sent a bill to expand background checks on private gun sales in New Mexico to the governor’s desk Monday for certain approval after a bruising series of debates and ob...

DATE: Mar 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News