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New Mexico moving to crack down on unpaid wage claims

ALBUQUERQUE – A popular New Mexico restaurant was the first business to be targeted Thursday in a state and local push to enforce wage laws. Officials said they were suing Haciend...

DATE: Sep 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump vows to win most-Hispanic state in 2020 at rally

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – President Donald Trump sought to bolster his re-election chances Monday with a political rally in the border state of New Mexico, appealing directly to Hispanic voters wit...

DATE: Sep 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Report: New Mexico oil boom to continue

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s oil and gas industry is expected to keep growing at a record pace, resulting in more revenue for the state and billions of dollars in new infrastructure investment...

DATE: Sep 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico’s new energy law prompts legal challenge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico’s new landmark energy law is facing its first legal challenge as a coalition of environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed a petition Monday with the sta...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

State, nonprofits brainstorm overcoming 2020 census hurdles

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. – New Mexico officials are pulling out the stops to encourage 2020 census participation, from promotional recordings in Native American languages to outreach to military ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man sailing Navajo Lake goes missing

Search operations scaled down a week after boat found unoccupied

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

A road trip through New Mexico’s atomic past

As nuclear tourism booms in the Land of Enchantment, histories of violence are packaged, sold and consumed

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico lawmakers focus on equity in the outdoors

A fund would help low-income youths play in their public lands

DATE: Mar 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico sheriffs’ protest of gun laws follows other states

Governor indicates sheriffs have no standing to refuse enforcement

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico nets record revenues from oil production

ALBUQUERQUE – A surge in oil production has resulted in record revenues for state government coffers and public education. But industry officials cautioned Tuesday that regulatory certainty ...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business