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03/07/2025

The state's federal delegation wrote to President Trump on Thursday objecting to any use of the state's military installations for immigrant detention.

New Mexico's federal delegation wrote a letter to President Trump objecting to use of the state's military installations to detain immigrants

03/06/2025

The federal government has already laid off thousand of people, but the president said today that "good" people should not lose their jobs.

With thousands of federal workers already laid off, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to “keep good people”

03/06/2025

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's executive orders in 2023 that declared gun violence and drug use to be public health emergencies, but said she exceeded her authority when she suspended a justice reform initiative within the Children Youth and Families Department.

The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the governor's public health orders from the fall of 2023 related to guns and drug use.

03/06/2025

Democrats today released a report showing the impact, state-by-state, if the Republican Congress were to cut Medicaid by a third (one of the current scenarios). In New Mexico —spoiler alert —the impact would be bad:

Democrats on Thursday released a state-by-state report on Medicaid impact if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third

03/06/2025

NMDOH reported a tenth case of measles in Lea County Thursday, a deceased adult resident. The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator is still investigating the resident’s cause of death.

An unvaccinated Lea County resident tested positive for measles after their death, New Mexico Health officials announced Thursday.

03/06/2025

NEW: No shutoff will occur today in the East Mountains, PNM officials said Thursday afternoon, because the "intensity of the storm is lower than forecasted." According to spokesperson Jeff Buell: "We continue to monitor real-time weather, and additional crews are standing by in the field."

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03/06/2025

FDA nominee refused to make commitments during his confirmation hearing regarding access to abortion medication.

FDA nominee Martin Makary refused to make any commitments during his confirmation hearing regarding access to abortion medications

03/06/2025

DOE confirms the WIPP field office in Carlsbad's lease —which appeared on a termination list — will remain in place.

The federal government confirmed Thursday a WIPP field office in Carlsbad's lease is no longer slated for termination

03/06/2025

NEW: About 10,000 customers in the East Mountains near Albuquerque should gear up for a power shutoff in anticipation of high winds and wildfire risk, electric utility officials said at a news conference Thursday.

The shutoff is scheduled for noon today.

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The outage is scheduled to begin at noon Thursday.

03/06/2025

The judge who oversaw the criminal prosecutions resulting from the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” will retire this spring.

03/06/2025

Democratic AGs have been at the forefront of legal challenges to the Trump administration and DOGE.

The attorneys general of New Mexico, Arizona, Minnesota and Oregon vowed at a town hall in Phoenix Wednesday evening that they would continue to fight back against sweeping federal cuts being made by President Donald Trump and his ally, Elon Musk. “It is not efficiency, it is destruction,” Arizo...

03/06/2025

Read our recap of Wednesday, March 5 at the New Mexico Legislature. Let us know if we missed any important shoes.

USDA cuts, a who's who of shoes, and more on what cleared the House and Senate floor

03/06/2025

Local groups devoted to public health in New Mexico are asking state lawmakers for enough funding to maintain their basic level of service over the next year.

Local groups devoted to public health in New Mexico are hoping a Senate lawmaker will step up to include them in the state budget.

03/05/2025

“There’s something really cruel about the richest man in the world calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme,” said Rep. Richard Neal, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, at the press conference.

Democrats on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee pushed back against President Trump and Musk's attacks on Social Security benefits.

03/05/2025

New Mexico has always been central to the story of the atomic age.

A House committee advanced a memorial supporting the federal bid to restart the RECA program, which compensated people harmed by radiation exposure from the U.S. nuclear program, and expand it.

The New Mexico House is one step closer to declaring legislative support to rekindle and expand a fund for people exposed to radiation.

03/05/2025

SCOTUS sided against the Trump administration (well, some of them did)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to continue payments on $2 billion in foreign aid that had been frozen

03/05/2025

In case you missed it yesterday: Elon Musk's DOGE list of lease terminations contains an Albuquerque office that houses a "critical" dispatch center that handles wildfire emergencies, as drought and high winds this spring leave the state increasingly at-risk for wildfires.

The center is "critical during emergencies where homes, lives and natural resources are at risk from wildfire," according to a NM forestry spokesperson.

03/05/2025

The New Mexico Legislature is weighing twin proposals that would set aside $10 million for community-based domestic violence programs.