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Category: New Mexico Statewide News

Posted inPolitics & Elections

In Dem. primary for governor, former Las Cruces mayor talks pro-oil, anti-minimum wage agenda

by Alex Ross November 14th, 2025November 14th, 2025

Ken Miyashima is hoping to be the next governor, but many of the voters he needs do not know which party’s nomination he is trying to capture. For Miyagishima, the former five-term Las Cruces mayor, that dilemma was on display at a Nov. 6 campaign event in Roswell organized by the local non-profit group Many […]

Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg

Legislators OK $162,500,000 for state SNAP aid in quick 4-hour session

by Alex Ross November 12th, 2025November 12th, 2025
Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg

Counties nominate state rep., current and former county commisioners to fill vacant senate seat in Southeast NM

by Alex Ross November 10th, 2025November 10th, 2025
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov.

Heinrich, Luján stand firm for health insurance cost fix as Senate moves forward with deal to reopen government

by Pat Davis November 10th, 2025November 10th, 2025
Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg

State DOT will seek 25-35% hikes on vehicle registration, new EV car fee to fund road repairs

by Alex Ross November 7th, 2025November 7th, 2025
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov.

Sunport isn’t on FAA’s list for “radical” service reductions, but many popular connections are

by City Desk ABQ November 6th, 2025November 6th, 2025
Voters at the UNM Student Union, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Same-day voter registration boosts turnout for local elections

by NM Political Report November 4th, 2025November 5th, 2025
Posted inNM State Gov.

New Mexico’s permanent fund managers vote against Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay package

by NM Political Report November 4th, 2025November 4th, 2025
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News

Trump administration says it will comply with court order to fund SNAP, partially for now

by Alex Ross November 3rd, 2025November 3rd, 2025
NMPR
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News

“I have zero confidence in the Trump administration”: Gov. presses ahead with $30 million in state SNAP funds

by Pat Davis November 3rd, 2025November 3rd, 2025
NMPR
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News

“I have zero confidence in the Trump administration”: Gov. presses ahead with $30 million in state SNAP funds

by Pat Davis November 3rd, 2025November 3rd, 2025
Posted inNM State Gov.

State GOP legislators disapprove of Gov’s SNAP fix and unusual use of emergency powers to fund it

by Alex Ross October 30th, 2025October 30th, 2025
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov.

Heinrich, Lujan have beef with Trump over beef 

by Alex Ross October 29th, 2025October 29th, 2025
NM DPS Secretary Jason Bowie (l)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

NM open government group sues Department of Public Safety for public records delays, denials

by Source NM October 29th, 2025October 30th, 2025
Shoppers fill baskets at the Storehouse Food Bank in Downtown ABQ
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico Statewide News

State moving to expedite food bank aid amid SNAP benefit suspension, governor says 

by Alex Ross October 27th, 2025October 27th, 2025
The roundhouse floor in Santa Fe. (Kevin Hendricks)
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov

Heinrich, Luján push back against claims that USDA can’t access funds for SNAP due next month

by Alex Ross October 23rd, 2025October 23rd, 2025
The roundhouse floor in Santa Fe. (Kevin Hendricks)
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov

Heinrich, Luján push back against claims that USDA can’t access funds for SNAP due next month

by Alex Ross October 23rd, 2025October 23rd, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Zamora edges out Leger Fernandez in latest fundraising period; Other Congressional candidates, incumbents report big numbers

by Alex Ross October 17th, 2025October 17th, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Herrell backs Cunningham for GOP nomination in key congressional race

by Alex Ross October 14th, 2025October 14th, 2025
State Sen. Nicholas Paul (R-Alamogordo) has resigned from the Legislature, less than a year after the businessman was elected to the New Mexico Senate. 
Posted inNM Legislature

Freshman state senator steps down citing health concerns

by Alex Ross October 14th, 2025October 14th, 2025
Pictorial view of the HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy

Holtec abandons plans for New Mexico nuclear waste storage facility opposed by gov, legislators

by Alex Ross October 14th, 2025October 14th, 2025
State Rep. Day Hochman-Vigil (D-ABQ)
Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News

Governor still deliberating on vaccine bill passed by legislature

by Pat Davis October 6th, 2025
New Mexico lawmakers have allocated $5.9 million to support public television and radio stations statewide after Congress eliminated federal funding for public broadcasting. The state funding includes $1.7 million specifically for New Mexico PBS, which faced an 18% budget cut totaling $1.7 million for fiscal year 2026 due to the congressional rescission vote, according to Franz Joachim, general manager and CEO of New Mexico PBS.
Posted inNM Legislature

New Mexico allocates $5.9 million to public broadcasting after federal funding cuts

by NM Political Report October 6th, 2025October 6th, 2025
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Posted inNM Legislature

Gov signs 3 of 4 special session bills to soften impacts of federal cuts 

by Alex Ross October 3rd, 2025October 4th, 2025
Gregory Cunningham is mulling a run for the Republican nomination to take on Vasquez in 2026. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, NM Political Report, Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections

Greg Cunningham enters race for Congress in CD2, covering southern NM and ABQ’s Westside

by Alex Ross October 3rd, 2025
Posted inNM Legislature

Gov., legislators move quickly to OK $150 million for healthcare, SNAP and public broadcasting to backfill fed funding cuts

by Kevin Hendricks October 2nd, 2025October 2nd, 2025
Posted inNew Mexico, New Mexico Statewide News, NM Legislature, State News

House Republicans slam Democrats ahead of special session 

by Alex Ross October 1st, 2025October 1st, 2025
"Albertsons Store Closings" by werthmedia is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
Posted inEconomy & Labor, New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico Statewide News

Albertsons recalls deli pasta sold in New Mexico over Listeria concerns

by nm.news September 30th, 2025September 30th, 2025
Starbucks coffee logo, location unknown
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy

Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, including in New Mexico. Is yours on the list?

by nm.news September 26th, 2025September 26th, 2025
New Mexico Democratic candidate for governor Sam Bregman talks during an event in Roswell Friday. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Bregman would back ban on local immigrant detention centers, limit arrests of immigrants without other crimes

by Alex Ross September 23rd, 2025September 23rd, 2025
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez announced his 2026 re-election bid over the weekend, touring his sprawling southern New Mexico district with campaign stops in Albuquerque's West Side, Los Lunas, Truth or Consequences and Mesilla.
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Vasquez launches 2026 re-election campaign, emphasizes bipartisan record

by Kevin Hendricks September 23rd, 2025September 23rd, 2025
Jill Gatwood, an Albuquerque resident represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, alleges in the lawsuit that she was unlawfully arrested Feb. 22 while holding a handmade sign advocating for restrictions on assault-style weapons on a public sidewalk outside the Moriarty Civic Center. (Still from Moriarty Police Officer’s body camera)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

New Mexico woman’s gun show protest triggers constitutional case after arrest

by nm.news September 15th, 2025September 25th, 2025
The Rehabilitation Center operated by Genesis Healthcare in Albuquerque / nm.news
Posted inNew Mexico

‘Systematic failure’ alleged in lawsuit against Albuquerque health facility after resident’s death

by NM Political Report September 12th, 2025September 12th, 2025
Genesis Healthcare
Posted inHealthcare, New Mexico, New Mexico Statewide News

800 days without basic nursing care: Nursing home lawsuit alleges neglect in troubled Bloomfield facility

by Pat Davis September 12th, 2025
The Rehabilitation Center of Albuquerque, operated by Genesis Healthcare
Posted inHealthcare

Private equity, public harm: Genesis seeks bankruptcy to avoid accountability for staffing, neglect and deaths in New Mexico nursing homes

by NM Political Report September 12th, 2025September 15th, 2025
State Treasurer Laura Montoya
Posted inGeneral Interest, New Mexico Statewide News

New Mexico State Treasurer warns of sophisticated scam targeting residents

by Kevin Hendricks July 14th, 2025July 14th, 2025
A “water team” assembled to help the Village of Corrales navigate its way to long-term water supplies said Tuesday evening the road ahead will be complicated.
Posted inEnvironment & Conservation, New Mexico Statewide News, nm.news

Water managers brace for dry conditions along sections of the Rio Grande

by nm.news July 10th, 2025July 10th, 2025
Residents of the town of Ruidoso, New Mexico walk back to their neighborhood to find what’s left of their homes a day after major flooding washed away properties and Rv’s Tuesday afternoon. Ruidoso, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov.

New Mexican Congressional Delegation calls on President Trump to approve major disaster declaration request for federal aid

by nm.news July 9th, 2025July 12th, 2025
Mexican wolf pups. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Posted inGeneral Interest, New Mexico Statewide News

Conservation groups demand immediate release of popular Mexican gray wolf

by Kevin Hendricks July 9th, 2025July 9th, 2025
Members of Protect Tesque board members Rusty Day, Clara Dougherty and attorney Tom Hnasko speak with Tesuque Village residents after the New Mexico Supreme Court ruling, which denied the group’s emergency petition in a dispute over a wastewater permit. (Danielle Prokop, Source NM)
Posted inEnvironment & Conservation, New Mexico Statewide News

Supreme Court allows Bishop’s Lodge wastewater permit process to proceed

by Source NM July 8th, 2025July 8th, 2025
Anthony Yepa talks during a roundtable discussion about Medicaid cuts while Sen. Martin Heinrich listens.
Commentary

Don’t gamble with Medicaid: Rural New Mexico can’t afford newly passed funding cuts

Offered as Commentary July 7th, 2025July 7th, 2025
Dr. Paul Sandoval, an epidemiologist with Roadrunner Health, told village councilors in Corrales Tuesday that the mosquito has been in the area for nearly two years and is proving difficult to evict.
Posted inHealthcare, New Mexico Statewide News

Health officials issue West Nile Virus warning for New Mexico

by Kevin Hendricks July 7th, 2025July 7th, 2025
New Mexico United has launched a special limited-edition "Salute to Service" merchandise collection, marking a first in the club's history.
Posted inGeneral Interest, New Mexico Statewide News

New Mexico United unveils limited edition ‘Salute to Service’ camo collection

by nm.news July 7th, 2025July 7th, 2025
Michael Perry, a Chaves County Commissioner with two decades of experience in natural resource management, officially announced his campaign Monday for the Republican nomination for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands.
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections

First Republican enters race for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands

by Kevin Hendricks July 7th, 2025July 7th, 2025
Charles Sallee, right, speaks to a legislative committee in 2023 in Santa Fe. Sallee, the Legislative Finance Committee director, presented some lawmakers Wednesday with a sense of the tough choices they’ll have to make if the “Big, Beautiful Bill” becomes law in a state with the highest per-capita reliance on SNAP and Medicaid. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)
Posted inNM State Gov.

NM lawmakers presented with tough choices amid federal cuts to Medicaid, SNAP 

by Source NM July 3rd, 2025July 3rd, 2025
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News

All of New Mexico’s downwinders could be compensated under Senate’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

by Pat Davis July 2nd, 2025July 2nd, 2025
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Posted inGeneral Interest, New Mexico Statewide News

Broadband office notifies providers of new federal rules, restructuring state’s $675 million program

by nm.news July 2nd, 2025July 2nd, 2025
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, New Mexico Statewide News, NM Political Report

Nursing home sued for age discrimination

by Josh Lee, nm.news June 30th, 2025June 30th, 2025
United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon, right, listens in as Western governors ask her questions about President Donald Trump’s vision for the Education Department. Also pictured are Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, and South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, second from left. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann / Source NM)
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, NM Political Report

US Education Secretary defends resumption of student loan collections in NM speech 

by Source NM June 27th, 2025June 27th, 2025
Manzano Mountains State Park.
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, NM Political Report, NM State Gov.

New Mexico veterans to receive lifetime access to State Parks starting July 1

by Kevin Hendricks June 27th, 2025June 27th, 2025

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