A conservative New Mexico lawmaker is drafting legislation allowing schools to rate library books for sexual and violent content and possibly materials about LGBTQ+ issues and race and remove them from general circulation, a move another legislator labels censorship and promises to fight. If the bill  passes, New Mexico would be the first state in […]

Many New Mexicans say they lack access to trustworthy local news, what they do have is often hard to access, even in bigger cities where news institutions have been hollowed out over the years. Those are just some of the findings of a new study highlighting the troubling state of local news and promising solutions […]

Editor’s note: As a part of the deal to reopen the federal government, Republican leaders agreed to schedule a vote on, but not guarantee, extending federal healthcare subsidies, aka “Obamacare subsidies”, by mid-December. All 5 of New Mexico’s members of Congress voted against that deal, preferring to hold out for a permanent extension. With just […]

Restrictions to student aid and scaled back research grants could add up to double trouble for students and colleges in New Mexico next year, the state’s secretary of higher education warned legislators last Friday. The changes, some of which were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, include the scaling back of some repayment […]

Ken Miyagishima 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 […]

All three members of New Mexico’s all-Democratic delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives are vowing to vote against a Senate-brokered deal to reopen the federal government because it does not include an extension of tax credits that millions of Americans depend on to purchase health insurance.  U.S. Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Gabe Vasquez and Teresa […]

Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, in his capacity as acting governor, has signed legislation that will provide full benefits for 459,500 New Mexicans who depend on SNAP for food assistance, even if the federal government does not supply the funding.  Morales signed House Bill 1 on Monday evening after the Legislature adjourned following a four-hour-long special […]

Mark Fischer, chair of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners, has been recommended by his colleagues to fill an open New Mexico Senate seat.  During a special meeting on Monday, Lincoln County Commissioners Samantha Serna, Timothy Prather, and MP Chavez voted to send Fisher’s name to the governor for consideration as their choice to fill […]

Federal cuts to SNAP benefits that 459,500 New Mexicans depend on for food assistance could soon be offset by $192 million in state dollars, under the bill that will be taken up during Monday’s special legislative session.  The announcement came on Monday during a press conference held by New Mexico House Democrats and came just […]

New Mexico motorists could pay more to keep their vehicles registered and on the road under a proposal from the state Transportation Department, part of a plan to boost its revenue amid rising construction costs and projected declines in annual revenue.  Ricky Serna, the New Mexico Transportation Secretary, told lawmakers on the Transportation Revenue and […]