Government

What are recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet?

Trump’s nominations may struggle to gain majority support from the Senate, but that won’t matter if he is able to…

November 15, 2024

Women win majority of seats in New Mexico Legislature in showcase of determination and joy

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Women have won 60 seats in the New Mexico Legislature to secure the largest female…

November 8, 2024

Biden declares major disaster area in southeast New Mexico due to historic flooding

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster area in southeast New Mexico after historic flooding…

November 2, 2024

Gila monster license plates available for purchase

Plates support the Share with Wildlife program

October 30, 2024

Indigenous families with missing or murdered loved ones struggle for justice

Over a dozen families spoke about longstanding challenges at recent meetings

October 28, 2024

President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden said he will formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in forcing…

October 24, 2024

New task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people to meet Friday in Albuquerque

Meeting will be new task force’s first

October 24, 2024

DOI moves to close Valles Caldera land dispute

Settlement would recognize Jemez Pueblo’s ancestral claims to a part of the preserve

October 22, 2024

New Mexico leaders say legislative agencies ‘bursting at the seams,’ have outgrown the Roundhouse

New staff and old problems contributing to lack of space in state Capitol

October 21, 2024

Governor fills recent vacant cabinet seats from within administration

State’s Public Education, Aging and Long-Term Services departments receive new leadership

October 18, 2024

MLG speaks about education during oil, gas industry meeting

Grisham: If the state’s education system is doing well by the students it graduates out, then the economy does well

October 8, 2024

Taxpayers in 24 states will be able to file their returns directly with the IRS in 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency…

October 3, 2024

The Navajo lawmaker bridging past and future

Sen. Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened…

October 3, 2024

Claims office pays men more than women for food lost in state’s biggest wildfire

See how much you’d be owed for food and other losses, based on a calculator used by the Hermits Peak-Calf…

October 2, 2024

Interior releases guidelines for orphaned well cleanup grants

Each state is eligible for up to $40 million to clean up these sites

October 2, 2024

Heinrich introduces legislation to address affordable housing

Report notes that the shortage of newly-built homes is about 3.8 million

October 1, 2024

Details from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Snap show site failed to act on reports of sextortion

Snapchat failed to act on “rampant” reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform, according…

October 1, 2024

Santa Fe City Council delays vote on the fate of controversial monument

Deep divisions within New Mexico’s capital city and an ongoing court battle complicate deliberations on the obelisk

September 27, 2024

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets at U.N.

Outsiders say they aren't cutting back themselves

September 27, 2024

N.M. Auditor says no evidence of misuse of $5.3M at troubled water utility

Environmental officials requested the investigation after a series of drinking water disasters

September 26, 2024

Survivors, advocates make impassioned plea for RECA expansion

The original RECA funding expired in June

September 25, 2024

Stansbury proposes new tool to fight fentanyl trafficking

Rep. says more than 70,000 people in U.S. died directly because of fentanyl in 2023

September 25, 2024

Shutdown looms as stopgap bill fails in House

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández pleads with Speaker to ‘put the people first’

September 19, 2024

U.S. judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling

Hualapai Tribe says the energy exploration will harm lands it has used for ceremonies for centuries

September 19, 2024