New Mexico

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States reliant on Colorado River fail to meet the latest deadline to find consensus

PHOENIX (AP) — The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the second time…

February 14, 2026

N.M. environment officials issue nearly $16 million fines to Los Alamos National Lab over legacy waste

State agency also expedites deadlines for LANL after ‘longstanding lack of urgency’

February 13, 2026

Stansbury shares list of ‘prominent names’ from FBI Epstein files

Congresswoman promises to keep ‘naming names’

February 13, 2026

N.M. House approves fund to keep paying for expired federal health care tax credits

New Mexico Rep. Reena Szczepanski (D-Santa Fe), one of the sponsors of House Bill 4, lauded the fund the bill…

February 13, 2026

N.M. Senate passes bill to pay for universal child care

Republican senators take aim at costs

February 13, 2026

Another year, another setback for alcohol tax push

Measure ruled not germane to state budget

February 13, 2026

New Mexico Senate rejects bill to codify state’s emissions goals

Seven Democratic lawmakers side with Republicans to squash Clear Horizons Act

February 12, 2026

N.M. House committee unanimously passes medical-malpractice reform

New version of HB99 reinserts punitive damage caps for corporate hospitals

February 12, 2026

N.M. wildfire claims office director on ‘administrative leave’ following six-figure payout

Announcement follows revelations Jay Mitchell and wife received $500K far from Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon perimeter

February 12, 2026

Revised proposal to pay for universal child care costs heads to Senate Floor

Bill would use early childhood trust fund to help shoulder costs

February 11, 2026

N.M. Racing Commission approves relocation of SunRay Park and Casino to Clovis

After 27 years in Farmington, the racino will move 400 miles to Clovis by 2028

February 11, 2026

Pentagon-FAA dispute over lasers to thwart cartel drones led to airspace closure, AP sources say

Flight restriction for special security reasons remained in place Wednesday around Santa Teresa, New Mexico

February 11, 2026

Lawmakers consider a statewide policy to prohibit students from using cell phones during school

Policy would require that schools enforce the ban and provide consequences for violations

February 11, 2026

N.M. land commissioner seeks probe into allegation of two girls buried near Epstein ranch

Anonymous 2019 email to local radio host contained in latest batch of Epstein records

February 11, 2026

Trump administration briefly closes El Paso airspace, blames Mexican cartel drone incursion

Temporary flight restriction remains in place around Santa Teresa, New Mexico, as of Wednesday morning

February 11, 2026

Bill limiting license plate data sharing heads to New Mexico Senate floor

Law enforcement, immigration and civil rights groups back Senate Bill 40.

February 10, 2026

Advocates rally to put N.M. lawmaker pay on 2026 ballot

Nonprofit Common Cause also says Legislature is underfunding Secretary of State for upcoming election

February 10, 2026

New Mexico U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández, Sen. Schumer introduce ‘Virginia’s Law,’ named for Epstein survivor

Bill eliminates statute of limitations in civil cases for victims of sexual exploitation, trafficking

February 10, 2026

Record snow drought in Western U.S. raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires

Much of the precipitation that would normally fall as snow is instead falling as rain, which runs off quicker

February 10, 2026

While you were sleeping: Public safety, education bills advance

House Bill 8 would fund large campus investments across the state

February 10, 2026

N.M. Transportation secretary to resign

Serna oversaw the department since mid-2022

February 10, 2026

Trial against Meta in New Mexico gets underway

Trial focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media

February 9, 2026

Weekend wrap: New Mexico Senate advances bill limiting gun sales; produced water proposal fails

Late night, weekend work also saw a bill to enshrine emission reductions move forward

February 9, 2026

Clear Horizons Act, setting emissions goals, heads to New Mexico Senate floor

Republican opposition says bill’s goals are ‘moving forward way too fast.’

February 9, 2026