New Mexico

New Mexico AG, legislator preview bill regulating AI images

Bill would require labeling and create penalties for deepfakes and malicious AI content

Back to the Bottle: Lawmakers renew alcohol tax push as deaths remain high

Latest proposal would create new 3% sales tax, sponsors say

Mining company announces milestone in push to dig new uranium mine in N.M.

State’s review could set precedent for first new uranium mine in 40 years, environmental lawyer says

Haaland unveils education policy plan, doubles down on universal pre-k

Picaris Pueblo Gov. praises the plan for ‘investing in Native schools and children’

Report says New Mexico faces ‘looming groundwater crisis’ from climate change, overuse

Experts recommend groundwater included, understood in regional planning

Bregman: A call to action for Gov., Legislature this session

Sam Bregman at his Las Vegas gubernatorial campaign announcement, speaking to Juliette Gallegos. Kevin Hendricks/NM.newscca As the Governor and Legislature…

Judge rules N.M.’s chief federal prosecutor can no longer call himself ‘acting’ U.S. attorney

President Donald Trump has not officially submitted Ellison for Senate confirmation

N.M. launches statewide energy transition forums

Farmington meeting on Feb. 11 will focus on grid resilience and buildout

Vasquez blasts $1.6B for N.M. Bootheel border wall

Vasquez called on DHS to invest instead in border-monitoring technology like autonomous towers

N.M. governor will include proposed ban on immigrant detention on legislative agenda

Existing immigrant jails may be able to continue operating even if bill passes

U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals

New Mexico one of five states where overdoses did not decrease

N.M. lawmaker proposes more oversight, regulations for data center ‘microgrids’

Doña Ana Democrat Sen. Jeff Steinborn calls data centers an ‘ecological disaster in the making’

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Actor Timothy Busfield ordered held without bond in New Mexico child sex abuse case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday,…

‘West Wing’ actor Timothy Busfield turns himself in to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico

Timothy Busfield appears at the 2020 ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 8, 2020.…

N.M. Forward leaders say they have enough signatures to qualify as a minor party

Group also endorses candidates in New Mexico’s 2026 election

New Mexico v. Meta civil trial over child exploitation slated for Feb. 2 start

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez listens to oral arguments dealing with local municipalities implementing ordinances restricting abortion, Dec. 13,…

Eastern N.M. to see above normal wildfire risk in winter, forecasters say

Forecasters cite the ongoing drought

Albuquerque man arrested for using AI to create child porn from normal images

AG calls arrest a ‘powerful warning’ to those attempting to weaponize generative AI