Two Democratic leaders seek reelection in competitive races in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is seeking a second term in New Mexico’s swing district along the U.S.-Mexico border, in a rematch against the Republican he ousted in 2022. GOP challenger Yvette Herrell waged her fourth consecutive campaign for Congress in...

Ex-New Mexico state senator John Arthur Smith dies at 82

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico state Sen. John Arthur Smith, a conservative-leaning Democrat who served southwestern District 35 for more than three decades, died Monday. He was 82. Smith died at his Deming home, according to New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales. A cause of...

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. The justices said they will review a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.

New Mexico residents with felony convictions are wrongly being denied ballot access, lawsuit says

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some New Mexico residents with felony convictions have been wrongly denied ballot access despite state lawmakers restoring their voting rights last year, a lawsuit alleges. A law that took effect in July 2023 restored voting rights to about 11,000 people in...

New Mexico starts building an abortion clinic to serve neighboring states, train medical students

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Construction is getting underway on a state-funded reproductive health and abortion clinic in southern New Mexico that will cater to local residents and people who travel from neighboring states such as Texas and Oklahoma with major restrictions on abortion, Gov. Michelle...