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Police search for suspect in fatal shooting of police officer in eastern New Mexico

Mar. 15, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) — Multiple law enforcement agencies searched Friday for the suspect in the fatal shooting of a state police officer killed on Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico. The victim was identified as New Mexico state police officer Justin Hare, 35, the governor's...

New Mexico expands support to more youths as they age out of foster care

Mar. 14, 2024 17:29 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is expanding the reach of a program that includes providing support for housing, health care and transportation to youths raised in foster care as they turn 18 and age out of the child welfare system, under an executive order signed Thursday by Gov. Michelle Lujan...

New Mexico governor signs bill that bans some guns at polls and extends waiting period to 7 days

Mar. 04, 2024 19:15 PM EST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some guns will be banned at voting locations and the waiting period for purchasing firearms is being extended to seven days under measures signed into law Monday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The second-term Democrat was surrounded by city leaders and...

Legislature and New Mexico governor meet halfway on gun control and housing, but paid leave falters

Feb. 15, 2024 22:25 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Democrat-led Legislature delivered on a handful of the governor's major priorities in her calls for public safety reforms, gun control, housing construction and the use of incentives to forge new solutions to climate change as lawmakers adjourned their 30-day...

New Mexico's Democrat-led House rejects proposal for paid family and medical leave

Feb. 15, 2024 00:47 AM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Democrat-led House of Representatives narrowly rejected a bill Wednesday that would have guaranteed paid time off for workers to cope with serious illnesses or care for newborns and loved ones, amid concern about companies' opposition in an election year. ...

New Mexico legislators seek cleaner transportation fuels, would follow West Coast's lead

Feb. 14, 2024 10:14 AM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Legislature has approved a bill aimed at reducing climate-warming pollution from cars and trucks through financial incentives to reward businesses that produce cleaner fuels. The Senate voted 26-15 Tuesday, on a party-line vote with Republicans in...

New Mexico Senate endorses budget bill emphasizing savings during oil sector windfall

Feb. 12, 2024 20:14 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would set aside well over $1 billion to guarantee tuition-free college and sustain government spending in case its oil production bonanza fades in the transition to cleaner energy sources under an annual spending plan endorsed by the state Senate on Monday. ...

New Mexico budget bill would found literacy institute, propel housing construction and conservation

Feb. 10, 2024 19:30 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s strategy for spending and investing a multibillion-dollar annual surplus linked closely to oil production came into sharper focus Saturday, as a legislative panel advanced an annual spending plan toward a Senate floor vote. Legislators are...

New Mexico legislators seek endowment to bolster autonomous tribal education programs

Feb. 08, 2024 20:35 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators would create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages, under a proposal endorsed Thursday by the state...

New Mexico House advances plan to boost annual state spending by 6.5%

Jan. 31, 2024 20:17 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Democratic-led House of Representatives endorsed an annual budget plan Wednesday that would extend — but slow down —- a spending spree linked to a windfall in income from oil production. The House voted 53-16 to send the spending plan to the...