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New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Accusations that New Mexico's Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map went to trial on Wednesday. The trial’s outcome is likely to have a big influence on which party...
New Mexico's largest utility to return $115 million to customers who paid after coal plant closed
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico utility regulators have again approved a settlement calling for monthly credits averaging about $9.28 per customer from the state's largest electricity utility over the course of a year. The agreement announced Thursday by the state Public...
New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday narrowed an order that broadly suspended the right to carry firearms in and around Albuquerque to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather. The governor’s...
Outrage intensifies over New Mexico governor's temporary gun ban as sheriff vows not to enforce it
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal lawsuits, cries for impeachment and outside protests. Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she would welcome a fight after announcing an emergency order to suspend the right to carry firearms in most public places around...
New Mexico Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on local abortion-ban ordinances
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding a request to strike down recent abortion-ban ordinances in several cities and counties. The high court on Tuesday announced it will hear arguments in December and agreed to consider legal briefings...
New Mexico's top prosecutor vows to move ahead with Native education litigation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's been five years since a New Mexico judge issued a landmark ruling finding that the state was falling short in providing an adequate education to Native American students and many others, and the pace of progress since has been frustratingly slow for tribal leaders. ...
After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The sanctuary in Grace Covenant Reformed Church was packed. People stood shoulder to shoulder wherever they could — near the stained glass windows depicting scenes from the Bible, behind the neatly lined rows of chairs that serve as pews, against a wall...
Oil production boosts government income in New Mexico, as legislators build savings 'bridge'
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Record-breaking oil production in New Mexico is likely to provide state government with a new multibillion-dollar surplus during the upcoming budget year, economists for the state announced Wednesday. Annual state general fund income would increase to $13...
Asylum-seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say
SANTA FE, N.M (AP) — A coalition of human rights groups on Tuesday leveled new criticism at a privately operated migrant detention facility in New Mexico where they say fast-track asylum screenings routinely take place without legal counsel or adequate privacy during sensitive testimony. ...
New Mexico high court ruling makes it easier for domestic violence victims to get protection orders
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday that state law does not require victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking to show an immediate threat of harm to obtain an order of protection from their alleged abusers. In a unanimous opinion, the...
