We talked with lots of folks, including elected officials, about their glooms at this year's 101st burning of Zozobra. We also took lots of photos. Happy Labor Day!
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We talked with lots of folks, including elected officials, about their glooms at this year's 101st burning of Zozobra. We also took lots of photos. Happy Labor Day!
Parties in a legal dispute over Rio Grande water filed settlement documents Friday which they say will hopefully dismiss the case mired in the U.S. Supreme Court for more than a decade.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez's office on Thursday announced the indictment of an “imposter nurse” who defrauded three Albuquerque-area hospice centers and nearly caused the death of a patient.
Cuts to Indian Country services will have an impact on New Mexico Nations, Pueblos and Tribes, members of the state's Indian Affairs department told lawmakers Thursday.
A nonprofit conservation group said the three-week public comment period on the Trump administration's plan to repeal the "Roadless Rule" is an "outrageously short time frame."
Federal officials want New Mexico voter rolls — what do they really want?
Las Cruces police told lawmakers this week that young people charged with felonies or firearms-related offenses who are found incompetent to stand trial often face dismissal of charges without meaningful treatment or accountability.
U.S. Democratic Senators have reintroduced federal legislation to guarantee abortion access across the country. Since the overturning of Roe in 2022, abortions performed in New Mexico have tripled, mostly for people traveling from other states.
The chair of the New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee who earlier this year killed a legislative effort to ban federal immigration detention in the state, said Tuesday he was open to changing his mind about the controversial issue. buff.ly/C37n6R2
In a settlement announced Monday in a civil rights lawsuit filed against New Mexico State University by a student, the school has agreed to implement mandatory consent and sexual assault training, starting this fall semester.
New Mexico's governor and attorney general intend to ask a federal appeals court to reconsider a three-judge panel's pause on the state's seven-day waiting period to purchase a firearm.
The roughly two-hour visit marked the culmination of several days of controversy and follows a July announcement office that the NM governor is mulling adding legislation banning ICE detention centers in the state to a special session agenda. buff.ly/iwPjETX
Sandia Labs Director spoke with lawmakers about the layoffs of about 400 people, mostly at the Albuquerque campus.
A meeting of a key New Mexico legislative committee is occurring right now in Las Cruces with no Republicans present. Here's how that happened: buff.ly/f4iaa3J
With the number of acceptable roads in declining and the cost of fixing them outstripping funds, the state transportation secretary says New Mexico may need to raise existing taxes or create new ones to fund road projects.
By the #s: New Mexico has had the highest rate of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents for years. Lawmakers in 2023 agreed the state should try to bring that number to zero. buff.ly/XT1q6md
Republican lawmakers will tour the center holding the vast majority of the state's ICE detainees on Monday. The governor won't be joining them, despite their invitation, a spokesperson told Source on Thursday. buff.ly/qcNUWhM
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez told police leaders from central New Mexico on Wednesday he wants to boost their budgets and put restrictions on federal immigration enforcement spending, among other legislative proposals.
“None of the City’s laws, policies or practices impede federal immigration enforcement,” Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi. “I therefore see no need to propose any initiatives.” buff.ly/lCliydR
“I think the pre-treatment system being brought online and ready to go at the flip of a switch is a big advancement, and an assurance that the shutdowns and the restrictions that have happened in the last couple of years should not happen again,” NMED's Jonas Armstrong said. buff.ly/1FIQ87K
Yesterday: HSD Secretary Noem visited NM; lawmakers receive positive outlook on New Mexico's finances; federal Appeals Court strikes down state's gun-purchase 7-day waiting period. And that wasn't even half of it. Never miss a story with Source New Mexico's free daily newsletter:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants some 600-plus miles of the border barrier with Mexico painted black.
To contrast his party’s policies with those of Republicans, New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez pointed to New Mexico’s enactment of guaranteed access to child care and early childhood education; tuition-free college; free lunches in public schools and tax cuts for people with lower incomes.
The funding includes at least $80 million for the Albuquerque area, $11 million for Las Cruces area and $13 million for elsewhere in the state, among other spending, according to the governor's office. buff.ly/TJYIRZB
Lawmakers say the continued revenue increase provides cushion against federal cuts, uncertainty buff.ly/63P8OBH
In their resignation letters on Monday, two Albuquerque-area Democratic state lawmakers cited the national redistricting controversy as the reason for their departure from a task force devoted to reforming how the state’s political maps are made.
"Any thoughts that, ‘Well, charity will take care of this,’ are very misguided,” said Jason Riggs of the Roadrunner Food Bank about impending federal SNAP cuts. buff.ly/sX6aEiQ
Federal aid is opened to more southern New Mexicans and governments following flooding, storms and landslides in July. More rain is on the way in the Sacremento Mountains around Ruidoso today. buff.ly/iZL0JC5
In a forthcoming study, New Mexico doctors and health care workers tell researchers they risk burning out because of health insurance billing tasks. The researchers recommend structural change to health care:
The lesser prairie chicken, which forages on what’s widely considered to be prime ranching and drilling land including eastern New Mexico, lost its federal protections in court this week in a victory for Great Plains petroleum and cattle industries.
The move comes as a panel of federal judges decline to approve, or replace, Ryan Ellison as chief prosecutor in New Mexico, and drew criticism from U.S. Senators from New Mexico who called it "a deliberate attempt to circumvent" congressional or judicial oversight. sourcenm.com/2025/08/15/d...
Parents, educators and other members of the public have met at community meetings throughout New Mexico this month to share what should be done to improve educational outcomes for at-risk students. Freelancer and former Source staff reporter Leah Romero brings us the latest from Silver City.
NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez and attorneys general from 36 other states sent a letter to Instagram executive Adam Mosseri saying that without careful controls, the app's new Map feature raises public safety and data privacy concerns, especially for children and domestic violence survivors.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday announced an emergency declaration aimed at dealing with rising crime in the small Northern New Mexico city of Española.
A failed Republican political candidate whose conspiracy theory about a stolen state House election prompted him to orchestrate shootings at homes of elected New Mexico Democrats will spend 80 years in prison, a federal judge ordered Wednesday. sourcenm.com/2025/08/13/f...
The coffee industry in New Mexico was already in crisis when Trump’s second term began, owners of a local roaster told U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján when he visited their Albuquerque HQ today. A sudden 50% import tax on one of their biggest suppliers is making business much more chaotic buff.ly/arkThPQ
New Mexico is offering free private water well testing in Clovis this saturday, and in other parts of the state this fall. Find out where:
“We are still ‘fiber first,” New Mexico's new broadband boss told a legislative committee. “But low-Earth orbit satellites are going to be part of the picture." buff.ly/yn9Lwj2
Two prominent New Mexico conservation groups took advantage of the New Mexico congressional delegation’s visit home this week to honor members for their help beating back an effort to sell off public lands. buff.ly/kITwNle
Here's a preview of a legislative hearing in Taos next week focused on homeownership in tribal communities:
The CEO of Disability Rights New Mexico says new Medicaid work requirements will particularly hurt disabled residents in an op-ed for Source's commentary section.
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said Friday that actions taken against Social Security by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are laying the groundwork for its privatization.
Wildfire “is dynamic and complex,” a Santa Fe National Forest spokesperson told Source on Thursday. “There’s never zero risk.” buff.ly/nzRAaDR #nmfire
“Students and faculty come back, and it just springs a new life into the university,” WNMU's new interim president told Source. “You can see our future. Our future is sitting in the classroom.” buff.ly/DIsqM7V
Members of the board selecting candidates for the Office of the Child Advocate said they wanted more privacy for applicants.
A heat advisory is in effect today and tomorrow for triple-digit temperatures across much of New Mexico. buff.ly/RKETKSt
New Mexico’s public colleges, special schools and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center are facing approximately $102 million in canceled federal research grants, stop work orders and delayed research projects.
The feds have published another sanctuary city list. This time only Albuquerque is on it.
Zozobra is approaching. Source wants to know what your gloom is. If you fill out the form in this article here, we'll print it out and burn it for ya: buff.ly/Cr6rOSm
"The immigration system in the U.S. is not about law and justice; it is about racial prejudice and abuse of power." So writes Eliza Blanning, who spent the summer interning for NM Immigrant Law Center, in an op-ed for Source's commentary section.
While office space sits empty across Albuquerque, homelessness and rents are rising. A new study looks at how "dorm-style" living could fix that, plus increase the supply of affordable housing in the city, along with Santa Fe and other areas in New Mexico. buff.ly/LhGg3jc
Despite the judge's ruling, FEMA told Source New Mexico on Friday that it is still deciding whether to appeal, potentially beginning another multi-year court battle. The agency until mid-September to decide. buff.ly/eB0uvSW
The blaze is difficult to contain due to “extremely low fuel moistures” and low humidity. buff.ly/W0zKNfD #nmfire
Kids will go back to school soon, but NM state officials worry about how federal funding shortfalls will impact their services once they're there.
As President Donald Trump and multi-national corporations push to dig the first new uranium mines in New Mexico in more than 50 years, Shayla Blatchford’s exhibit opening today in Santa Fe seeks to equip people, particularly Indigenous people, with the tools to fight back. buff.ly/4WMx5Cc
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New Mexico United States senators introduced federal legislation Friday to expand tree nursery capacity for forest replanting and habitat restoration programs.
New Mexico conservation groups and top environment officials said EPA's move to "deregulate" greenhouse gas emissions mean the state will need to prioritize it's own actions, and pointed to recent fires and floods as impetus to address climate change.
While Vasquez was allowed access inside Wednesday, according to a news release from his office, he said he was not allowed to speak with ICE detainees despite his “lawful right to congressional oversight” and submitting privacy reports ahead of his visit. buff.ly/tmhOpos
New Mexico's Public Education Department is taking its remedial action plan for equity on the road in August.
Even while the fire nears containment, it continues to draw controversy and criticism due to how it developed in the first place. Internal U.S. Forest Service documents Source reviewed reveal an attempt this week by the agency to disseminate talking points about the fire. buff.ly/8tjIMlV #nmfire
New Mexico's governor is likely to call the state Legislature into a special session in August or September in order to respond to President Donald Trump's new domestic spending law and consider banning ICE detention in the state.
An ethics committee ruled that a prominent Democratic senator's actions were "inappropriate and unprofessional," but did not rise to the level of harassment.
New Mexico's governor hosted Democratic lawmakers from the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon amid a fight with their governor and President Donald Trump over Republicans' plans to redraw Texas' political maps.
More than half of New Mexico oil and gas liquid spills occurred on federal public lands for the second quarter in a row, according to a report released Monday.
That didn't take long.
Without $175 million this fiscal year, the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project could become the "first Indian Water Rights Settlement to fail," said U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Tuesday. More here: buff.ly/xcMqpsn
We talked to one of the AI experts advising lawmakers this morning on how the state can ensure its use of artificial intelligence/algorithms is fair and transparent.
A carveout in New Mexico's transparency law allows an ethics panel to keep its findings secret, including any decision whether a high-ranking senator's behavior amounted to harassment. Their decision will be published when it is finalized, the head of the Legislative Council Service said.
“We need a clearer picture of how worsening wildfires and climate risks are impacting insurance companies’ decisions to raise insurance premiums," said U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) buff.ly/8SxOeA1
A legislative ethics panel on Friday reached a decision whether to punish a high-ranking state senator for alleged harassment of a Roundhouse staffer, however, it was unclear when their recommendation would become public.
Doña Ana County Commissioners declared a disaster from the Vado and Del Cerro flooding earlier this week, hearing from county staff that the big threat right now is the standing floodwaters still left behind.
A group of state lawmakers and voting rights advocates will start meeting next month to prepare for the next time the Legislature redraws the state’s political maps at the end of this decade — a process known as redistricting.
Doña Ana County Commissioners are slated to consider a disaster declaration at an emergency meeting this afternoon after flash floods in Vado earlier this week hit at least 110 homes, knocked out power for hundreds more and required the rescue of 20 people.
At the interim legislative Capital Outlay Subcommittee’s first meeting since the most recent session, two state analysts offered lawmakers ways to address the shortcomings in the state’s capital outlay process leading to billions in unspent funds.
Legislative analysts released a report yesterday finding that despite recent expansion, only several hundred people sought treatment in public health offices.
The Secretary for the New Mexico Department of Health committed to lawmakers to better promote medication-assisted addiction treatment after a report released today finding that despite recent expansion, only several hundred people sought treatment in public health offices. buff.ly/whm7saK
President Donald Trump approved more federal aid in the aftermath of deadly flooding earlier this month in Ruidoso, but future cuts to federal response in the aftermath of extreme weather raises uncertainty for state emergency management.
The mayor of New Mexico’s largest city signed an executive order this week reaffirming Albuquerque’s position as an “immigrant-friendly city,” as some members of the city council said they would push further protections in city ordinances later this year. buff.ly/6d1TQV1
While the federal government’s crisis hotline no longer offers specially trained counselors for LGBTQ+ people under the age of 25, the state of New Mexico’s own 988 line remains, and its counselors receive ongoing training in LGBTQ+ cultural competency and affirming practices.
New Mexico health officials confirmed Santa Fe County's first measles case Tuesday:
U.S. Sen. Heinrich is reintroducing a bill to try to fund and expand access to clean water for tribal communities.
The New Mexico Supreme Court on July 21, 2025 limited in-person visits to the Bernalillo County Courthouse, and two other Second Judicial District Court locations in Albuquerque, after the county sheriff’s office reduced the number of deputies it assigns for security.
A third contender has declared candidacy to become the next Democratic candidate in New Mexico's second-highest office:
New Mexico’s senators in Congress have joined two dozen others in an effort to protect the private information submitted by undocumented people who came to the U.S. as children in order to receive protection from deportation.
The incursion of a parasitic fly into Mexico has caused pain for livestock dealings between the U.S. and Mexico as federal officials scrapped plans to reopen border crossings.
In a new column for Source's commentary section, immigration lawyer Allegra Love says she'll be watching local officials to hear their plans for protecting communities from ICE.
The lack of clarity has left people like Marianna Lands in limbo. Lands’ farm in Mora burned and later flooded. The stress of the disaster caused Lands, who is in her late 70s, to have a stroke, according to her lawyer, Ty Tosdal, “and she has never fully recovered.” buff.ly/4FBSKUC
The reckoning with clergy abuse in New Mexico continues this week. Attorneys filed lawsuits against Las Cruces and El Paso Catholic leadership for allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests in Southern New Mexico parishes.
Long-time climate journalist Laura Paskus writes for Source's commentary section about the drying Rio Grande and what we might owe New Mexico's rivers and non-human inhabitants.
Private attorneys representing people who otherwise can’t afford a legal defense in federal courts in New Mexico are working for free because the public program that pays them — and private federal defenders across the country — ran out of money at the start of July.
New Mexico U.S. Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján described the package as a "dangerous rubber stamp for Trump's unchecked power."
It's back to court for residents in Tesuque Village and an area luxury resort, this time over weekly protests outside of Bishop's Lodge.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia on Monday afternoon filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island asking a judge to order the Trump administration to lift a freeze on $7 billion meant K-12 and adult education.
By the #s The number of detainees ICE is holding in New Mexico is steadily increasing, according to a Source New Mexico review, as the agency approaches 60,000 detainees held nationwide. More here: buff.ly/G8P0NsY
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test over the Jornada del Muerto. This poignant moment in New Mexico's nuclear legacy comes as the state's downwinders and uranium workers left out of compensation programs are receiving federal recognition. sourcenm.com/2025/07/16/j...
Leaders of three immigrant advocacy groups in New Mexico discussed what they're doing to prepare now that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has received a much bigger budget. buff.ly/5Dl9sgV