New Mexico News

The New Mexico Supreme Court last week struck down a redistricting plan that would have preserved Grant County's two seats in the state House of Representatives.

The Constitution of the United States can be amended in two formal ways : from the top down and from the bottom up.

HB177 passed the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee and the House Taxation and Revenue without opposition.

Northern New Mexico Hispanic ranchers, once shunned and largely ignored, are flexing their political muscles now that more people know about the legacy of Spanish land grants.

What if you woke up and found out the "recession" means that the number of your unemployed friends and neighbors in your home state, New Mexico, rocketed up an astounding 6.3% in one single, solitary, sad and sorry day? You won't hear any tv or radio reports or read any news articles framing the crisis in these terms, but I actually went to the raw ... (more)

With days left in New Mexico's legislative session, Gov. Susana Martinez faces the prospect of losing almost all of her high-profile initiatives.

When you pair the gung-ho daughter/mother duo of Maria and Katerina Petesis with the creative minds of the team at cb5 Restaurant Group, what you end up with is a vibrant restaurant called Cactus Rose Cantina .

By allowing a few more bighorn rams to be hunted, state legislators hope to raise at least $800,000 to help the species grow stronger.

But all future candidates, including one standing commissioner, could be affected by a proposed amendment to the Clovis city charter that weighs conflict of interest against a district's choices for candidates.

Energy and mining interests were responsible for a big share of the wining and dining of legislators in recent days, according to the lobbyist reports filed in recent days.

What do a century-old football, Pueblo pottery, a handwoven Chimay rug, lowriders, religious pilgrims and retablos have in common? All are symbols of New Mexico's rich multicultural heritage, celebrated in two new exhibits opening with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the New Mexico State University Museum.

The passion for truly educating our children in New Mexico goes without question.

With five days left in New Mexico's legislative session, Gov. Susana Martinez faces the prospect of losing almost all of her high-profile initiatives.

With their savings accounts cleared and their livelihoods destroyed, police said New Mexico's elderly have become victims of scams and rip-offs at alarming rates.

New Mexico a Leader in Nation Calling for Amendment to U.S. Constitution to reverse Supreme Court's Citizens United Decision Senate Memorial 3 , sponsored by State Senator Steve Fischmann of Las Cruces, was just approved by avote of 20-9 in the New Mexico State Senate.Along with its companion bill, Rep.

Fire officials said they are preparing for the worst this year after huge fires tore through New Mexico last summer.

A son of an Arizona miner, the Albuquerque-born Sanchez worked his way out of poverty as a rural public school teacher in New Mexico to become a pioneer scholar and education activist.

New Mexico legislators will have to contribute more into their pension plans under a bill passed Thursday by the House, but the proposal's sponsor says the Legislature needs to scale back its retirement benefits.

Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes.

Republican State Rep. William J. "Bill" Gray has announced he is seeking a fourth term as state representative for House District 54.