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Governor calls special session

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she will call legislators into a special session on Oct. 1. She also outlined some of what will be on the call, but what was not on the main bullet point list and left for the end of her press release is as interesting as

Friday Grab Bag: Senators want Planned Parenthood funding restored

Lujan Grisham sends more National Guard troops to aid police, even as she distances self from Trump's similar move

President Donald Trump is sending troops into the streets of Washington D.C., ostensibly to curb crime in the nation’s capital. But it is the latest example of Trump’s growing authoritarianism. Trump previously sent National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles in an attempt to quell large-scale

Failed GOP candidate who orchestrated shootings of Democrats’ houses gets 80 years in prison

A federal judge sentenced Peña to 80 years in prison for masterminding the scheme after his conviction in March of this year.

Friday Grab Bag: What Trump’s big bill means for New Mexico

Public media leaders sound alarm over federal funding cuts

Public media has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.  When I was a teenage student at Central New Mexico Community College (mumbles indistinctly) years ago, I would listen to KANW and KUNM on the way to class nearly every day. I'd

The time Texas Democrats fled to New Mexico to block redistricting

In 2003, Albuquerque hosted 11 Texas Senate Democrats who fled Austin to block congressional redistricting efforts.

Legislators: Pro Tem conduct was ‘inappropriate and unprofessional’ but not an anti-harassment policy violation

Last week, I wrote about an ethics committee hearing where Senators had to decide whether Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart calling and “screaming” at a Legislative Council Services employee was a violation of the Legislature’s anti-harassment policy. The 4-3 vote found that there was not an “offense that

Friday Grab Bag: Ethics committee hearing on Stewart 'screaming' at legislative employee

Note: We held this Friday Grab Bag until after the ethics committee hearing; as of press time, there's no announced decision. Is yelling at a legislative employee not only rude, but a violation of the state legislature’s anti-harassment policy? That’s what legislators were tasked with deciding

Luján wants answers on Musk’s AI’s anti-Semitism

NM delegation responds to Speaker sending Congress home early to avoid Epstein votes

Keller goes all-in on immigrant rights

Friday Grab Bag: Campaign finance reports

Part of Dems' playbook to beat Trump, Republicans: Ask about the Epstein Files