A high-profile state representative on the investigative committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein resigned from the New Mexico legislature today after a federal judge ruled she could not serve as both a legislator and contracted state prosecutor. In September, Republicans in the state called for Rep. Andrea Romero, a Democrat who also serves as a member of […]
Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
Roswell Daily Record
Posted inCommunity News
Roswell to get first below-50 temps, but first freeze expected later than normal
Above normal temperatures are about to give way to our first sub-50 degree nights in the Pecos Valley this this weekend. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque issued freeze and cold weather warnings for most of New Mexico earlier this week as a low pressure system descends over New Mexico from the Nevada and Arizona […]
Route 66 Independent
Posted inCommunity News
Cold front setting up another cold, windy weekend east of Albuquerque
Above normal temperatures are about to give way to a cold, windy weekend east of Albuquerque. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque issued freeze and cold weather warnings for most of New Mexico earlier this week as a low pressure system descends over New Mexico from the Nevada and Arizona border area. High temperatures in […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress
Heinrich eyes New Mexico jobs in bi-partisan permitting reform push
By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — For most government workers and union members, Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day is the Monday cap to a three-day weekend. But that is not true for the U.S. Senate staff and local building trades members working to keep up with Sen. Martin Heinrich’s push to pass […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress
Heinrich-backed permitting reform bill unites Big Oil, clean energy and labor for major overhaul to speed up federal projects
A bipartisan permitting reform bill co-led by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., is drawing broad support from labor unions, energy producers, environmental and policy nonprofits, business organizations, and state and local government groups as it seeks to speed federal approval of energy and infrastructure projects while maintaining environmental safeguards. This story was originally published at […]
NM Political Report
Posted inPolitics & Elections
In social post, Trump endorses Cunningham, mispronounces Vasquez’s name and doubles down on renaming New Mexico
By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — President Donald Trump officially endorsed Republican Greg Cunningham’s bid for Congress in a social media post today where the president once again called on New Mexicans to rename the state “New America” and mispronounced the Hispanic pronunciation of current Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez’s name. This story was […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections
The Haaland-Hull debate over debates is dumb. Here’s how to do it better.
By Pat Davis, nm.news — I’m tired of hearing and reading about how Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull won’t debate each other. Their campaigns will both say they have tried and this week they both pledged to show up – to different debates in different places and on different dates. The truth is, standard televised […]
Posted inNM.news
Forward Party seeks emergency U.S. Supreme Court intervention to get candidates on Nov. ballots
The Forward Party of New Mexico is making a last-ditch effort to have their candidates for a handful of statewide races placed on New Mexico’s ballots before they are scheduled to be mailed out Friday. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the […]
NM Political Report
Posted inPolitics & Elections
With just weeks until voting begin, Haaland holds millions while Hull struggles to keep up
New Mexico Political Report – With voters casting the first in-person votes just four weeks after the most recent campaign filings, Democrat Deb Haaland reports that she has $3.4 million available to spend. Republican Gregg Hull’s bank account had just 1/7th of that available. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a […]
NM Political Report
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy
New: Blackstone to offer $300 million in incentives, more transparency in new bid to acquire PNM
By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report – Blackstone is asking the PRC to accept an amended offer to buy PNM, upping the ante with more than $300 million in rate credits and low-income bill payments, among other incentives, and offering to create a New Mexico-run board, in an effort to win approval from the […]
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