A proposal by two New Mexico legislators to allow three counties along the Texas border to secede from the Land of Enchantment was dead on arrival in Santa Fe earlier this year, but across the border in Texas Lone Star legislators are running with the idea and holding hearings backed by Texas’ Speaker of the […]
Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
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Ben Ray Luján says he knows “how to deal with bullshit” in first campaign ad
Senator Ben Ray Luján’s campaign for a second term in the United State Senate has been less high-profile than some other statewide races, but his first campaign ad out this week is likely to get attention. In the video titled, “Bull,” Luján is seen working with supporters on his farm in Nambe as they clear […]
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New Heinrich law to tackle abandoned, toxic mines used to start first clean up project in the West
The United States has hundreds of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines and at least 33,000 posing environmental hazards, but one is finally getting cleaned up thanks to a new law New Mexico’s Senator Martin Heinrich passed establishing a pilot permitting program specifically designed to incentivize cleanups. The bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines […]
Posted inNM Political Report
National GOP to feature Cunningham vs. Vasquez race at midterm convention
President Donald Trump is headlining a first-ever “Midterm Convention” for the Republican Party this week in Dallas and at least one New Mexico candidate is on the announced agenda. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the Land of Enchantment. Learn more and […]
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“Oh hell no!”: New Mexicans react to President Trump renaming New Mexico to “New America” in social posts
By Pat Davis, The Paper. & New Mexico Political Report — “Oh hell no!” “Pendejo.” Those were just some of the more polite reactions from New Mexicans on Sunday to a social media post from President Donald trump. Having successfully persuaded the U.S. government and several of the most popular map sites to rename Lake […]
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Balloon Fiesta to get 13 new special shapes
The Paper. – 13 new special shapes pilots and crews are making plans to join the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta for the first time in 2026. Fiesta officials confirmed this week that this year’s special shapes group will be the world’s largest at 117, including 13 new shapes featuring a parrot, a diamond, a panda […]
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New Mexico added 3,800 doctors in 4 years — all while hospitals demanded malpractice caps to stop “growing shortage”
Commentary by Pat Davis, nm.news — During last year’s state legislative session, legislators passed, and the governor signed, a sweeping package of medical licensure and malpractice reform bills to fill what hospital companies and think tanks called “a growing shortage of health care providers.” But new data from the state’s own board responsible for licensing […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety
New Mexico family feud over green chile enchiladas leaves one dead
Albuquerque, The Paper. – New Mexicans are known to be serious about their green chile, but police say a Roswell man took it too far when he shot and killed a cousin in Albuquerque during a dispute over who had the hotter green chile enchiladas. According to court records obtained by The Paper., the suspect, […]
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Torrez sues feds to obtain records of DEA operation allowing fentanyl to be distributed across New Mexico
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, seeking records necessary for the New Mexico Department of Justice’s (NMDOJ) investigation into allegations that DEA agents knowingly allowed large quantities of […]
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New Mexico cattle growers say Trump’s always changing beef policies are “troubling” and send “wrong signal at the wrong time”
One of New Mexico’s most reliably conservative industries says President Donald Trump’s new executive order opening borders to beef imports just as ranchers begin culling herds sends the “wrong signal at the wrong time.” This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the Land […]
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