New Mexicans in Albuquerque’s Westside and most of southern New Mexico are getting an early taste this week of the political ads set to take over the airwaves and digital devices through November. The national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said this week they are launching a new ad campaign profiling Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez’s […]
Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety
Albuquerque man gets 17 years in prison as repeat shoplifting offender
When Jason Hurd, 45, was arrested in 2025 for stealing from an Albuquerque Target location he was already awaiting sentencing for stealing from Target 14 other times. This week, a Bernalillo County judge made sure Hurd will not be shoplifting again for a very long time. Hurd pled guilty in June to Organized Retail Theft, […]
Posted inOpinion & Analysis
Commentary: What repealing the income tax would cost New Mexicans
By Stephanie Schardin Clarke, New Mexico Secretary of Taxation and Revenue — Recently, some New Mexico lawmakers urged Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special session and eliminate New Mexico’s personal income tax outright. On its face, it sounds fair — especially to New Mexico’s working families. Commentary Stephanie Schardin Clarke serves as cabinet […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Elections & Politics, Environment, Conservation & Climate, New Mexico Statewide News
Heinrich working for bill to share Sandia Mountains management with Sandia Pueblo, short of pueblo’s ask for total control
Pat Davis, The Paper. & New Mexico Political Report— A Sandia Pueblo plan to claim control over about 10,000 acres of national forest, wilderness and public recreation areas on the western slope of the Sandia Mountains – known as the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area – will not be introduced in Congress as written, […]
Posted inElections & Politics
Dems pick Garcia Richards over Pope to join Haaland on Gov./Lt. Gov. ballot
The weeks-long inter party fight to choose a lieutenant governor nominee ended just where the state Democrat Party’s gubernatorial nominee wanted it. With 477 votes cast from the party’s 500 State Central Committee members, outgoing Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard bested State Senator Harold Pope 53%-46%. The Haaland-Garcia Richard ticket will be the first all […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov.
In court, Trump administration admits canceling New Mexico grants “solely” because the state voted for Kamala Harris and has two Dem. senators
The Trump administration told a federal judge earlier this month that the Trump administration had deliberately canceled grants in “Blue States” who had awarded their electoral votes to Kamala Harris and/or “has two Democratic-caucusing Senators.” A number of grants to New Mexico energy projects were included, the government now admits. The admissions were included in […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Opinion & Analysis
Opinion: It’s time to take decisive action, streamline permitting processes, and maximize the economic potential of New Mexico
“It’s the economy stupid.” That was the catchphrase coined by Bill Clinton strategist James Carville during their successful 1992 run for President. At the time the country was just coming out of a recession with modest economic growth. State Senator Antonio “Moe” Maestas represents District 26 covering portions of the Westside of Albuquerque in the […]
Posted inNM.news
We’re on a rescue mission to save the Roswell Daily Record and we need your help
I don’t have to tell you that America’s local newspapers have been in crisis. So many have closed that news of another one rarely gets noticed anymore. Guest Column by Pat Davis Pat Davis is a former police officer, recovering politician and news junkie. He is the founder and owner of Ctrl+P Publishing (nm.news). Pat […]
Posted inNew Mexico State Gov.
After Republican cuts to subsides, Obamacare enrollment dropped in every state except one: New Mexico
For once, New Mexico is on the top of a very good list. 49 states saw drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act last year after a Republican-led effort in Congress cut subsidies to states, but not New Mexico. An analysis of federal health care enrollment data analzyed by the […]
Posted inNM.news
Affluent neighborhoods that blocked PNM substation now face summer power outage warnings
By Pat Davis, The Paper. — For seven years, residents of some of Albuquerque’s most affluent neighborhoods have successfully fought to stop PNM from building a substation the utility said would eventually be needed to meet increased demand on a local part of the grid those expanding neighborhoods created. This week, ongoing development and higher […]
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