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 […]
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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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 […]
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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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State Rep withdraws from reelection bid to address “challenges with alcohol”
A first-term New Mexico state representative is withdrawing from his race for reelection after confrontations last month with Chicago police who responded to reports of a man “running naked in the hallway” of a hotel where legislators were staying during a national conference. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit […]
Posted inElections & Politics
Forward Party asks judge to decide if New Mexico ballot rules unfairly protect two-party system
A federal judge in Santa Fe is preparing to decide if New Mexico’s two-tiered system for qualifying candidates in elections protects the two-party system by placing unreasonable requirements on smaller parties looking to qualify candidates for the ballot. U.S. District Judge Margaret Strickland is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Friday. This story […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson headed to New Mexico to campaign for Greg Cunningham against Gabe Vasquez
House Speaker Mike Johnson is headed to New Mexico on Wednesday to campaign with Greg Cunningham, the Republican candidate looking to oust Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez in the sprawling Second Congressional District covering Southern New Mexico and Albuquerque’s Westside. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics […]
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Haaland leads Hull in first public poll
By Pat Davis, nm.news — With less than 90 days until New Mexico chooses a new governor, the first public polling of the 2026 gubernatorial race shows that former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is enjoying a commanding 17-percentage-point lead over former Rio Rancho Mayor Greg Hull in early August. This story was originally […]
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Money for manure: Heinrich joins Congressional effort to pay farmers to manage mountains of manure
New Mexico is one of the biggest dairy and cattle states in the country — which also means the state is also one of the biggest producers of cow manure. Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich joined a Congressional effort to clean up the mess. Heinrich has officially signed on as a cosponsor of the […]
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