New Mexico Democrats are swapping candidates in a key State House race in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights where they have their target set on unseating one of the few Republicans representing a House or Senate district in Albuquerque. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy […]
Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
Posted inElections & Politics
Get an early look at new ads national Democrats just launched to protect Vasquez in 2nd Congressional race
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 […]
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 inNew Mexico State Gov., Opinion & Analysis
Commentary: What repealing the income tax would cost New Mexicans
Commentary by Stephanie Shardin Clarke — 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. Don’t be fooled: it’s the lowest-earning New Mexicans who would pay the price, […]
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 […]
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