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Torrance County extends ICE detention contract day after Legislature votes to ban such agreements

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico — The Torrance County Commission met for about two minutes Wednesday morning to extend an agreement allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to continue housing detainees at its local jail, a little more than 12 hours after the New Mexico Senate voted to ban such agreements.  The Torrance County […]

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FBI Albuquerque, federal prosecutors seize cryptocurrency allegedly meant for Hamas

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Flickr/cc" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-400×267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1653906" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b" data-image-description=" gavel ” data-image-caption=”” data-medium-file=”https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-300×200.jpg” data-large-file=”https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg” /> By Austin Fisher, Source […]

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New Mexico incentivizes attorneys, doctors to take on workplace injury cases

<img width="1024" height="584" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1024×584-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Photo of the State Capitol aka Roundhouse" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1024×584-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-300×171.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-768×438.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1536×876.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-2048×1168.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1200×684.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1568×894.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-2000×1141.jpg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-400×228.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1657247" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse/" […]

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NM wildfire outlook above normal for most of state

<img width="423" height="346" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376.webp" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376.webp 423w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376-300×245.webp 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376-400×327.webp 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661556" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/17/utility-line-caused-21000-acre-mogote-hill-fire-which-is-now-under-control/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376.webp" data-orig-size="423,346" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division–e1742232848376" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Crews work to secure containment lines on the Mogote Hill Fire […]

Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Statewide News

NM GOP renews call for special session on crime after alleged arson at Albuquerque headquarters

<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-1024×768-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-1024×768-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-300×225.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-768×576.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-1200×900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-800×600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-600×450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-400×300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1-200×150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661806" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/04/01/nm-gop-renews-call-for-special-session-on-crime-after-alleged-arson-at-albuquerque-headquarters/img_8551-1536×1152/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8551-1536×1152-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1536,1152" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1743437214","copyright":"","focal_length":"9","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.008130081300813","title":"","orientation":"1"}" […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, New Mexico Statewide News

New Mexico legally protects the trans community — but fear persists

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-1024×683-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="UNM senior Kylie Pucella says the uptick in anti-trans laws has made her worried about her own care." decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-1024×683-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-400×267.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw […]

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Organizers say Las Cruces reproductive health center expected to open in late summer 2026

By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico Las Cruces could see New Mexico’s state-funded reproductive health clinic open its doors on the east side of town by late summer or fall 2026, according to project organizers. Christopher Ramirez, spokesperson for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, told Source NM that organizers are in the […]

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New Mexico to allow cyclists to roll through stop signs

<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1-1024×681-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1-1024×681-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1-768×511.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1-1200×798.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1-400×266.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661719" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/26/new-mexico-to-allow-cyclists-to-roll-through-stop-signs/jason-culver-3-26-25-1536×1022/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1536,1022" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS RP","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1742987315","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Jason-Culver-3-26-25-1536×1022" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Jason Culver rides […]

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Roundhouse effort to overhaul NM’s home ‘insurer of last resort’ fails

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1-1024×683-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1-1024×683-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1-400×267.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661706" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/25/roundhouse-effort-to-overhaul-nms-home-insurer-of-last-resort-fails/k7a9452-1536×1024/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/K7A9452-1536×1024-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1536,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"Nathan J Fish/Sun-News","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1724151676","copyright":"Las Cruses Sun-News","focal_length":"70","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" […]

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New Mexico Legislature March 22: A somber conclusion

<img width="1024" height="626" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-1024×626-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-1024×626-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-300×183.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-768×469.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-1536×938.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-2048×1251.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-1200×733.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-1568×958.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-2000×1222.jpg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1-400×244.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1657403" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/shutterstock_190351604/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_190351604-scaled-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1564" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="shutterstock_190351604" data-image-description=" […]