This story was originally published by Source NM By Patrick Lohmann, Source NM The vice president of a local tribe is asking the New Mexico Attorney General and the state Legislature to intervene against online gambling apps that he says are using a backdoor to allow illegal sports gambling here and, in doing so, threatening […]
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Supreme Court allows Bishop’s Lodge wastewater permit process to proceed
This story was originally published by Source NM By Danielle Prokop, Source NM New Mexico justices Tuesday morning denied Tesuque Village residents’ emergency petition in a dispute over a proposed sewage permit for a nearby resort and development. Chief Justice David Thomson delivered the ruling from the bench after a short deliberation, saying the arguments […]
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NM lawmakers presented with tough choices amid federal cuts to Medicaid, SNAP
By Patrick Lohmann, Source NM A top budget adviser to New Mexico lawmakers Wednesday laid out the most detailed look he could muster on what the Senate budget reconciliation bill could mean for New Mexico, particularly when it comes to federal spending on health care and food aid here. Legislative Finance Committee Director Charles Sallee’s […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov.
All of New Mexico’s downwinders could be compensated under Senate’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
by Kyle Dunphey, Utah News Dispatch, Source New Mexico The federal government’s program that gives payments to people sickened by nuclear weapons testing is one step closer to being reauthorized and expanded. On Tuesday, Senate Republicans passed their massive tax and spending package, nicknamed the “big, beautiful bill” — among its many provisions is an […]
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US Education Secretary defends resumption of student loan collections in NM speech
By Patrick Lohmann / Source NM Speaking at the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Santa Fe on Monday, United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended her agency’s return to collecting student loan payments from millions of borrowers, calling the pandemic-era pause “confusing” for students and their parents. On May 5, the Education Department announced it […]
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U.S. Sen. Heinrich: Torrance ICE lockup ‘inadequate’ and ‘inappropriate’
This story was originally published by Source NM By Austin Fisher On a recent visit to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement lockup in Estancia, staff members for U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) saw clogged sinks in a cell pod and a drain in the common area backed up with sewage water. They also […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety
ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is.
This story was originally published by Source NM. By Patrick Lohmann Last Saturday around 8 a.m., as she followed her husband to a mechanic in Albuquerque’s South Valley, Daniela Marina Diaz-Ortiz says she and her 5-year-old daughter watched, terrified, as federal immigration agents leapt out of four SUVs and pulled her husband to the ground. […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Estancia, New Mexico Statewide News
U.S. Sen. Heinrich: Torrance ICE lockup ‘inadequate’ and ‘inappropriate’
This story was originally published by Source NM. By Austin Fisher On a recent visit to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement lockup in Estancia, staff members for U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) saw clogged sinks in a cell pod and a drain in the common area backed up with sewage water. They also […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Statewide News
NM group condemns federal raid on Lovington dairy farm
This story was originally published by Source NM. By Patrick Lohmann The federal immigration raid at a dairy farm in Eastern New Mexico last week tore families apart, damaged trust and “undermined our shared values of compassion and justice,” according to Somos Un Pueblo Unido, a statewide immigrant advocacy organization. According to a social media post from […]
Posted inEducation, New Mexico Statewide News
By the #s: New Mexico’s highest high school graduation rate in at least 15 years
By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico — As high schoolers across the state don caps and gowns for graduation, state education officials are noting the state’s highest graduation rate in at least the last 15 years. While still below the national average, last year the highest percentage of New Mexico high-schoolers graduated on time since […]