Submitted by Trey Smith, Executive Director of East Mountain High School When the most recent legislative session adjourned in Santa Fe, those of us in education who were following the action looked around in bewilderment. Sixty days of hearings and hundreds of bills debated and what were we left with? For schools looking for leadership […]
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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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Former State Sen. Bill O’Neill passes away
<img width="512" height="341" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/unnamed-7.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/unnamed-7.jpg 512w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-7-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-7-400×266.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="1661812" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/04/01/former-state-sen-bill-oneill-passes-away/unnamed-7-3/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/unnamed-7.jpg" data-orig-size="512,341" 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="unnamed (7)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Former State Sen. Bill O’Neill ” data-medium-file=”https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-7-300×200.jpg” data-large-file=”https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/unnamed-7.jpg” /> By […]
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New Mexico set to create ‘Turquoise Alert’ system for missing Indigenous people
<img width="1024" height="680" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-1024×680-1.png" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Indigenous families with loved ones who have gone missing or been murdered protest outside Albuquerque City Hall on July 21, 2023. Credit: Bella Davis/New Mexico In Depth" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-1024×680-1.png 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-300×199.webp 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-768×510.webp 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-400×266.webp 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1.webp 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw […]
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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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The most interesting legislative session in years
It’s good to be back after the longest hiatus I have taken in more than six years of writing. It’s also good, after writing six end-of-legislature columns, to finally write one that isn’t a litany of what didn’t happen. Don’t get me wrong. Not enough happened, and I will get to that. But tremendous legislation […]
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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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East Mountains communities set to receive capital outlay funding
By Hannah Grover About $7.4 million of state capital outlay funding could be coming to Torrance County, while other East Mountains communities also had projects included in the legislation. Capital outlay funding is awarded to local governments through legislation annually. The $7.4 million that Torrance County entities are set to receive is in addition to […]
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New Mexico legislative session: Which bills passed?
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