By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — New Mexico residents who bet on sports, elections, or pop culture through the Kalshi app may be doing so illegally — and the state wants it stopped. Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed suit Thursday in Santa Fe against Kalshi, Inc. and KalshiEX LLC, alleging the New York-based prediction market […]
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The morning after: Deb Haaland talks about being underestimated, her historic win and taking on Gregg Hull in November
By Pat Davis, The Paper & New Mexico Political Report – Just 12 hours after Deb Haaland secured her historic nomination for governor in the Democratic primary, she called me to share her first reactions to winning, still being underestimated after so many historic firsts and how she sees the next phase of the campaign […]
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No sparks allowed: Local governments enact sweeping burn and firework bans in New Mexico
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. State and local governments are sharing the goal of keeping New Mexico from burning up. This week, the Village of Corrales and Bernalillo County approved new restrictions aimed at fire prevention. The Bernalillo County Commission voted to ban all open burning in the unincorporated areas of the county. “One small […]
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New Mexico’s Epstein ‘truth commission’ to issue 14 subpoenas
By Joshua Bowling, Source New Mexico — New Mexico’s “truth commission” charged with investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes in the state, on Monday announced it would issue 14 subpoenas to government agencies, banks and the Santa Fe Institute to investigate who at those agencies and companies was in contact with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The state […]
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U.S. Supreme Court approves Texas v. New Mexico settlement to end Rio Grande water dispute
By Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico — In a single-paragraph assent this week, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted a deal between Texas and New Mexico, ending the 13-year lawsuit between the states and the federal government over the waters of the Rio Grande. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE With the dismissal of the case, the […]
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New Mexico honored for quantum leap
A broad public-private coalition has earned a national award for efforts to make New Mexico a major quantum technology industry hub. The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) earlier this month presented its State and Local Economic Development Award to the State of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, and their partners. The honor recognizes a coordinated, two-year […]
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Dem Party asks TV stations to pull candidate’s ad implying party endorsement
By Pat Davis, The Paper. — The Democratic Party of New Mexico took the unusual step this week of asking local television stations to stop running an ad from one of their own candidates. 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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NMDOJ agrees to stop enforcement of HB9 in response to USDOJ lawsuit against New Mexico anti-ICE laws
A lawsuit by Federal officials to block New Mexico’s new law forcing the closure of ICE detention centers scored its first victory Wednesday afternoon when New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a stipulated motion agreeing to stop pursuing enforcement of the law against the sprawling Otero County Detention Center while the federal suit continues. […]
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ABQ now pumping 100% groundwater as river sets 30-year drying record
Albuquerque stopped drawing water from the Rio Grande on April 24 and processed its last surface water three days later — leaving the water authority running entirely on groundwater reserves months before summer heat peaks, a water authority spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. The early shift marks a significant milestone in what water managers are calling one […]
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Three Republicans clash on crime, taxes and education in New Mexico governor’s race
New Mexico voters hoping to end years of Democratic control of the governor’s office got a close look at the field Friday, as three Republican candidates debated crime, taxes and education in a forum hosted by the Albuquerque Journal. Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, Albuquerque businessman Doug Turner and former state cabinet secretary Duke […]
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