By Rodd Cayton Torrance County and the Town of Edgewood are among 17 animal shelters across New Mexico benefitting from a grant program that disbursed almost $2 million. Danette Langdon, the county’s animal services director, said a $125,000 grant will permit construction of a standalone cat room. She said the project will allow the shelter […]
New Mexico State Government
Posted inRio Rancho
‘Enough is Enough’: Rep. Cates challenges industry over PFAS labeling law
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. New Mexico shoppers could lose their right to know which household products contain “forever chemicals” if a coalition of national trade groups gets its way in federal court. State Rep. Kathleen Cates, D-Rio Rancho, fired back this week with a letter to eight industry associations defending House Bill 212, the […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Opinion
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 inEnergy
PNM, Blackstone to reverse problematic $400M early stock sale and extend acquisition timeline to 2027
The private investment company working to buy New Mexico’s largest utility has extended the timeline for the deal to close after PNM says it has secured funding to reverse a problematic $400 million stock sale to the buyer completed without regulatory approval. PNM shareholders approved the sale to an affiliate of Blackstone in August 2025 […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress
WATCH: Heinrich presses Trump’s spy pick on Epstein cover-up, victim data leak
New Mexico’s Zorro Ranch sits at the heart of a Senate showdown over who’s protecting Jeffrey Epstein’s paper trail — and whether Trump’s pick to run U.S. intelligence will keep stonewalling the state’s own investigation. At Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., pressed nominee Jay Clayton on why the […]
Posted inNew Mexico State Government
After Republican cuts to subsides, Obamacare enrollment dropped in every state except one: New Mexico
For once, New Mexico is on the top of a very good list. 49 states saw drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act last year after a Republican-led effort in Congress cut subsidies to states, but not New Mexico. An analysis of federal health care enrollment data analzyed by the […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Democrats’ four-day vote to pick Lt. Governor nominee opens July 25
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — New Mexico Democrats have a hard deadline to finish picking a Lieutenant Governor nominee: State Central Committee members vote July 25-29, and the winner’s name goes to the Secretary of State by July 30 to lock in the November ballot. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political […]
Posted inSandoval County
Sandoval County lawmakers join statewide cybersecurity forum July 24
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Local businesses and nonprofits lose money to hackers every year, and three Sandoval County-area legislators want to talk about what state law should do about it. Reps. Kathleen Cates and Joshua Hernandez and Sen. Jay Block join a bipartisan panel of lawmakers July 24 for a forum examining cybersecurity’s grip […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
The long game: New Mexico United navigates timeline for future home
By Tristen Critchfield, The Paper. — While the New Mexico United is cautiously optimistic regarding future plans for its own stadium, the franchise is still very much in a holding pattern. In March, a group of state leaders including Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller voted 6-1 to build a sports stadium […]
Posted inEnvironment, Conservation & Climate, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Opinion, Politics & Elections
Defending our public lands, from Teddy Roosevelt to Martin Heinrich
Commentary by New Mexico State Senator Carrie Hamblen — More than a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt pioneered the American conservation movement. Using the Antiquities Act of 1906, he declared vast tracts of land as national monuments, notably the El Chaco, Morro, and Gila Cliffs National Monuments in New Mexico (subsequent presidents would later add Bandelier, […]
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