Posted inHousing & Homelessness, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg

Lawmakers deliver legislative update as Corrales grapples with tax hikes, water fears

By Jesse Jones Soaring property tax valuations and shrinking water access have Corraleรฑos on edge, turning the village into a vivid example of how state policies hit home. At an April 19 town hall, Rep. Kathleen Cates of Rio Rancho and Sen. Cindy Nava of Bernalillo met with Corrales residents to explain how recent legislation […]

Posted inEdgewood, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Opinion & Analysis, Pueblos

Education in New Mexico: A crisis of low expectations

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/" […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News

Former State Sen. Bill Oโ€™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 Oโ€™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 โ€˜Turquoise Alertโ€™ 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-3-26-25-1536ร—1022" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Jason Culver rides […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News, Opinion & Analysis

The most interesting legislative session in years

Itโ€™s good to be back after the longest hiatus I have taken in more than six years of writing. Itโ€™s also good, after writing six end-of-legislature columns, to finally write one that isnโ€™t a litany of what didnโ€™t happen. Donโ€™t get me wrong. Not enough happened, and I will get to that. But tremendous legislation […]

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Roundhouse effort to overhaul NMโ€™s home โ€˜insurer of last resortโ€™ 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"}" […]