A Bernalillo High School student’s family received a $1.8 million jury verdict this week after proving school officials failed to prevent a violent assault despite receiving evidence of persistent bullying and threats. The verdict, delivered Wednesday in Sandoval County’s 13th Judicial District Court, found Bernalillo Public Schools liable for failing to follow New Mexico’s mandatory […]
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Governor plans special session to shield New Mexicans from federal budget cuts
More than 760,000 New Mexicans who rely on Medicaid and food assistance could face benefit cuts or stricter requirements under federal legislation, prompting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to consider calling lawmakers back to Santa Fe as early as late August. The governor is “likely to call a special session, possibly in late summer or early […]
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Moriarty ignored repeated audit warnings before $5M budget overrun, financial chaos
By Connor Currier City Councilors seemed surprised last week when their newly-installed City Clerk and Treasurer, Deborah Liu, laid out tens of thousands of dollars in payroll errors and fines levied by the IRS in June against the city. However, independent auditors have been warning the city’s elected officials and fiscal managers for years that […]
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New lawsuits allege systemic abuse and concealment by Catholic Dioceses
This report is supported by NM Political Report, a nonprofit newsroom working to increase New Mexicans’ engagement in politics and public policy. Reported by: Josh Lee, Las Cruces, New Mexico This report is original reporting by a New Mexico-based independent journalist with support NMreports.org and its readers and sponsors. The Catholic Church’s handling of decades-old […]
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University of New Mexico shooting leaves one dead, one injured with suspect still at large
Updates and Related Content Check back often for updates on this developing story. A shooting at the University of New Mexico’s central Albuquerque campus has left one person dead and another injured, prompting an emergency campus closure and a large-scale police response. In the early hours of Friday morning, UNM Police Department (UNMPD) responded to […]
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Video: Ruidoso avoids more tragedy as flash flood prompts 5 rescues
Emergency responders successfully rescued all five people trapped by Thursday’s flash flooding in Ruidoso, marking a far less severe event than the deadly flooding that killed three residents just 16 days ago. Heavy monsoon rainfall caused a major flash flood near the village of Ruidoso on Thursday afternoon, with the Rio Ruidoso cresting at 12.5 […]
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Moriarty could owe employees $18,000 in backpay and thousands in IRS fines
By Connor Currier Moriarty City Clerk/Treasurer Deborah Liu told councilors and the mayor at Moriarty’s City Council meeting on Wednesday night that the city has failed to disclose thousands of dollars in fines from the IRS and has short-changed employees at least $18,000 in take-home pay because of lax internal controls going back years. Liu, […]
Posted inSandoval County
Sandoval County celebrates opening of dispatch center that can’t handle most 911 calls
Sandoval County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 24 to celebrate its new dispatch center, even as the facility remains unable to independently handle approximately 85% of 911 calls from the county’s estimated 42,000 non-Rio Rancho residents. The Public Safety Emergency Communications Center of Sandoval County can only directly receive approximately 15% of 911 calls—those from […]
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Trump says he will “MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!”
President Donald Trump has a plan to “make Indians great again,” starting with requiring sports teams that abandoned racist Native American names to return to those roots. Trump posted on social media this past weekend that he would like to condition plans for the Washington Commanders NFL team to build a new stadium in the […]
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Supreme Court saves politico from recall over Rio Arriba Oñate statue dispute
This report is supported by NM Political Report, a nonprofit newsroom working to increase New Mexicans’ engagement in politics and public policy. Reported by: Connor Currier This report is original reporting by a New Mexico-based independent journalist with support NMreports.org and its readers and sponsors. New Mexico’s highest court has dismissed a petition attempting to […]