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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez first filed criminal charges against Lunsford in late 2023. The filing marked the first time in nearly a decade that a police officer anywhere in New Mexico had faced criminal charges for a fatal shooting.
NM AG Torrez pushes back at judge in police manslaughter case • Source New Mexico
While a former police officer previously convicted of manslaughter awaits a possible new trial, the AG refutes juror bias allegations.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez first filed criminal charges against Lunsford in late 2023. The filing marked the first time in nearly a decade that a police officer anywhere in New Mexico had faced criminal charges for a fatal shooting.
A recently released trove of thousands of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s emails offer glimpses into his time in New Mexico, including the prominent people he invited to his home here and when he scheduled visits.
Check out our timeline of NM-related Epstein emails here:
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By the #s: New Mexico mentions in recent Epstein email release • Source New Mexico
The emails show Epstein invited prominent figures including author Deepak Chopra, linguist Noam Chomsky, billionaire Tom Pritzker, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and filmmaker Bill Sieger
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A recently released trove of thousands of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s emails offer glimpses into his time in New Mexico, including the prominent people he invited to his home here and when he scheduled visits.
Check out our timeline of NM-related Epstein emails here:
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Bad breaking news:
BREAKING: Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., officials confirm • Source New Mexico
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was briefed Wednesday afternoon on the shooting of two National Guard members in downtown Washington, D.C., and is “actively monitoring this tragic situation,”…
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November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Missing cash or other goods? The state may have it.
NM Tax Department reports $390M in unclaimed property • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department this week announced $390 million in unclaimed property ahead of the holiday weekend
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November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Missing cash or other goods? The state may have it.
A preliminary report on New Mexico’s Nov. 4 local elections found that Election Day voting in general went smoothly in every corner of the state — and offered suggestions on how election officials can improve next year.
Report finds NM’s 2025 local elections generally transparent, well-run • Source New Mexico
A preliminary report from an election transparency group said elections across the state ran well, and offered suggestions for next year.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A preliminary report on New Mexico’s Nov. 4 local elections found that Election Day voting in general went smoothly in every corner of the state — and offered suggestions on how election officials can improve next year.
"It just seems that once you get a little bit ahead, there’s just another blow, which is now the well water situation. Now we’re eating on paper plates and really not drinking the well water and that kind of thing. So it’s just one hurdle after another.”
Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims grapple with latest crisis • Source New Mexico
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández visited the burn scar to brainstorm next steps and meet with a family whose well is contaminated with heavy metals.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"It just seems that once you get a little bit ahead, there’s just another blow, which is now the well water situation. Now we’re eating on paper plates and really not drinking the well water and that kind of thing. So it’s just one hurdle after another.”
Years-old government reports found issues with private equity firm founder’s previous company.
New Mexico lawmakers Pope, McQueen raise questions about New Mexico Gas Company sale • Source New Mexico
New Mexico lawmakers joined a small group of residents to call for greater transparency around the proposed New Mexico Gas Company sale.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Years-old government reports found issues with private equity firm founder’s previous company.
The study found increasing disenchantment with the second Trump administration's approach to the economy and immigration.
Trump shedding support among Hispanic voters, survey finds • Source New Mexico
A majority of U.S. Latinos have grown increasingly disapprove of Trump's immigration and economic policies, report says
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November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The study found increasing disenchantment with the second Trump administration's approach to the economy and immigration.
Officials with the federal claims office overseeing a multi-billion-dollar compensation fund for Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims told Source they will consider paying to address newly found well contamination, but only if victims first prove “injuries and causation.”
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FEMA says NM fire victims will have to prove ‘causation’ to get payment for well contamination • Source New Mexico
“Heavy metals caused by the fire can be compensable," FEMA officials tell Source. "And a claimant will need to present a claim demonstrating injuries and causation."
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Officials with the federal claims office overseeing a multi-billion-dollar compensation fund for Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims told Source they will consider paying to address newly found well contamination, but only if victims first prove “injuries and causation.”
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Sam Bregman in a statement said the Legislature is “dominated by long-serving incumbents” and hopes that term limits will attract new candidates for office.
Sam Bregman’s NM gubernatorial campaign calls for term limits for state legislators • Source New Mexico
Bernalillo County District Attorney and gubernatorial hopeful Sam Bregman proposed term limits and salaries for New Mexico's lawmakers.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sam Bregman in a statement said the Legislature is “dominated by long-serving incumbents” and hopes that term limits will attract new candidates for office.
"These fabricated allegations were blatant acts of political retaliation and a dangerous abuse of power." So said NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez about the dropped charges against Comey and James.
Judge drops James Comey and Letitia James charges, saying prosecutor served 'unlawfully' • Source New Mexico
A senior federal judge dismissed charges Monday against two public officials with long-running public disputes with President Donald Trump, saying the controversial appointment of the president’s…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"These fabricated allegations were blatant acts of political retaliation and a dangerous abuse of power." So said NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez about the dropped charges against Comey and James.
The "Gulf of America" case is back in court.
Press access to Oval Office argued in case involving Trump and wire service • Source New Mexico
WASHINGTON — A three-judge federal appeals panel grilled lawyers for a former White House official and The Associated Press Monday in a case that could significantly overhaul press access to the Oval…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The "Gulf of America" case is back in court.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The small state agency that coordinates responses to natural disasters and other emergencies across New Mexico is seeking a significant funding boost next year, a reflection both of an expected increase in fires and floods and also a potential exodus of contractors.
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Anticipating more fires and floods, state disaster response agency seeks more staff • Source New Mexico
With increasing disasters, and an expected decrease in federal funding, the state's emergency response agency is on the cusp of an exodus of "institutional knowledge."
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November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The small state agency that coordinates responses to natural disasters and other emergencies across New Mexico is seeking a significant funding boost next year, a reflection both of an expected increase in fires and floods and also a potential exodus of contractors.
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New Mexico is among several states passing laws to address the role of private equity in health care.
New state laws tackle private equity’s growing role in health care • Source New Mexico
As more private equity firms buy health care physician practices and facilities, states are pushing back on acquisitions that some critics say could potentially gut health care infrastructure.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Mexico is among several states passing laws to address the role of private equity in health care.
Concerns persist over compliance with the state’s clean energy law and a troubled water source.
Southern NM lawmakers call data center Project Jupiter a ‘transparency failure’ • Source New Mexico
New Mexico lawmakers discuss concerns about data center Project Jupiter's lack of transparency and strain on area's natural resources
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Concerns persist over compliance with the state’s clean energy law and a troubled water source.
Multiple environment and health groups want the state to monitor air quality and create health guidance in the aftermath of the Artesia explosion.
Coalition calls for NM environment agency to address Artesia oil refinery explosion aftermath • Source New Mexico
Enviro and health groups want New Mexico Environment Dept to monitor air develop health guidance after Artesia oil refinery explosion
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November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Multiple environment and health groups want the state to monitor air quality and create health guidance in the aftermath of the Artesia explosion.
The state's Superintendent of Insurance said today she hopes the Legislature will continue its support of a $10M wildfire mitigation program for homes at extremely high wildfire risk, a program she said is becoming a national model.
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NM Insurance Superintendent asks for extension of nation’s largest wildfire mitigation program • Source New Mexico
The Legislature gave $10 million to the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance during the session in January for grants to homeowners who live in increasingly wildfire-prone areas.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The state's Superintendent of Insurance said today she hopes the Legislature will continue its support of a $10M wildfire mitigation program for homes at extremely high wildfire risk, a program she said is becoming a national model.
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Members of NM's congressional delegation struck back in response to President Trump's statement.
Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' • Source New Mexico
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them with punishment as severe as death, after they appeared in a video…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Members of NM's congressional delegation struck back in response to President Trump's statement.
Most every district attorney's office asked for more funds to hire prosecutors. But New Mexico's rural DAs had a unique set of requests.
Rural NM prosecutors ask state for help with high-mileage cars, internet, hiring • Source New Mexico
District attorneys in rural New Mexico need money for vehicles, internet and to hire more lawyers, they told lawmakers
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November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Most every district attorney's office asked for more funds to hire prosecutors. But New Mexico's rural DAs had a unique set of requests.
ICYMI, a new legislative report delves into the role CYFD plays in NM's rising juvenile incarceration.
Report says NM children return to jail due to lack of intervention, treatment • Source New Mexico
A new report says New Mexico's youthful offenders return to jail in large part because of lacking intervention and treatment programs.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
ICYMI, a new legislative report delves into the role CYFD plays in NM's rising juvenile incarceration.
As fear ripples across the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire burn scar about newly discovered toxic metals in Mora County groundwater, elected officials and residents are increasingly wondering whether a federal office overseeing a $5.45B fire compensation fund will step in to help.
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New Mexico officials, Mora residents say feds should respond to groundwater contamination • Source New Mexico
In the latest crisis affecting the burn scar of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, state and local officials are asking what FEMA's plan is.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As fear ripples across the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire burn scar about newly discovered toxic metals in Mora County groundwater, elected officials and residents are increasingly wondering whether a federal office overseeing a $5.45B fire compensation fund will step in to help.
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The discussion came as water systems in virtually every corner of New Mexico are feeling strain.
Last year, the state identified issues with nearly 140 drinking water systems.
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Last year, the state identified issues with nearly 140 drinking water systems.
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Coalition of NM locales says $200 million more needed for water projects • Source New Mexico
A new report from the New Mexico Municipal League found that water infrastructure projects across the state need an additional $200 million.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The discussion came as water systems in virtually every corner of New Mexico are feeling strain.
Last year, the state identified issues with nearly 140 drinking water systems.
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Last year, the state identified issues with nearly 140 drinking water systems.
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The barrier unhoused people outside of Albuquerque cited most often as an impediment between them and stable housing was application and deposit fees, according to a newly released "point in time" count report from the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness.
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Rural, unhoused people statewide cite deposit, application fees as greatest barrier to housing • Source New Mexico
Volunteers conducted surveys with 714 people in 19 counties outside of Albuquerque, about two-thirds of them in Southern and rural Southeastern New Mexico
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November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The barrier unhoused people outside of Albuquerque cited most often as an impediment between them and stable housing was application and deposit fees, according to a newly released "point in time" count report from the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness.
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The three bills seek to limit out-of-state companies that receive fire-related contracts; expand the use of technology to monitor nascent blazes; and require the federal government to pay 100% of costs in rare circumstances when a federally managed prescribed burn escapes.
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NM Sen. Luján introduces three wildfire-related bills • Source New Mexico
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced three wildfire-related bills this week in a newly reopened United States Senate, all of which use New Mexico’s recent wildfire experience as a guide — or a…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The three bills seek to limit out-of-state companies that receive fire-related contracts; expand the use of technology to monitor nascent blazes; and require the federal government to pay 100% of costs in rare circumstances when a federally managed prescribed burn escapes.
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