Governor optimistic over how the legislative session is shaping up
662 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The legislative session has started to take shape as lawmakers reached the halfway point last week. So far, 30 bills have made it through the committee process, passed on the House floor, and have been sent over to the Senate side. One of those bills includes House Bill 46, which would […]
Bill aims to exempt New Mexico from Biden’s ban on new oil and gas leases
1,043 Views President Biden’s moratorium is raising concerns across the state, where numerous public programs, rely on the oil and gas industry’s success. U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Herrell introduced legislation that would exempt oil and gas development on federal lands in New Mexico from President Joe Biden’s moratorium. The bill is called “Protecting New Mexico’s Jobs and […]
COVID-19 Vaccine in New Mexico: Your questions answered
611 Views Here is what you need to know about the COVID-19 Vaccine in New Mexico.
Utility financing bill clears New Mexico Senate panel
570 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A measure aimed at saving customers money when utilities opt to close power plants and recover lost investments has narrowly cleared its first legislative hurdle.
NASA rover successfully lands on Mars
585 Views CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.
4 Investigates: Review of expenses reveals governor spending most of her discretionary fund on groceries
958 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A review of six months’ worth of invoices, receipts and expense reports of the governor’s contingency fund reveals a vast majority of it is spent for food for the Governor’s Residence. The timeframe of our review, July 1st through December 31, 2020, covers a time period when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham restricted […]
Talk Radio Pioneer Rush Limbaugh Dies After Battle With Cancer
599 Views Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio kingpin who invented the modern day conservative talk format and single-handedly revitalized AM radio in the process, died Wednesday at his home in Palm Beach, FL after battling stage 4 lung cancer for the past year. He was 70.
Amid pandemic, New Mexico forges path to legal cannabis
710 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators are sprinting amid the pandemic to come up with a framework for regulating and taxing recreational marijuana after voters ousted key opponents of pot legalization in 2020 elections. Four Democrat-backed proposals with a social justice bent are competing for traction at the Legislature, along with […]
UNM scientists discover COVID-19 variant in New Mexico
577 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Scientists at UNM have discovered a new variation of the coronavirus in New Mexico. The number of cases it’s showing up in has been increasing over the last few months.
Interesting facts about each president of the United States
911 Views Do you know which U.S. president was a Grammy winner, or which one skinny dipped in the Potomac River every morning? History classes may have taught us plenty of important things about all the different presidents we’ve had over the past two centuries, but there are actually a lot of interesting facts about our presidents […]
