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10/07/2025

“Don’t you ever challenge my integrity," US AG Pat Bondi said during an antagonistic hearing with Democratic senators.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the Department of Justice.  In one f...

10/07/2025

A Thursday hearing in Illinois will address President Trump's plan to send troops to there.

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order. In a one-paragraph order, U.S. District Judge April M. Pe...

10/07/2025

Plaintiffs and advocates in New Mexico's longstanding educational equity case said they are disappointed in the state's draft plan in a variety of ways.

10/07/2025

"There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of and we’ll take care of them in a different way.” So said President Trump during a news conference about pay for furloughed workers during the federal shutdown.

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers.  The change i...

10/07/2025

New Mexico is trying to ease the sting of vet school debts for livestock veterinarians in a new program launched this month:

New Mexico is putting the call out to livestock veterinarians to apply for up to $80,000 for veterinary school loan repayments.

10/06/2025

As quickly as it filled up Wednesday morning, the Roundhouse emptied of people Thursday around 5 p.m. A lot happened in that 40-hour period.

Here are some numbers to help you digest the meal that was the 2025 special legislative session:

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The session cost taxpayers $97 a minute.

10/06/2025

New Mexico environmental officials will present additional findings from soil and water testing around the site of a decommissioned coal-fired power plant on Tuesday and give a further update on cleanup efforts.

State environment officials will talk cleanup Tuesday of decommissioned coal-fired electric power plant in New Mexico’s northwestern corner.

10/03/2025

A New Mexico Republican senator said he and colleagues fully intended to begin Wednesday’s special legislative session denouncing what they deem as dangerous political rhetoric from Democrats, but changed course after the opening gavel.

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Sen. Jay Block (R-Rio Rancho) told Source New Mexico there had been “talk” among Republican leaders of reading on the Senate floor from a letter they’d already sent privately to House Speaker Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque).

10/03/2025

They said they'd finish on Thursday. And they did.

New Mexico lawmakers all told passed TK laws in a special legislative session aimed at federal uncertainty and funding cuts.

10/02/2025

Following the NM Senate adjournment, Republicans held a news conference at which they reiterated complaints about their exclusion, but touted a win on the medical compact front.

New Mexico Republicans on Thursday continued their complaints about being excluded from the Legislature's special session.

10/02/2025

One down, one to go:

New Mexico Senate adjourned in special legislative session dedicated to shoring up health insurance and benefits amid federal cuts

10/02/2025

It's about 12:45 p.m. on a Thursday. Do you know what your state lawmakers are doing? Catch up on the special session, which is likely to end today.

New Mexico lawmakers continue pushing through to pass five bills in the special session and finish in time for the weekend.