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The letter Luján and 12 other Senate Democrats signed says FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has made the commission effectively...
09/18/2025

The letter Luján and 12 other Senate Democrats signed says FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has made the commission effectively a “roving press censor, targeting broadcasters based on their political commentary.”

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"This administration is silencing free speech, targeting universities and companies, and abusing their power to shut down opposing views and limit Americans’ access to information," Luján wrote on social media.

Previous estimates in statewide needs assessments have been less than half that. A 2022 Mortgage Finance Authority analy...
09/18/2025

Previous estimates in statewide needs assessments have been less than half that. A 2022 Mortgage Finance Authority analysis said the state leaked 32,000 affordable housing units.

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Assuming a $300,000 per unit cost, that means the state faces a $27 billion problem.

New Mexico's colleges and universities are asking for more than $1 billion worth of infrastructure projects to be debate...
09/17/2025

New Mexico's colleges and universities are asking for more than $1 billion worth of infrastructure projects to be debated in next year's legislative session.

Higher education agency will recommend projects to be debated during budget-focused 30-day legislative session that begins in January.

New Mexico's senior senator urged the U.S. Forest Service to extend public comment on the Trump administration's propos...
09/17/2025

New Mexico's senior senator urged the U.S. Forest Service to extend public comment on the Trump administration's proposal to rescind a policy preventing road construction and logging in wild spaces.

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to call on New Mexicans to submit comments on the 'Roadless Rule.'

“Mother Nature really gave it to us that day,” said Mykel Diaz, mayordomo of the Acequia de los Martinez Arriba near Chi...
09/17/2025

“Mother Nature really gave it to us that day,” said Mykel Diaz, mayordomo of the Acequia de los Martinez Arriba near Chimayó, said of the Aug. 29 flood.

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All told, 19 acequias in the Chimayó area, along with six near Pojoaque and 11 others near Ojo Caliente, sustained several million dollars in damage.

In a new column for Source NM's commentary section, longtime immigration lawyer Allegra Love discusses the conditions at...
09/17/2025

In a new column for Source NM's commentary section, longtime immigration lawyer Allegra Love discusses the conditions at ICE detention facilities, and why New Mexico should work to stop their expansion here.

Longtime immigration lawyer Allegra Love writes about the terrible conditions in ICE facilities and why New Mexico should address them.

The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government said Tuesday the universities are hiding how they will spend millions of d...
09/16/2025

The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government said Tuesday the universities are hiding how they will spend millions of dollars along with “the contractual terms they require students to abide by, meaning there is no way to know whether students are being treated fairly.”

Suits allege schools violating state law by refusing to release documents that would show how they would implement new revenue-sharing rules.

A prominent New Mexico environmental advocacy group has identified wild areas comprising more than 210 square miles acro...
09/16/2025

A prominent New Mexico environmental advocacy group has identified wild areas comprising more than 210 square miles across the state that will lose an important defense if a 2024 federal land use rule is rescinded.

See our map here of the areas New Mexico Wild is most worried about if the Public Land Rule is rescinded, as the Interior Department recently announced it intends.

NM Wild identified more than a dozen areas comprising 134,600 acres that have “wilderness characteristics,” but no protections as such.

New Mexico probation officers repeatedly provided immigration status information to federal immigration authorities, inc...
09/16/2025

New Mexico probation officers repeatedly provided immigration status information to federal immigration authorities, including after the Legislature made such a practice illegal this year, according to a new lawsuit from the state Ethics Commission.

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Two of the detainees remain in ICE custody, and one was deported to his unspecified home country, according to the lawsuit

“These federal deployments of armed troops — who have no official police powers — violate our Constitution and create ne...
09/16/2025

“These federal deployments of armed troops — who have no official police powers — violate our Constitution and create needless fear in our communities,” New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said.

Top prosecutors from 22 states argue that without local leaders’ consent, the deployment is “unlawful, unconstitutional, and undemocratic.”

New Mexico Pueblo leaders are in Washington, D.C. today continuing to push for protection from drilling at Chaco Culture...
09/16/2025

New Mexico Pueblo leaders are in Washington, D.C. today continuing to push for protection from drilling at Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

New Mexico Pueblo leaders joined congressional delegation in Washington D.C. to urge protection for Chaco Culture National Historical Park

We're pleased to carry the latest from Jerry Redfern at Capital & Main, reporting on the cost of NM's orphan oilfields.
09/16/2025

We're pleased to carry the latest from Jerry Redfern at Capital & Main, reporting on the cost of NM's orphan oilfields.

A recent report warns New Mexico could be on the hook for up to $1.6 billion in cleanup costs oil and gas companies rising plugging costs.

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