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@sourcenm.comThe broadcast had many of the trappings of a traditional debate — two podiums, a background projecting an American flag blowing in the wind and opening and closing remarks. But Democratic nominee Haaland opted out and it often played out more like a one-on-one interview.
@sourcenm.comNearly half of the nation’s states have either passed or signed legislation that regulates tech companies or protects consumer personal data, research shows — but New Mexico is not one of them.
The ACLU of New Mexico urged lawmakers this week to bring the state into that fold. buff.ly/Pnwke7e
@sourcenm.comThe timing of both meetings emphasized how quickly quantum computing is developing in government and business.
@sourcenm.comThe police chief in New Mexico’s second-largest city attempted this week to allay lawmaker fears about one of the most controversial tools in law enforcement: Flock cameras.
@sourcenm.comThe head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Wednesday for further cancellations of Biden-era oil and gas regulations aimed at reducing emissions of climate-warming gasses while on a visit to New Mexico, environmental groups protested the event.
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@sourcenm.comPublic Regulation Commission staff say PNM in July began estimating residential customer bills, rather than obtaining readings from meters, in the Alamogordo and Ruidoso areas because of a meter reader shortage. The practice quickly spread statewide, they wrote in a Tuesday filing.
@sourcenm.comThe chief lawyer for Office of the State Engineer told legislators this week that the state is pushing back against the Trump administration’s announcement of a “waiver” of all the state’s laws and regulations regarding the use of groundwater to aid construction of a border wall.
@sourcenm.com“Project Jupiter in its current form cannot function without the pipeline, and this pipeline has no reason to exist other than to provide fuel for Project Jupiter," New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez wrote in the Monday filing.
@sourcenm.comNew Mexico Corrections Department Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero said Tuesday that her department is moving toward settling a lawsuit over state officers’ practice of referring people on probation to federal immigration agents for arrest and deportation.
@sourcenm.comRural governments in New Mexico are reducing energy costs due to a state grant to build community solar projects, state officials told lawmakers on Tuesday. buff.ly/nqbZMJW
@sourcenm.comThe committee overseeing New Mexico’s efforts to rebuild behavioral health infrastructure across the state hit an important milestone Tuesday by approving the two outstanding regional plans in the state’s 13 behavioral health regions.
@sourcenm.comEarly voting for New Mexico's Nov. 3 general election kicks off today. Whether you're voting now or waiting, Source NM has you covered with our General Election Voter Guide. buff.ly/wzu71Zk
@sourcenm.comEarly voting for New Mexico's Nov. 3 general election kicks off today. Whether you're voting now or waiting, Source NM has you covered with our General Election Voter Guide. buff.ly/wzu71Zk
@sourcenm.com“If you want to raise people out of poverty, the best way to do that is improve their personal wealth,” former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull told reporters at a news conference in his Albuquerque campaign headquarters.
@sourcenm.comNew Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and Sen. Antonio Maestas (D-Albuquerque) discussed future legislation to reduce harm of social media apps on kids during a screening of the new documentary "Your Attention Please" in Albuquerque last Friday. buff.ly/Bg6683y
@sourcenm.comNew Mexico Senate Democratic Caucus members met behind closed doors Sunday to nominate incumbent Sen. Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque) for another term as Senate president pro tempore and to select several other floor leaders.
@sourcenm.comTwo Republican state lawmakers seeking reelection continued to employ a New Mexico campaign canvasser accused of harassing their Democratic colleague even after another GOP candidate fired the man over his behavior, campaign finance records show.
@sourcenm.comNew Mexico, in a coalition of 26 states, counties and cities, sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday over a rollback of fuel economy standards for passenger cars and trucks manufactured in the United States. buff.ly/AzErPaM
@sourcenm.comA public records watchdog sued a New Mexico Livestock Board official on Friday alleging that the board violated state public records law by illegally redacting investigative reports about former board employees. buff.ly/1eoBN6J
@sourcenm.comA new coalition concerned about money’s growing influence on New Mexico politics is urging state lawmakers to consider legislation this January that would ban corporations from political spending.
