A bill that seeks to expand New Mexico’s fledgling red flag gun laws has been bumped from this year’s 60-day legislative session by more pressing priorities, according to local reports. “For all intents and purposes, it’s gone, unless something really radical changes,” one of the bill’s Democrat sponsors, State Rep. Daymon Ely, told the Santa…
Top US Nuclear Lab Could Be Impacted by Wildfires, Audit Warns
A top nuclear laboratory in the United States is at risk from wildfires because some mitigation measures have been ignored in recent years, an audit found. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) inspector general said the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico is prone to “future large, high-intensity wildfires that could threaten to seriously interrupt…
New Mexico State Police Officer Shot and Killed on Highway
DEMING, N.M.—New Mexico was in mourning Friday over the shooting death of a State Police officer in a highway-stop confrontation linked by authorities to drug trafficking that touched off a 40-mile police chase. Officials say the attacker was killed in a shootout with police at Las Cruces, where another officer was wounded. The officer killed…
Widespread Concern in New Mexico as Biden Halts New Oil, Gas Leases
President Joe Biden’s 60-day moratorium on new oil or natural gas leases and drilling permits on federal land is prompting widespread anxiety in New Mexico—one of the nation’s top energy producers—as a broad coalition argues it forces the entire country to be more reliant on foreign energy, while also impeding environmental progress. New Mexico business leaders,…
New Mexico Officials Express Alarm of White House’s 60-Day Pause on Oil Leases
Officials in New Mexico have expressed alarm over President Joe Biden’s 60-day pause on new oil and natural gas leases and permits to drill, saying that the industry is tied to spending on education and other programs in the state. “During his inauguration, President Biden spoke about bringing our nation together. Eliminating drilling on public…
New Mexico Officials Express Alarm Over White House’s 60-day Pause on Oil Leases
Officials in New Mexico have expressed alarm over President Joe Biden’s 60-day pause on new oil and natural gas leases and permits to drill, saying that the industry is tied to spending on education and other programs in the state. “During his inauguration, President Biden spoke about bringing our nation together. Eliminating drilling on public…
New Mexico GOP Accuses Secretary of State of Withholding Election Records From Trump
The New Mexico Republican Party is accusing the state’s Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver of “partisan political games” by intentionally delaying the release of election records requested by President Donald Trump’s campaign. Trump’s legal team on Dec. 17 filed an Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) request with the New Mexico Secretary of State, asking…
New Mexico Sheriff Says He Won’t Enforce ‘Unconstitutional’ Health Order
The sheriff of New Mexico’s largest county said over the weekend that he won’t enforce the state’s public health order, calling the governor’s restrictive measures unconstitutional. In a video posted on YouTube, Sheriff Manny Gonzales said the Bernalillo County, where Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, is located, has seen “more than its fair share of…
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