Las Cruces lawmakers push constitutional guarantee for clean air, water, land

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — All New Mexicans, both those now residing here and those who are yet to come, would have a…

Longtime journalist joins project to cover NM Legislature

By RICHARD COLTHARP

Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative / The Las Cruces Bulletin

LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO — A seasoned New Mexico political reporter is returning as a New…

Small New Mexico towns say private prison ban would be their end

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A bill that would phase out private prisons in the state advanced in the New Mexico House of Representatives on…

Aid-in-dying bill clears New Mexico House committee

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A bill that would allow health care providers to give aid in dying to terminally ill patients passed the New Mexico House Health and…

Women to outnumber men for first time in New Mexico House

By WALTER RUBEL / Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The results of the 2020 election flip the New Mexico House of Representatives from blue to pink for the first time in our…

New Mexico House panel OK’s one cannabis legalization bill, tables another

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — With two competing cannabis legalization bills under consideration, much of the debate…

Legislation would make ‘ghost guns’ illegal in New Mexico

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Legislation to outlaw so-called ghost guns in New Mexico is advancing in the state House of Representatives, over the…

New Mexico Senate tightens rules on medical marijuana

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — With two bills to legalize marijuana sales stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the New Mexico Senate turned its attention…

Diving into the history of NM’s Land Grant Permanent Fund — a hefty pool of state dollars

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexicans have Harvey B. Fergusson to thank for the substantial…

Marijuana bill clears New Mexico House

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — “It being exactly 4:20 (p.m.), we go to House Bill 12,” Rep. Daymon Ely, D-Corrales, quipped Friday, Feb. 26, to begin the debate over legalization of…