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…

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…

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…

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…

Rehashing proposed changes to NM’s Land Grand Permanent fund

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Legislation to increase the annual distribution from the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund passed 44–25 in the House of…

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has lengthy to-do list for 60-day session

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham broke with tradition and dispensed with the annual state…

Proposals to boost New Mexico’s say in environmental regulations move forward

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Two bills that would give the state more authority to set its own environmental…

New Mexico bill to curtail ‘qualified immunity’ defense for public employees advances

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, which would remove the protection of qualified immunity for public employees, cleared its first committee Monday, Jan. 25, in the…

Southern New Mexico lawmaker’s bill would phase out private prisons

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

A look at pre-filed bills: Southern New Mexico lawmaker’s proposal would phase out…

Bill to hike spending on early childhood education not slowed by Sierra County lawmaker’s opposition

By WALTER RUBEL/ Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative