Hooray! Since 2019 a state law allowed local municipal governments to have their county clerk run its elections. The secretary of state, overseeing the county clerks' elections, noticed some municipalities had quirky, hard-to-administer individual-seat contests. "Uniformity" has eliminated this inherently unfair voting practice.
Today's intelligence: Texas's Rio Grande water dispute with New Mexico in final chapter? Plus: a glimmer of hope the state may finally take fiscal responsibility for Spaceport America off the backs of Doña Ana and Sierra Counties
Today's intelligence: The New Mexico Legislature receives expert testimony on the precarious status of rural hospitals throughout the state. Although not directly mentioned, Sierra Vista Hospital is likely no exception.
RIP Bill Richardson
Today's intelligence: The proposed nuclear-waste storage facility near Carlsbad may face a possible new legal roadblock involving its Nuclear Regulatory Commission-issued license.
Today's intelligence: Women (almost) rule in New Mexico!
Today's intelligence: National regulations will now require stronger evidence to prove that a predator has killed domestic livestock.
Today's intelligence: The Albuquerque stretch of the Rio Grande is expected to run dry again this year. Plus: a report on public comment about bear and cougar hunting at last Friday's New Mexico Game Commission meeting
Today's intelligence: U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez, congressperson for Sierra County, has announced the recipients of $10 million in federal earmark funding.
In the 2015 litigation brought by PAWA members against New Mexico Copper Corporation's claims to ownership of over 7,000 afy, the Adjudication Court has granted the mine 184.2 AFY rights in wells it originally declared abandoned.
Today's intelligence: Congressman Gabe Vasquez introduces legislation to help pay medical bills of New Mexico oil and gas workers injured on the job.
Today's intelligence: Spaceport America settles a former employee's discrimination lawsuit.