One year after U.S. Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a land swap in southern New Mexico would create a new national militarized zone to deter illegal border crossers, federal courts are swamped with thousands of criminal cases the government knows it cannot prove, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) pressed a key federal official last week about how prediction markets are regulated during a House Agricultural Committee hearing. He said these markets function just like sports betting, but without the same regulations, and that hurts tribal communities.
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New Mexico Supreme Court justice questioned whether attempt to keep Dow off ballot was a ‘gotcha’ incident.
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New Mexico improves in nationwide rankings amid decrease of deaths in Albuquerque.