The officeholder oversees and administers the state’s elections and is third in succession following the governor and lieutenant governor.

Only 43% of New Mexicans say they trust state lawmakers. That was one of the findings of a new poll commissioned by a think tank pushing for ethics reform in the Roundhouse.

Advocates say a veterinary tranquilizer is becoming more and more commonly found in opioids sold on the street across new Mexico, complicating overdose reversal and making withdrawal far more dangerous, and a lot of people using these drugs aren't even aware they're consuming it.

Prediction markets are becoming an issue for Native American tribes who argue they’re threatening their gaming revenues and their ability to fund vital services. At a recent legislative hearing, tribes and state lawmakers looked at taxing them.

A new group of 34 experts is working on a report about the forced sterilization of Indigenous women. This comes after the passage of Senate Memorial 14 in this year’s legislative session.

Some 90,000 New Mexicans enrolled in Medicaid could soon have a harder time qualifying and the state's health agency is proactively trying to reach them.

A University of New Mexico conference aims to highlight how academic research can move beyond campus walls to engage more fully with communities.

Summer 2026 was New Mexico’s hottest summer on record, adding urgency to calls for federal action on climate change. A national campaign is pressing Congress to move past Washington’s distractions and confront the climate crisis.

New Mexico's gubernatorial candidates differ on data centers, which are controversial both because they power artificial intelligence and because of their energy and water requirements.

If you get any nachos at this weekend’s season-sending series at Isotopes Park, that paper dish of goodness has an origin story that begins in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1943.