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Attorney General Raúl Torrez has convened the task force to continue the work of a group disbanded by the governor last year, to the displeasure of advocates
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Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields patient medical records from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion in New Mexico or other states where it is legal.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Tuesday that his office is investigating allegations that a Las Cruces hospital has denied care to cancer patients with low incomes or who are uninsured.
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Attorney General Raúl Torrez has made good on a pledge last week to investigate alleged price gouging at hotels where victims of wildfires in Southern New Mexico sought shelter. Torrez issued cease and desist letters to six properties Wednesday.
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Attorney General Raúl Torrez warned this week that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action.
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No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain community hit hard by a pair of wildfires. Plus, Attorney General Raul Torrez warned Wednesday that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action.
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Among Native American communities, people go missing and experience violence at disproportionately high rates. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) - the first Native cabinet secretary - has been working to implement the Not Invisible Act, which she helped pass as a Congresswoman in 2019. A commission traveled round the country hearing testimony from survivors, advocates, law enforcement and tribal leaders. It released a list of recommendations last November, and now the Departments of Justice and Interior have responded.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a new online portal Tuesday meant to address the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.
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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the state budget Wednesday which included $200,000 to address the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. But advocates are saying it’s not enough.
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The attorney general in January asked the state supreme court to strike down those local rules, and in Wednesday's hearing he argued the justices had a number of grounds to do so.