Update

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports new details obtained from a letter from the NMHU Board of Regents to state auditors.

Veteran lawmaker also plans to relinquish leadership post before next year's 60-day session.

Lawsuit argues the Wilderness Act does not authorize government predator control to protect private livestock.

Positions make up nearly 2% of the workforce and primarily consist of administrative, support roles.

A New Mexico judge has dismissed a challenge over the legality of the state's fledgling universal childcare program. A lawsuit brought by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez and other plaintiffs had challenged the process state officials used to eliminate an income cap and copays for childcare assistance.

Frustration boiled over on the dais and in the gallery Tuesday as community members pressed Doña Ana County commissioners for answers about a promise to hold a public meeting addressing concerns about the massive data center under construction in Santa Teresa.

Former NMHU president Neil Woolf has a filed a suit alleging regents retaliated against him over a choice of construction vendor.

PRC hearing examiners recommend PNM, Blackstone be fined maximum penalties, restart acquisition process

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) introduced a bipartisan bill Friday that would prevent members of Congress from including public land selloffs in unrelated budget bills, a tactic that congressional Republicans unsuccessfully used last year to try to dispose of thousands of acres of federal land in Utah and Nevada.

New Mexico officials called on federal officials to do more to protect the state’s livestock and wildlife in the wake of the first confirmed case of a parasitic fly in neighboring Texas Wednesday — the first incursion of New World screwworm in the U.S. in decades.