Update

New Mexico's seven-day waiting period for most gun purchases is dead for now, after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals opted against a rehearing of the case by the full court.

Threatened cuts to federal homelessness funding next year will have ripple effects across a state overwhelmed with a rising unhoused population, including at an emergency shelter in Santa Fe that already has a long wait list, according to the shelter’s head.

The Santa Fe Association of Realtors is continuing its legal challenge to a City of Santa Fe excise tax on high-end home sales. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the so-called “mansion tax” is in the state’s court system once again.

The governor’s $11.3 billion budget recommendation represents a $502.8 million increase over the budget for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.

In total, the committee endorsed eight legislative proposals during its Santa Fe meeting ahead of the 30-day regular budgetary session starting Jan. 20. Under state law, the upcoming session focuses on budgetary items, so some of the legislation will require a special message from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in order to be considered.

Doctors and advocates have said joining such compacts would play a key role in addressing a statewide doctor shortage.

Last July, Congress passed federal mandates to expand work requirements for all able-bodied adults which now includes ages 55 through 64.

State officials say the bridge over the Rio Grande could reopen in April or May at the earliest — but only if the state is able to obtain the permits needed to complete the work in a timely fashion. The bridge has already been closed for six months.

The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Albuquerque, contends that Woods converted up to $14,600 from student fees to his personal use without APS authorization.

Even though precipitation across the West to date is average or close to it, high temperatures across the region have turned snow into rain, leading federal meteorologists in a Thursday announcement to declare a “snow drought.”