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The Otero County Commission violated the New Mexico Open Meetings Act when it held an emergency meeting March 13 to extend a contract allowing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to house detainees at its jail, the New Mexico Department of Justice said on Friday.

First-term state Sen. Steve Lanier (R-Aztec) did not turn in a new declaration of candidacy and will not make the June 2 primary ballot, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Federal, state officials call for Chavez’s name to be removed from public landmarks.

WNMU regents struck an optimistic tone for the future as they signed a deal with Western Oregon University’s Provost and VP of Academic Affairs Jose Coll.

Firm will be tasked with gathering evidence, coordinating with state AG.

Conditions threaten farmers, hurt the state’s ski season.

PNM and Blackstone deny any wrongdoing.

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) signed onto a letter with a bipartisan coalition of senators calling for an independent audit of how U.S. Department of Justice officials have redacted information in the public releases of documents related to infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

State trust fund with $11B to keep program funded for five years.

A fresh lawsuit filed Monday by a coalition of conservation groups is accusing the state of New Mexico of failing to hold oil and gas operators financially responsible for thousands of abandoned fossil fuel wells across the state.