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The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Wednesday for further cancellations of Biden-era oil and gas regulations aimed at reducing emissions of climate-warming gasses while on a visit to New Mexico, environmental groups protested the event. buff.ly/XCVROYp

Early voting for New Mexico's Nov. 3 general election kicks off today. Whether you're voting now or waiting, Source NM has you covered with our General Election Voter Guide. buff.ly/wzu71Zk

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Madeline Pernillo, 18, and Yajaira Gutierrez, 19, described ICE’s arrests of their relatives in two separate events Wednesday, including at a medical center parking lot and during a drive to a medical appointment for a 2-month-old baby. sourcenm.com/2026/08/20/t...

The State Ethics Commission sued the group in April – a month after Source NM revealed that an out-of-state company with no publicly listed executives was behind the effort – and accused it of violating the state Lobbyist Regulation Act.

The same day as the hearing, the NMDOJ also weighed in on NuFuels’ federal nuclear license renewal, saying the company is making false promises about its extraction technology. sourcenm.com/2026/08/10/a...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Friday lauded this week’s $567 million judgment against Meta Platforms Inc. as “historic” and wide-ranging, but also railed against decades-old laws that he said continue to limit his office’s ability to protect kids online. sourcenm.com/2026/08/07/n...

Source NM review finds nearly 70 mentions by pilots concerned about GPS jamming before the May 13 fatal crash

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The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee on Friday voted to catapult New Mexico’s 2028 presidential primary election to fourth in the country.

Over the last four years, companies have staked more than 12,000 mining claims in New Mexico in search of minerals like gold, copper and uranium. That’s roughly three times the number of claims staked in the state in the entire 20th century. buff.ly/635amSY

Environmental advocates on Monday told New Mexico lawmakers that power plants built specifically for large data centers such as Project Jupiter could undo more than 20 years of progress on air quality.

“We are in favor of justice for not just a few, but justice for the many, and we will continue to fight until we receive justice for all," said Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium founder Tina Cordova." buff.ly/0heEgey

Lawyers for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the state Early Childhood Education and Care Department on Thursday argued that a Republican lawsuit before the state Supreme Court over the state’s universal childcare program is “less a legal challenge than a political lament.”

The lawsuit, based on new evidence the State Ethics Commission recently unearthed, aims to immediately halt NM probation officers' practice of referring undocumented probationers to federal immigration agents. buff.ly/5DEomn3

Rogelio Bolufé says he was transferred, denied medical care and had legal documents confiscated after organizing hunger strikes and speaking out about detention conditions story via @jerodmacevoy.com

New emails contained in a State Ethics Commission court filing show that NM probation officers submitted at least 22 names of potentially undocumented probationers to ICE for arrest and deportation, and it alleges officers did so at the behest of supervisors. buff.ly/7ByciKd

The New Mexico Department of Justice opened an investigation into allegations that residents' names appeared on pro-Project Jupiter public comment letters they say they never wrote.

As New Mexico tries to reduce errors in the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program, they are increasingly seeking data to help verify that every SNAP dollar goes to people who need it. Their latest target? Slot machine winnings. buff.ly/QaFIcwd

Residents from three New Mexico cities say their names falsely appeared on letters urging state environment officials to approve air quality permits for the controversial Project Jupiter data center after they were approached by canvassers for the project.

NEW: New Mexico residents in the state’s three largest cities tell me their names have falsely appeared on pro-Project Jupiter letters to state environment officials after they were approached by canvassers Full story here, on @sourcenm.com:

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter Friday chiding state leaders for errors administering a federal food assistance program and urging them to implement fixes to avoid a federal penalty of at least $149 million.

New Mexico Sen. Harold James Pope Jr. (D-Albuquerque) is pressing forward with a campaign to become Deb Haaland’s running mate in the upcoming gubernatorial election, despite Haaland’s endorsement Friday of state Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard. buff.ly/1NRliud

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spoke alongside local, state and law enforcement officials Monday to announce that they plan to pursue restitution from the federal government over allegations that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials knowingly let fentanyl shipments into New Mexico.

Deb Haaland, the former U.S. Interior secretary who soundly secured the Democratic nomination to be New Mexico’s next governor, on Friday endorsed Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard as state party officials prepare to select Haaland’s running mate.

An Albuquerque business owner whose smoke shop legislative analysts recently flagged for suspiciously high federal food assistance revenues told Source NM that his shop’s high sales don’t signal fraud. Rather, they reflect the few grocery options in a struggling neighborhood. buff.ly/voPpgwq

New Mexico legislative analysts tasked with assessing fraud among state recipients of federal food assistance reported Tuesday that the state’s low fraud rate may be misleading and stems from a failure to collect data and investigate fraud allegations. buff.ly/IpwnVvM

The New Mexico commission investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s time in the state made its first batch of subpoenas public late last week, and is scheduled to hold a public meeting at noon on Thursday at which commissioners are expected to announce more subpoenas.

A slide deck prepared for social media influencers says the campaign is set to start June 17 and is intended to "build trust" surrounding the controversial Project Jupiter AI data center under construction in southern New Mexico.

NEW: The firm behind an award-winning @nmhca.bsky.social social media campaign is now recruiting influencers to promote the controversial Project Jupiter data center Story here, on @sourcenm.com

On the last day of his FEMA contract, following five months on paid administrative leave, the former leader of a multi-billion dollar wildfire compensation fund told Source NM that he acted fully within policy when he and his wife accepted more than $500,000 from a fund he oversaw. buff.ly/SF3daeZ

Elected officials in Raton, a northern New Mexico town of about 6,000 near the Colorado state line, voted Tuesday to delay a decision on a data center moratorium after signing a memorandum of understanding with a data center developer earlier this year.

After months of hearing opposition from residents against a data center/solar array proposal from a Canadian developer, the Socorro County Commission last night unanimously approved a yearlong moratorium on data centers.

NEW on @sourcenm.com: Canadian tech CEO Jason Bak pitched a rural New Mexico community on a sprawling data center, despite never having built one. The latest, from Source NM, on Bak’s history with data centers, crypto and more, featuring a William Shatner endorsement:

Canadian tech CEO Jason Bak pitched a rural New Mexico community on a massive data center, despite never having built one. Now, the project's future could be in jeopardy.

The New Mexico Department of Justice and the City of Albuquerque on Tuesday each filed motions to dismiss a federal Justice Department lawsuit that seeks to nullify a state law and city ordinance that limit coordination with President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. buff.ly/2qSTDvz

New Mexico agriculture officials on Monday confirmed the state’s first case of New World screwworm, detected in a Lea County dog. While state and federal officials said they so far believe it was an "isolated incident," they are still investigating.

Hearing examiners also recommended that PNM and Blackstone be fined maximum penalties and restart acquisition process.

Instead of using a new National Park Service website to identify signage disparaging to Americans, some visitors to New Mexico national parks jokingly complained about the lack of Bigfoot or lava at a volcano extinct for 37,000 years. buff.ly/JxSXNUd

New Mexico has a new Natural Resources Trustee, the watchdog for pollution to NM's shared resources. buff.ly/loM36Qg

Read Source NM's latest installment of Trail Notes, wrapping up the primary election that concluded Tuesday and looking ahead to the November general election: buff.ly/OGS91Jx

“A war is causing a surplus in our trust funds,” said NM Rep. Micaela Lara Cadena (D-Mesilla). “I hope we hold the purpose of those funds very close to heart, and make sure that when we raise money... that we spend it and spend it well.”

The confirmation of a parasitic fly case of New World screwworm in Texas means New Mexico requires an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to watch for incursion into the state's livestock, pets or wildlife, officials said.

Standing before a banner emblazoned with “Deb for Gov” in the backroom of Old Town staple Cocina Azul, Democratic nominee Haaland committed to “focusing on the issues for New Mexicans” in the next stage of her campaign for governor.

New Mexico incumbents across party lines and geographic divides mostly fought off challengers in contested primary elections Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office.

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull won the Democratic and Republican primary races to be New Mexico's next governor.

NEW: In a decisive victory, former U.S. Interior Secretary @debhaalandnm.bsky.social pitches “a better New Mexico” as the Democratic nominee for governor

New Mexico's first-ever semi-open primary saw at least 37,000 independent voters participate, according to New Mexico Secretary of State. buff.ly/83I3JJu

Juan de Jesus Sanchez III has defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary to become his party’s nominee for commissioner of public lands. Sanchez, 34, is a former political director for U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and natural resource specialist for the U.S. Army Corps. buff.ly/8OqHSuX

New Mexico's first-ever semi-open primary saw at least 37,000 independent voters participate, according to New Mexico Secretary of State. sourcenm.com/briefs/new-m...