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  • New MexicoEnvironment

    ‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee, and others
  • Lujan GrishamPolitics

    New Mexico declares state of emergency as ‘surge in criminal activity’ sweeps the state

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • CAPTION CORRECTS THE ID – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, center, watched by Governors Larry Rodin of South Dakota, right, and Jared Polis of Colorado, talks about priorities for affordable housing and public lands in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday, June 23, 2025, at a meeting of the Western Governor’s Association. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)Politics

    GOP wants to unload 3,125 square miles of federal public land but western governors aren’t convinced

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in Paramount section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)Politics

    Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over governor’s objections to LA to quell protests

    By Michelle L. Price, Eric Thayer, and others
  • A slew of police cars surround a plane crash in ArizonaLifestyle

    2 dead after a pair of small planes collide on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona

    By Morgan Lee, Sejal Govindarao, and others
  • FILE – Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)Health

    Texas and New Mexico have measles outbreaks. Here’s what to know about vaccines and the disease

    By Devi Shastri, Morgan Lee, and others
  • Migrants who were deported from the U.S. to Mexico are transported to a shelter, as they cross the El Chaparral bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)Politics

    Trump move to deport ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants could quickly max out ICE’s detention center beds

    By Morgan Lee, Stephen Groves, and others
  • FILE – Actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie “Rust,” July 12, 2024, at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, N.M. (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP, File)Finance

    Alec Baldwin is suing for malicious prosecution after judge dismisses case against him in fatal ‘Rust’ set shooting

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • Alec BaldwinFeatures

    Prosecutors withdraw appeal against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting on set of ‘Rust’

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  • Close up on man's hand holding twenty dollar billFinance

    New Mexico now brings in more from oil income investments than personal income tax revenue

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this image taken from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Alec Baldwin speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico taxation authorities in April denied an application for tax incentives worth as much as $1.6 million to Rust Movie Productions, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File)Finance

    New Mexico denies Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ movie $1.6m tax incentive it was going use to finance settlement with family of shot cinematographer

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • Poll workers help voters at an election center at the Holly Plaza Shopping Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)Politics

    District attorney going after Alec Baldwin for manslaughter wins New Mexico Democratic primary, ensuring reelection

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • Stahl HamlitonPolitics

    ‘Shame! Shame!’ Arizona legislature devolves into chaos as Republicans shut down discussion of revived Civil War-era abortion ban

    By Anita Snow, Morgan Lee, and others
  • a freshman, sits at a desk in her dorm room as she participates in a Zoom meetingPolitics

    New Mexico wants to set aside over $1 billion to guarantee tuition-free college and support state spending in case its oil bonanza fades

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – JULY 2, 2020: Construction workers build a cinder block foundation for a new home being built overlooking Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)Personal Finance

    ‘Truly, we’re in a crisis’: Santa Fe voters add momentum to ‘mansion taxes’ by approving levy on home sales over $1 million to fund affordable housing

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press