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The new proposed budget would spend $9.4 billion — $1 billion would go to tax rebates, if passed single filing adults would receive $750. Joint filers would get $1,500.

Indigenous cultural education will be part of program at the new center

With early voting underway as of Tuesday, New Mexicans are casting their ballots for statewide races, and for the N.M. House of Representatives. Union leader Eleanor Chavez and small business owner Patrick Sais are vying to replace Democratic Rep. Georgene Louis.

New Mexico's top environmental regulator on Thursday warned state lawmakers that taxpayers could be on the hook for groundwater contamination since the U.S. Defense Department continues to challenge the state's authority to force cleanup of "forever chemicals" at two air bases.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Many parents have reached out to KOB 4 to talk about air conditioning issues at Albuquerque schools. “This week, it’s ridiculous,” said Valerie Herrera de Ramirez, a Chaparral Elementary School parent. “It is 90 degrees in the classroom. It is extremely hot. My boys, ‘Mom, it’s – we’re exhausted, we’re tired.'” Ellen […]

Scenes for the Selena biopic were filmed at locations in San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Poteet, with lots of Selena fans serving as extras.

New Mexicos economically disadvantaged children are far less likely to meet reading proficiency standards than their non-disadvantaged classmates.

South Texas had endured a number of droughts over the decades, and in the 1990s it led to the creation of the Mary Rhodes Pipeline.

An Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education committee will consider a proposed new policy Thursday regarding parental responsibility in children’s education and access to student records, including those related to accessing counseling. But there’s opposition to the proposal from several groups, including the Albuquerque Teachers Federation and GLSEN New Mexico — an LGBTQ student advocacy organization — due to concern that the policy could harm both students and teachers.

Where do parent rights end, and their students rights begin? School board members took up that issue Thursday evening.