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New Mexico’s June unemployment rate remained at 3.5 percent with nearly 40,000 jobs added since last June. The unemployment rate was the same in May and is down from 3.9 percent last June, according to a New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions report. This is similar to the national unemployment rate of 3.6 percent in […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed three appropriations bills Thursday that would bring nearly $40 million for 25 local projects to New Mexico. On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy, and Water Development Appropriations bill, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill and the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. […]

For decades, vehicles crossed the McFarland Land & Cattle Company’s private property in Quay County to access public lands or lands owned by other ranchers. This crossing is known as Quay Road AI. But, when a solar company leased land accessible only by Quay Road AI, McFarland Land & Cattle Company attempted to block that […]

The full U.S. Senate confirmed Xochitl Torres Small as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture on Tuesday. The Senate voted 84-8 to approve her confirmation. All those who voted against Torres Small were Republicans. Torres Small, a former member of Congress from New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, will now take over as a top member of the […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 bill. This bill includes $154.3 billion for projects in New Mexico, an increase of $164 million from the previous year. “These major investments in military construction will ensure that service members at installations in New Mexico and across […]

New Mexico will receive $675 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand broadband access across the state. “It is no accident that this funding made up the largest percentage of the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; broadband projects are incredibly expensive and a vital part (of) every aspect of our lives,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham […]

Bipartisan legislation introduced on Tuesday aims at protecting people’s data from exploitation by foreign nations.  U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, as well as two other senators—Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, and Cynthia Lummis, a Wyoming Republican, sponsored the legislation. The legislation also seeks to enact criminal and civil penalties in an effort […]

One year ago this upcoming Saturday the U.S. Supreme Court did what conservatives have sought for years: overturned Roe v. Wade.  The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision upended decades of precedent and made massive changes to reproductive health access nationwide. NM Political Report is one of (if not the) only statewide news outlets […]

Not everyone is happy about the idea of “citizen journalists.” Even the term leads some to fear the watering-down of journalism. In an era of social media influencers and bloggers, sometimes referred to as journalists, officially opening the door to citizen reporters may beg the question, “Who is a journalist?”

Doña Ana County will receive $37.1 million in federal funding for a project aimed at eliminating train-vehicle collisions in Santa Teresa. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration awarded $31,171,088 in grant funding from the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program. The grant funding is for a grade-separated roadway under Union Pacific’s rail line in […]