Combined state and federal spending on health care in New Mexico — principally Medicaid — would increase by $3.3 billion to $15.5 billion, a 27% jump. New Mexico is using a new assessment on hospitals to harness more federal Medicaid dollars for the health care sector.

Last year, Lujan Grisham proposed multiple failed reforms to New Mexico’s criminal justice laws, including steeper penalties for felons in possession of firearms and bills to strengthen the state’s ability to require repeat offenders with documented mental health problems to undergo treatment.

New Mexico law preempts local ordinances that restrict abortions within the borders of Lea and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Hobbs and Clovis, the state top court said.

What could become of the Expo New Mexico State Fairgrounds? Near the end of 2024, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a ‘Request for Proposal,’ or RFP, seeking ideas for a master plan to redevelop 236 acres of state-owned land in the central part of Albuquerque.

More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned. Their departures were confirmed Tuesday during roll call at a meeting that had been scheduled to address the search for an interim university president.

New Mexico’s governor has hosted multiple town halls regarding public safety in the state. With New Mexico’s special legislative session approaching, Governor Lujan-Grisham made a stop in Alamogordo to discuss relevant issues with officials and community members.

Adrian HeddenCarlsbad [email protected] Violent crime became a key issue for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham during last year’s legislative session as she sought

Bernalillo County DA Sam Bregman and his office have made strides in tackling human trafficking and tracking down illegal guns and drugs.

A Jan. 9, 2025 ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court struck down several counties' and cities' abortion restrictions.

The personnel cost has doubled over the last three years. Employees have been granted more sick leave but they seem to be using more due to in-person work requirements.

- New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham enters the House Chambers to deliver her State of the State speech at the Capitol, in Santa Fe, N.M., Jan. 16, 2024.

Former state Rep. Harry Garcia doesn't live in the trailer park he belatedly claimed as his residence. That determination by the attorney general's staff means Garcia is ineligible to fill a vacant seat in the House of Representatives,