<img width="738" height="1024" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08-738×1024-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08-738×1024-1.jpg 738w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08-216×300.jpg 216w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08-768×1066.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08-400×555.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08.jpg 1052w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661758" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/28/should-gene-hackmans-family-be-granted-a-major-exemption-from-new-mexicos-freedom-of-information-law/genehackmanjun08/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/GeneHackmanJun08.jpg" data-orig-size="1052,1460" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"QSS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="GeneHackmanJun08" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Gene Hackman Shared with Creative Commons license […]
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Battery repurposing project in Santa Fe on DOE ‘hit list’
By Hannah Grover A reported “hit list” of clean energy projects that could lose U.S. Department of Energy funding includes a long-duration storage demonstration project that included Santa Fe. The project aims to reuse batteries from electric vehicles for energy storage for consumers to later use. E&E News first reported on the DOE “hit list” […]
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Governor signs bill to protect Native American students’ rights to wear tribal regalia at events
<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_stateofthestate02-1024×681-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_stateofthestate02-1024×681-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_stateofthestate02-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_stateofthestate02-768×511.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_stateofthestate02-1200×798.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_stateofthestate02-400×266.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_stateofthestate02.jpg 1503w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1659680" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/21/crime-child-welfare-behavioral-health-among-lujan-grishams-legislative-priorities/rer_stateofthestate02/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_stateofthestate02.jpg" data-orig-size="1503,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"NIKON Z 9","caption":"Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham gives her State […]
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NRCC to target Gabe Vasquez (again) in 2026
<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_GabeVasquez01-1024×683-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_GabeVasquez01-1024×683-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-1536×1024.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-2048×1365.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-1568×1045.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-2000×1333.jpg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01-400×267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1659728" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/27/all-eyes-on-vasquez/congressman-gabe-vasquez/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/01/Rer_GabeVasquez01.jpg" data-orig-size="8256,5504" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"NIKON Z […]
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Major lobbyist transparency bill nears finish line
<img width="1024" height="639" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9-1024×639-1.png" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9-1024×639-1.png 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9-300×187.webp 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9-768×479.webp 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9-400×250.webp 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9.webp 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661568" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/18/major-lobbyist-transparency-bill-nears-finish-line/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9.webp" data-orig-size="1170,730" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Screenshot of debate on HB 143. ” […]
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Advocates sound alarm after ICE ‘disappears’ 48 NM residents
A coalition of immigrants’ rights advocates submitted a formal complaint with the United States Department of Homeland Security over what they called the “disappearance” of 48 New Mexico residents. The advocates said that this made it critical for the legislature to pass legislation barring governments from entering into contracts with the federal government to detain […]
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NM unemployment rate ticks up to 4.4% in January
<img width="1024" height="723" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k-1024×723-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k-1024×723-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k-300×212.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k-768×542.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k-1200×847.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k-400×282.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k.jpg 1250w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1654619" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/8674946413_3a3b29af35_k.jpg" data-orig-size="1250,882" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="8674946413_3a3b29af35_k" data-image-description=" help wanted ” data-image-caption=” cc ” […]
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Judge orders feds to rehire fired workers
<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Flickr/cc" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-400×267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1653906" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b" data-image-description=" gavel ” data-image-caption=”” data-medium-file=”https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b-300×200.jpg” data-large-file=”https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_b.jpg” /> A lawsuit filed […]