Democrats advanced an assault weapons ban through its first legislative committee last night over the objections of Republicans, gun dealers and 2nd Amendment advocates concerned it would ban some of the most popular firearms sold and transferred in New Mexico today. “This bill represents perhaps the worst mockery of the Second Amendment in state history,” […]
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New Mexico court strikes down “Homewrecker Law,” ending husband’s suit against ex-wife’s new boyfriend
The New Mexico Supreme Court has unanimously abolished the state’s century-old “alienation of affections” law, commonly referred to as “Homewrecker Laws,” that allowed spouses to sue third parties for the failure of a marriage. In an opinion authored by Chief Justice David Thomson, the court unanimously ruled that the law is “outdated” and ordered a […]
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Trump administration considers militarized buffer zone along New Mexico border
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Former legislative candidate convicted in shootings of lawmakers homes
<img width="1024" height="820" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1024×820-1.jpeg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Solomon Pena when he was arrested by APD in January of 2023. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / City Desk Abq" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1024×820-1.jpeg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-300×240.jpeg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-768×615.jpeg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1536×1229.jpeg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-2048×1639.jpeg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1200×960.jpeg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1568×1255.jpeg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-2000×1601.jpeg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-400×320.jpeg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 […]
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House Democrats introduce new legislation to replace defeated hospital acquisition oversight bill
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Autonomous vehicle bill stalls without passing committee
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Dept. of Education plans to cut nearly half of staff, paving way for closure
<img width="1024" height="628" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/iStock_822405_LARGE-1024×628-1.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/iStock_822405_LARGE-1024×628-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/08/iStock_822405_LARGE-300×184.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/08/iStock_822405_LARGE-768×471.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/08/iStock_822405_LARGE-1200×735.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/08/iStock_822405_LARGE-400×245.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/08/iStock_822405_LARGE.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="1654841" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/children-at-school/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/08/iStock_822405_LARGE.jpg" data-orig-size="1250,766" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Getty Images","camera":"","caption":"Focus is on the girl at right, […]