Posted inPolitics & Elections

Former APD detective, state legislative candidate seeks to challenge Rep. Vasquez in CD-2

A retired Albuquerque Police detective and two-time candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives will challenge Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-NM-02, next year in a key congressional swing district.   Punch Bowl News reported last week that Gregory Cunningham is mulling a run for the Republican nomination to take on Vasquez in 2026. On Monday, Paul […]

Posted inNM State Gov.

Bomb threat target top legislative Democrats in Santa Fe

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include the second threat being investigated in Santa Fe. Threats against top Democrats in the New Mexico legislature on Thursday prompted the disruption and evacuation in parts of two Santa Fe neighborhoods, including one nearby school. Chris Nordstrum, communications director for New Mexico Senate Democrats, confirmed to New […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov, New Mexico

Trump administration withholding $410 billion in federal funds, Democratic lawmakers say

The Trump administration is illegally withholding more than $410 billion in federal funding from communities nationwide, according to an updated tracker released by Democratic lawmakers that chronicles what they call an unprecedented assault on congressional spending authority. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., said that President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ […]

Posted inFood

Isleta Grill wins double crown at New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge

Isleta Grill of Isleta Pueblo swept both major awards at the New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge, capturing the People’s Choice and Blind Judging championships. The restaurant, which also won the Blind Judging title in 2024, emerged victorious from a field of nine competitors vying for recognition as the state’s best green chile […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov, New Mexico

New Mexico treasurer urges Supreme Court to strike down Trump tariffs

New Mexico Treasurer Laura Montoya is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold lower court rulings that found President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign countries to be unlawful uses of executive power.  “Though he may falsely believe he’s above the law, the courts and the Constitution say otherwise. The Supreme Court must uphold the lower […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov, New Mexico

NM senators call out Trump administration’s targeting of DACA recipients

By Lauren Lifke Nearly 40 Senate Democrats, including Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), signed a letter last week calling out the Trump administration’s targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in its move to increase deportation.  The DACA program, implemented more than a decade ago, allows for some immigrants who […]

Posted inGeneral Interest, New Mexico

Casados out as CYFD Secretary after less than two years leading troubled organization

Children, Youth, and Families Department Secretary Teresa Casados is retiring from state government after leading comprehensive reforms at one of New Mexico’s most challenging agencies, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday. Casados served as CYFD secretary since January 2024 and previously held the role on an interim basis from May 2023 until her Senate confirmation. […]