<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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The Independent expands to deliver free to Edgewood, East Mountains
From the publisher If you are reading this issue of The Independent at home, there is a good chance it arrived by mail. We’re making a big investment in this paper and it changes how you get your news. Since its first issue was published 25 years ago by Wally Gordon and Thelma Bowles, The […]
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Trump administration considers militarized buffer zone along New Mexico border
<img width="1024" height="660" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/29872054373_86e82c498c_b.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Border fence" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/29872054373_86e82c498c_b.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/02/29872054373_86e82c498c_b-300×193.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/02/29872054373_86e82c498c_b-768×495.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/02/29872054373_86e82c498c_b-400×258.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="1655256" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/29872054373_86e82c498c_b/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/29872054373_86e82c498c_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,660" 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="29872054373_86e82c498c_b" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Border fence between the United States and Mexico. […]
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Amid plummeting diversity at medical schools, a warning of DEI crackdown’s ‘Chilling effect’
By Annie Sciacca, KFF Health News The Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even in states like California, where public universities have been navigating bans on affirmative action for decades. Education and health experts warn that, ultimately, this could harm patient care. Since […]
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U.S. Sens. Luján, Heinrich and others push back at USDA funding cuts
By Source NM Staff, Source New Mexico New Mexico Democratic U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich, along with 30 of their colleagues on Tuesday wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in response to the department’s cancellation of $1 billion in funding for programs connecting farmers with food banks and schools. […]
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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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Madrid hatmakers launch fundraiser for Los Angeles wildfire relief effort
By Kevin Hendricks Charlie Overbey and Vanessa Dingwell, founders of Lone Hawk Hats & Honeywood Vintage in Madrid, launched a social media auction to benefit the Sweet Relief Natural Disaster Fund. The fundraiser will benefit those impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year. The auction features signed hats from celebrities like singer/songwriter LP, […]
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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. ” […]