A federal magistrate recommended Wednesday that the University of New Mexico should face a class action by professors under the Fair Pay for Women Act, and that the plaintiffs should be allowed to amend their claims under the Fair Pay Act.
Read moreA former Catholic priest has been extradited from Morocco to the United States to face federal child sex abuse charges in New Mexico, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office announcement Friday.
Read moreNew Mexico’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit claiming the maker of a children’s gaming app sends kids’ location, demographic and other personal information to advertisers without parental consent, risking their safety and violating their privacy.
Read moreNew Mexico has settled a class action led by a former mayor of Santa Fe who challenged regulations on issuance of “second tier” driver’s licenses and ID cards that do not comply with federal REAL ID specifications.
Read moreAuthorities say they’ve arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico.
Read moreALBUQUERQUE (CN) — Trustees of an historic New Mexico land grant have sued a Colorado nonprofit, trying to void the
Read moreWith 98 percent of New Mexico suffering from drought this summer, a fight over water rights is gearing up in the state capital, where the commissioner of public lands sued the state engineer for allowing millions of gallons of groundwater to be used for fracking.
Read morePacific Gas & Electric said Thursday it expects to pay at least $2.5 billion to cover the cost of lawsuits and other issues stemming from wildfires that killed 44 and destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California last year.
Read moreHotly contested Democratic primary races for New Mexico governor and an open Albuquerque-area congressional seat are driving a higher than usual voter turnout in New Mexico, while Montanans came out in force Tuesday to vote on U.S. House and Senate races.
Read moreVoters will head to the polls in three western states on Tuesday, poised to make decisions that may be the first major test of whether the oft-predicted “blue wave” will materialize in November.
Read moreThe New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether the state’s program that lends textbooks to private and religious schools violates the doctrine of separation between church and state.
Read moreWhite Sands, the world’s largest gypsum sand dune field, may be elevated from a national monument to a national park under legislation proposed Friday by New Mexico Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich.
Read moreNew Mexico’s governor must present reasons for vetoing a legislative bill for a veto to be valid, the state supreme court ruled Wednesday.
Read moreVisa and Mastercard will pay $3.4 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit in which New Mexico accused the credit card giants of causing economic harm through mandatory interchange fees.
Read moreNew Mexico on Thursday accused solar power company Vivint of defrauding customers through unconscionable business practices, racketeering, and clouding titles to its customers’ homes.
Read moreNew Mexico’s top election official and four-term Republican Congressman Steve Pearce are settling a lawsuit over nearly $1 million from Pearce’s congressional campaign that he wants to transfer to his campaign for governor.
Read moreIn a case involving public records, political squabbling and horsemeat, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday a state court judge had no obligation to disclose data from his personal election-campaign Facebook page.
Read moreThe Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal government can intervene in a case brought by Texas and pursue claims that New Mexico has used more than its fair share of water from a Rio Grande reservoir.
Read moreProfessors say in a class action that the University of New Mexico pays women less than similarly situated men, in Bernalillo County Court.
Read moreFormer New Mexico state Senator Phil Griego will spend 18 months behind bars and pay more than $47,000 in fines for bribery, fraud, and misuse of his former position to earn commission in the sale of a state-owned building.
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