Pacific 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.
Read moreNew Mexico’s Public Education Department broke the law when it deducted payments to a school district in the Zuni Pueblo reservation that received federal impact aid, the state’s high court ruled.
Read moreFollowing the extinction of seven others, the last native mussel species in New Mexico finally has federal protection under the Endangered Species Act after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it has listed the Texas hornshell mussel as endangered.
Read moreA federal judge refused to grant summary judgment to New Mexico State University, which the Department of Justice accuses of paying a female track coach substantially less than her male counterparts.
Read moreWith the worst graduation rate in the United States, New Mexico is considering legislation that would require high school students to apply to college before they would be allowed to graduate.
Read moreLed by a former mayor of Santa Fe, a class claims New Mexico unfairly denies driver’s licenses and identification cards to eligible state residents.
Read moreNew Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she may present legislation to grant law enforcement officers legal immunity for actions taken in the line of duty.
Read moreU.S. involvement in one state dispute over water rights, and the government’s absence from another, rankled the Supreme Court this morning in its first two hearings of the new year.
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