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New Mexico enacts bill on felon voting rights, automatic voter registration

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed HB4 into law on March 30, 2023.

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A Texas abortion provider moved to New Mexico. Today, most of its patients are Texans

DALLAS — Nine months after shuttering its Texas clinics, one of the nation’s largest independent abortion providers has opened a clinic in neighboring New Mexico.

Tribune News Service

Some states want to give you a constitutional right to a clean environment

New Mexico's budget relies heavily on oil and gas revenue, but the state also bears the scars of generations of mining and drilling. So when Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, a former law professor and current Democratic state senator, heard about the movement to add “green amendments” to state constitutions, it seemed…

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US House speaker attends rally in New Mexico swing district

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy attended a rally in southern New Mexico on Monday for former U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell as the GOP tries to flip a congressional swing seat back to GOP control in 2024

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How absentee/mail-in voting will work in this year’s elections

Welcome to the Monday, April 10, Brew.

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More states allow residents with felony convictions to vote

Last month, thousands of people with felony convictions regained the right to vote in New Mexico, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to reintegrate residents into society by allowing them to participate in elections upon leaving prison.

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Practical Move's owners find themselves on a journey of a lifetime

LOS ANGELES — Getting into the horse racing business and hoping to make it big requires a lot of faith, plenty of luck and a sense of optimism that will test the biggest of dreamers.

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Faith guides Catholic pilgrims to historic New Mexico sites

Thousands of Catholics are making the trek to a historic adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico as part of a Holy Week tradition that spans generations

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US judge orders man held in case of missing Navajo woman

A New Mexico man will remain in federal custody pending trial on charges that stem from the 2021 disappearance of a Native American woman

The Independent UK

The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, April 7, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including legislative activity, nationwide trends, and recent news.

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New Mexico Cops Fatally Shoot Homeowner After Showing Up at the Wrong House

Plus: Los Angeles sues journalist who published police photos, IRS releases $80 billion budget plan, and more...

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Election legislation roundup: New Mexico State Legislature

As of April 2, members of the New Mexico State Legislature, which includes the New Mexico House of Representatives and the New Mexico State Senate, have passed four bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of the four bills passed this year, four have been enacted.…

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New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that protects providers of abortions from prosecution or extradition attempts by out-of-state interests

The Independent UK

New Mexico Supreme Court issues one opinion from March 27-April 2

The New Mexico Supreme Court issued one opinion from March 27-April 2. As of April 2, the court issued 10 opinions in 2023 — two more than this point a year ago. The opinion is below:

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US rolls out funding for wildlife crossings along busy roads

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in New Mexico to roll out details of what federal officials are billing as the first-of-its-kind pilot program to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve connections between habitats

Los Angeles Times

Can this town save itself from fentanyl addiction? The race to turn around a threatened community

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — The caretaker at the hillside cemetery braced against the cold and walked among the graves. Crosses cast shadows on bunched flowers. A strand of tinsel gleamed from a bare tree. He looked over the rows and shut the gate, his face red, his hands small and coarse.

The Independent UK

US infrastructure splurge extends to remote New Mexico farms

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in grants to extend high-speed internet to extremely remote farms, homes and businesses in New Mexico

The Independent UK

Get it while it's hot: New Mexico boosts chile production

New Mexico produced more than 53,000 tons of its most famous crop during the last growing season, meaning more chile peppers found their way into salsas and onto dinner plates than the previous year

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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) issues one executive order from March 20-26

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) issued one executive order from March 20-26. As of March 26, Lujan Grisham has issued 39 executive orders in 2023 — 25 more than she did at this point a year ago. The order is:

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Officials warn of wildfire risk as Southwest US dries out

Climate experts say the wildfire season might be delayed in some parts of the Southwestern U.S. because of a deluge of winter moisture

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Special prosecutors appointed in Baldwin set shooting case

Santa Fe’s district attorney has appointed two veteran New Mexico lawyers to serve as the new special prosecutors in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin over the fatal “Rust” film set shooting

The Independent UK

New Mexico DA follows judge’s order to step down in Alec Baldwin’s Rust shooting case

Baldwin and the films’s armourer have pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter

Los Angeles Times

Alec Baldwin prosecution ‘on its heels’ after DA leaves ‘Rust’ case, experts say

New Mexico’s district attorney overseeing the “Rust” shooting criminal prosecution of Alec Baldwin has stepped down, dealing another blow to the state’s efforts to hold the actor and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed accountable for the fatal shooting on the western movie set.

Capital & Main

New Mexico Legislature Fails IPCC Test

Record-shattering budget from oil and gas fuels a spending spree on everything except regulating oil and gas.

Capital & Main

Capital & Main Reporting Leads to Fines for Oil and Gas Polluters

Changes at the New Mexico Environment Department could increase future prosecutions.

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