KOB-TV reports dozens of families have moved to New Mexico from Arizona in order to escape Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
KRQE-TV reports armed sheriff’s deputies now accompany state agricultural inspectors working in far southern New Mexico due to escalating violence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In attempts to give Santa Fe businesses an edge over out-of-town competitors, Santa Fe’s city officials will consider changing procurement rules so that a 10 percent local-preference discount will apply to companies with the majority of their assets in Santa Fe, according to The Santa Fe New Mexican.
The New Mexico Business Weekly has a story about how New Mexico has the nation’s 36th weakest state economy, beating out California which is now ranked 50th.
In a public hearing today the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission will give Navajo citizens their last chance to offer oral testimonies on the use and preservation of sacred sites, reports The Farmington Daily Times.