I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Republicans and Democrats in the state are divided over which court should be assigned the task of redrawing New Mexico’s federal and state legislative districts, and Democrats have asked the state’s highest court to pick a location.
The New Mexico Supreme Court struck down a surcharge designed to compensate utilities for electricity conservation, saying that the Public Regulation Commission did not apply a cost-benefit analysis to the rule.
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday against Gov. Susana Martinez’s usage of a line-item veto, marking the third time she has lost in court since taking office at the beginning of the year.
Six state legislators who have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Susana Martinez over her veto powers will have their case heard by the New Mexico Supreme Court Wednesday.
The New Mexico Supreme Court has overruled Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s decision to fire the entire state Public Employee Labor Relations Board. Martinez must now rehire two of the three board members that she dumped without the authority to do so back in February.
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration was wrong to halt the publication of rules in the state Register and issued a writ that compels Martinez’s office to publish the rules. This included a greenhouse emissions cap rule passed by the Environmental Improvement Board last year and a rule on dairy regulations had been passed by the Water Quality Control Commission in December 2010.
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday that the controversial White Peak land swap violated the Enabling Act, which created the Land Grant Permanent Fund when New Mexico became a state in 1912. The ruling halted the land exchange, which has drawn widespread criticism, including from current land commissioner Ray Powell.
Court records for cases that did not result in a conviction will remain public record, the New Mexico Supreme Court decided on Thursday. An advisory board had recommended that courts not keep records from cases in which defendants were…
Proposed Bernalillo County nepotism guidelines might loosen current rules, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Employees working in corrections, fire and rescue and law enforcement and any individual with “pre-existing family relationships” would be exempted from the new rules.
Lawyers says…
Prosecutors might have a harder time winning DWI convictions in certain cases because of a decision handed down this week by the state’s top court, the Santa Fe New Mexican tells us.
The court ruling will require prosecutors to…
The state Environmental Improvement Board can resume its consideration of state regulations to cap greenhouse gas emissions, The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday.
New Mexico’s climate change debate will arrive at the state Supreme Court Monday afternoon.
The Court will hear oral arguments about a Lovington district judge’s decision to halt the state Environmental Improvement Board‘s formulation of a cap…
The New Mexico Supreme Court acted Tuesday to halt the White Peak land swap, at least temporarily, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. The court wants a response from State Land Commissioner Pat Lyons by February 15.
The U.S. Supreme Court today exposed a central tension in the system of electing judges, which most states — including New Mexico — do.
The nation’s top court ruled that judges should recuse themselves when ruling on a case…
A former state workers’ compensation judge has been suspended from practicing law for harassing a woman involved in a mediation he was overseeing, The Albuquerque Journal reports.
Thousands could live on the southern edge of Santa Fe and hundreds…
