New Mexico

Program aims to prepare actors for theater productions
Arts and Entertainment

Program aims to prepare actors for theater productions

February 26, 2022

Farmington Civic Center supervisor Randy West, second from left, addresses the cast of the show “Disaster!” during rehearsals for the Four Corners Musical Theatre Company show in February 2020. (The…

New Mexico aims more resources at missing Indigenous cases
New Mexico

New Mexico aims more resources at missing Indigenous cases

February 24, 2022

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed legislation aimed at ensuring more effective coordination among law enforcement agencies when it comes to cases involving missing or slain Native…

New Mexico legislators approve $1B state spending increase
New Mexico

New Mexico legislators approve $1B state spending increase

February 16, 2022

Democratic New Mexico state Sen. George Muñoz of Gallup, chairman of the lead Senate budget-writing committee, right, presents amendments to a budget bill that increases annual state general fund spending…

New Mexico may legalize test strips to detect fentanyl
New Mexico

New Mexico may legalize test strips to detect fentanyl

February 14, 2022

Light fades outside the New Mexico State Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Santa Fe, N.M., as the Legislature debates record-setting proposals for spending increases on everything from state…

New Mexico seeks to protect judges from threats, doxxing
New Mexico

New Mexico seeks to protect judges from threats, doxxing

February 11, 2022

New Mexico legislators are considering new criminal penalties aimed at protecting state and local judges and their immediate families from threats and the malicious sharing of personal information such as…