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New Mexico steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
New Mexico implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...

Art’s new hybrid economy: who is making creative waves in a sector where analogue and digital media exist together?
At a moment when all online images are flowing into one machine-learning algorithm or another, it is easy to foresee the convergence of old canons of painting, photography, and film into an undifferentiated field of digital “slop”. Notwithstanding...

Riley Permian Announces Closing of New Mexico Acquisition
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (NYSE American: REPX) ("Riley Permian") completed on July 1, 2025 its previously announced acquisition of Silverback Exploration II, LLC, which owns oil and gas assets...

Car Insurance in New Mexico Just Got a Major Update
Big Changes for Car Insurance in New Mexico: What You Need to Know The New Mexico Supreme Court has made a significant decision that could reshape how you purchase car insurance. This ruling focuses on uninsured motorist (UM) and underinsured...

US investor-owned utilities in Idaho, New Mexico seek to add energy storage, solar PV
Idaho Power filed its 20-year energy plan with state regulators on 27 June. The public utility commissions of Idaho and Oregon will set a schedule for public review and comment before the plan is officially acknowledged. Over the next 20 years,...
Meet the 69 fastest growing companies based in New Mexico
Locally Researched by: Brody Foster, Albuquerque Business First Jul 03, 2025, 4:00am MDT To qualify, applicants must have a large percentage annual revenue growth over the three-year period, 2022-2024 with sales or revenue of at least $500,000 in...

New Mexico’s PFAS claim against Air Force base advances as federal bellwether case
A federal judge last week opened the door to New Mexico’s pursuit of its ongoing civil case against Cannon Air Force Base for environmental and public health damage near Clovis. The judge’s statements pave the way for New Mexico’s July 2024...

New Mexico Names Hallie Roman Head Diving Coach
Courtesy: New Mexico Athletics ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — University of New Mexico Swimming and Diving Coach Naya Higashijima has announced that Hallie Roman, previously with the University of Nebraska, will be the new head diving coach at UNM. She takes...

Why a quantum economy is New Mexico's next frontier | Opinion
Sen. Michael Padilla New Mexico has always stood at the forefront of scientific and technological progress. From its central role in the Manhattan Project to leadership in aerospace, energy, and national security, the state has a proud legacy of...
Child care is economic infrastructure in New Mexico | Opinion
Rep. Doreen Gallegos, Lupe Nevarez, Ray Jaramillo In New Mexico, childcare is not a luxury—it is essential economic infrastructure. Across our state—especially in Albuquerque and Las Cruces—families rely on early learning centers to work,...
Council Assesses Housing & Economic Development Efforts
By KIRSTEN LASKEY Los Alamos Daily Post kirsten@ladailypost.com So how are things looking for Los Alamos’ housing and economy? Great, according to County officials. Los Alamos County Housing and Special Projects Manager Dan Osborn along with...

Schumacher Veterinary Clinic named Rotary Club Business of Quarter
Bulletin report Schumacher Veterinary Clinic of Las Cruces has been named the Rio Grande Rotary Club’s Business of the Quarter. The Rio Grande Rotary Club’s Business of the Quarter acknowledges a local business’s outstanding achievements and...

What new laws are now in effect in New Mexico in July 2025?
From laws for bicyclists to laws on phones in schools to more authority for the Cannabis Control Division to CYFD reform, here is what is going into effect. SANTA FE, N.M. — The month of July ushers in a new fiscal year – and many new laws that...
New Mexico Is The Most-Dependent State On The Federal Govt, New Jersey The Least
How reliant is your state on Uncle Sam’s wallet? Every year, billions in federal tax dollars are redistributed to the 50 states and the District of Columbia through grants, contracts, and benefit programs. Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao ranks the...

New Mexico man sentenced to 28 years in prison for abducting, raping Ashtabula County girl
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A New Mexico man was sentenced to 28 years in prison for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and raping her several times as he drove back to his home state. Joseph Gunter, 41, of Albuquerque will also be on court...

New Mexico Steps Up Enforcement Against Illicit Marijuana Operators With Hiring Of New Officers
“We’ve become the mecca for ‘mota’…and we have to ask ourselves: Is that really what we want to be?” By Patrick Lohmann, Source NM More than three years after New Mexico legalized recreational marijuana, the state has become a national...

New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage
Following the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill in the Senate, New Mexico’s Democratic Senators, Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich, have issued strong condemnations, warning of the potential negative impacts on New...

TUES: New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage, + More
New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage - by Kevin Hendricks, NM.news Following the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill in the Senate, New Mexico’s Democratic Senators, Ben Ray...

Businesses at Cottonwood Mall feel the heat as A/C repairs drag on
It has been a hot two weeks at Albuquerque's Cottonwood Mall, but not because of any sales. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After weeks without air conditioning, tenants at Cottonwood Mall say soaring indoor temperatures are driving away customers and...
New Mexico amps up cannabis enforcement by hiring new weed cops
A sign marking a cannabis dispensary in Santa Fe County. The state’s Regulation and Licensing Department will soon hire a police chief tasked with leading a new crew of certified police officers to enforce criminal violations of the state’s...