All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 25 2016 // New Mexico employers could see a decrease in their insurance costs for on-the-job injuries and deaths.The state Office of Superintendent of Insurance says a key factor in calculating individual employers’...
Oct 21 2016 // New Mexico officials ran into fresh criticism Tuesday about revisions to the state’s immigrant driver’s license law at a public hearing on the proposed regulations.The Department of Taxation and Revenue has...
Oct 3 2016 // New Mexico’s superintendent of insurance pleaded Wednesday for more time to recover unpaid taxes on insurance premiums and investigate at least one company, after an outside audit uncovered $193 million in...
Sep 23 2016 // New Mexico failed to collect at least $193 million in taxes on insurance premiums over the past five years, even as the state struggles this year to close a major budget shortfall, according to an independent review of...
Sep 23 2016 // A small city in southeastern New Mexico is recovering after being hit with a strong hailstorm.The Hobbs News-Sun reported that Jal was struck this weekend with hailstones bigger than golf balls that caused an estimated $4...
Aug 22 2016 // A New Mexico family is suing the owners of a shuttered Albuquerque night club, their former landlord and a liquor license-holder after a woman choked during a corndog eating contest and suffered fatal brain damage. The...
Aug 12 2016 // A New Mexico family is suing the owners of a shuttered Albuquerque night club, their former landlord and a liquor license-holder after a woman choked during a corndog eating contest and suffered fatal brain damage. The...
Jul 5 2016 // The village of Ruidoso in New Mexico will receive more than $2.4 million from the federal government to help with the cost of repairing sewer pipes damaged by storms and flooding nearly eight years ago.Members of New...
Jun 23 2016 // Victims of clergy sexual abuse have approved of a plan for the Gallup Diocese in New Mexico to dole out millions of dollars in compensation.The Albuquerque Journal reported that an attorney for 57 abuse survivors told a...
Jun 16 2016 // A former top western New Mexico county official fired after her third drunken driving arrest just two days into her new job has filed a lawsuit.An attorney for former interim Cibola County manager Rheganne (RAY’-gun)...
Jun 16 2016 // A wildfire burning in central New Mexico grew to more than three square miles late Wednesday, sending up a towering plume of smoke that swelled as afternoon temperatures soared and eventually blanketed the state’s...
Jun 14 2016 // The medical marijuana industry is growing in New Mexico.Several licensed growers are expected to open new facilities as well as dispensaries in the coming months, which would mean a boost in jobs and the economy, the...
Jun 1 2016 // The number of immigrants seeking driver’s licenses in New Mexico surged during the first three months of the year as lawmakers debated changes to a long-contested policy that allowed for those living in the country...
May 16 2016 // A northern New Mexico woman is suing a Santa Fe McDonald’s franchise after she said a toilet paper dispenser fell off a bathroom stall door and slammed into her face.The lawsuit filed last week in Santa Fe District...
May 3 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of New Mexico-based First Santa Fe Insurance Services Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. First Santa Fe’s operations will become a part of Hub New Mexico and be...
Apr 4 2016 // A medical marijuana dispensary in New Mexico has been fined for safety violations after an explosion badly burned two workers.The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spent about eight months investigating...
Mar 30 2016 // Authorities are warning that weather conditions across much of New Mexico are creating conditions ripe for dangerous wildfires. A red flag warning has been issued for portions of southern, central and eastern New Mexico...
Mar 21 2016 // New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez arrived earlier this month in her first Uber ride and signed a bill allowing ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft to operate in the state.The Republican governor said the measure ends the...
Mar 18 2016 // A medical marijuana dispensary in New Mexico has been fined for safety violations after an explosion badly burned two workers.The Albuquerque Journal reports that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Mar 16 2016 // The New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed this week that a private prison operator may be held liable to pay damages to three female inmates who were raped by a guard.The opinion could influence the final outcome of an appeal...