All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2015 // The New Mexico Department of Transportation will be getting four grants worth more than $365,000 to help prevent drunken driving and improve safety on the state’s roads.The funding will be awarded through the U.S....
Jun 30 2015 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has cleared the way for farm and ranch laborers to receive workers’ compensation benefits.In a ruling issued this week, the court declared unconstitutional a provision in state law...
Jun 19 2015 // Records show the number of newly issued driver’s licenses to immigrants in New Mexico has plunged to its lowest level since the state began granting driving privileges to foreign nationals living in the country...
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues.The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...
Jun 4 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of New Mexico-based Shofner, Lynch & Shulse. SLS will become part of the operations of Hub International New Mexico, which is based in Albuquerque. SLS will maintain its...
May 29 2015 // The company that operates the ridesharing service Uber wants the New Mexico Supreme Court to overturn new state rules governing transportation network companies.The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that Uber is joining a...
May 27 2015 // A former Rio Rancho, N.M. teacher says in a lawsuit that she was fired as a result of her involvement with a union and her outspoken criticism of school district officials.The Albuquerque Journal reported that school...
May 18 2015 // Drivers of ridesharing services Lyft and Uber in New Mexico should face strict drug testing requirements like taxi drivers and keep detailed records of such tests, the state Attorney General Hector Balderas told regulators...
May 12 2015 // A New Mexico district court judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by eight former Dona Ana Community College students against the school will become a class-action proceeding.Las Cruces Sun-News reported that the initial...
May 8 2015 // Ridesharing service Lyft says it’s suspending operations in New Mexico after state regulators passed new requirements that the company called “onerous.”The San Francisco-based firm set a May 14 deadline...
May 4 2015 // Insurance carriers for the Roswell Independent School District in New Mexico have paid nearly $2 million in structured settlements to two victims of a shooting at a middle school last year.The Roswell Daily Record obtained...
May 1 2015 // Drivers of ridesharing services Lyft and Uber in New Mexico should face strict drug testing requirements like taxi drivers and keep detailed records of such tests, the state Attorney General Hector Balderas told regulators...
Apr 8 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Las Cruces, New Mexico–based ‘N Compass Group Inc.. ‘N Compass provides employee benefits insurance and consulting services to the Las Cruces and El Paso...
Apr 6 2015 // The family of a man killed in an Albuquerque, N.M.-area housing complex by a stray bullet that went through his door has won a $12 million judgment against a condominium association and a property management firm. A jury...
Apr 2 2015 // Gov. Susana Martinez has signed a bill to allow New Mexico drivers to take safety courses at a younger age.Currently, people can take the refresher courses when they turn 55. Under the bill signed into law Tuesday, they...
Mar 23 2015 // The New Mexico Senate approved a two-tiered bill on Friday that would continue to grant driving privileges to people in the country illegally.The compromise reached on the issue calls for two distinct driver’s...
Mar 20 2015 // The family of a man killed in an Albuquerque, N.M.-area housing complex by a stray bullet that went through his door has won a $12 million judgment against a condominium association and a property management firm. KRQE-TV...
Feb 23 2015 // A woman’s lawsuit accuses the University of New Mexico of giving short shrift to her report of being raped by two football players and another man.The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court seeks unspecified...
Feb 23 2015 // A New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill to reduce workers’ compensation in cases when an employee’s death or injury results from being drunk or high on the job. Republican Rep. Dennis Roch of Logan said...
Feb 12 2015 // Alejandro Altamirano from Durango, Mexico, has called New Mexico home for a dozen years, and it’s where his two U.S.-born daughters are being raised. But the 36-year-old dairy farmworker fears he will be forced into...