All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 12 2011 // The Las Cruces, N.M., district of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is instituting fire restrictions.The restrictions will go into effect April 13 because of high to extreme fire conditions. The order covers land...
Apr 8 2011 // State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini has approved a double-digit rate increase for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico.The rate increase will average 21 percent and affects about 40,000 people. The state...
Mar 28 2011 // Tbe New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Transportation Division has put wrecker/towing companies on notice that it will strictly enforce the provisions of the New Mexico Motor Carrier Act, in light of recent...
Mar 2 2011 // The former U.S. senator and astronaut who withdrew his name from consideration as New Mexico’s next energy secretary is defending his stance on background checks for top state government officials.Harrison Schmitt...
Feb 28 2011 // The New Mexico Senate has passed a bill giving judges authority to aggregate the dollar amount of false insurance claims to determine the penalty before sentencing a fraudster. Judges can impose harsher sentences by...
Feb 28 2011 // New Mexico’s Senate has rejected Republican-backed proposals to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.Two measures failed on party-line votes, with 14 Republicans voting to end the...
Feb 28 2011 // The New Mexico Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ned Fuller as director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration.Fuller was nominated by Gov. Susana Martinez and began work Jan. 24 as the director designee. Fuller, an...
Feb 15 2011 // New Mexico Rep. Andy Nunez, I-Hatch, has introduced a bill to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining driver’s licenses. Currently, to obtain a driver’s license in the state, an applicant just needs a social...
Jan 31 2011 // New Mexico’s Legislature is considering a bill that would impose stricter monitoring and license renewal standards on older drivers.In addition to a vision exam, Senate Bill 125 would subject drivers 75 years and...
Dec 29 2010 // A New Mexico Court of Appeal has ruled that a Las Cruces city employee who fell off a garbage truck while intoxicated is still eligible to collect workers’ compensation insurance benefits for his injuries.According...
Dec 2 2010 // More than a dozen Farmington, N.M., residents and businesses have put the city on notice that they want reimbursement for damages caused by flooding in August.Some 14 claims have been filed, meeting a 90-day deadline to...
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country.The new GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression,...
Oct 21 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Division of Insurance will get $226,000 in federal funds to bolster consumer assistance efforts at the regulatory agency. The grant, which was made available through the...
Aug 9 2010 // Farmington, N.M., city councilors have passed an ordinance that will keep residents eligible for flood insurance coverage backed by the federal government. The vote came less than a week after the northwestern New Mexico...
Jul 30 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has appointed John G. Franchini Superintendent of Insurance by a 4-1 vote. Franchini, a New Mexico native, boasts nearly four decades of insurance industry-related experience and...
Jun 25 2010 // The New Mexico Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters has installed officers for the 2010-2011 term. Officers include: President Byrd Horner of CNA, Larry Cornwell, also of CNA and Secretary/Treasurer John...
Jun 15 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has voted unanimously to appoint Johnny L. Montoya acting superintendent of insurance. Montoya, who will continue to perform the function of interim chief of staff until July 6,...
Jun 7 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission appointed a new interim insurance superintendent, and the deputy superintendent has resigned.The PRC announced the appointment of Craig Dunbar to replace Deputy Insurance...
May 24 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has appointed a new interim insurance superintendent, and the deputy superintendent has resigned.The PRC announced the appointmnt of Craig Dunbar’s. The 59-year-old Dunbar...
May 17 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez has resigned, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance rate case his...